TABmom
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Thanks everyone! I think we’ll get a Chromebook! 😂 Anyone have suggestions for software to install beforehand?
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My 8 year old has been asking for a computer for awhile now. He wants to use it to “research” - mostly look up stuff about rocks. He’s had a kindle fire for a long time which seems to me to be good enough. But I think he wants something with a keyboard. Any suggestions? Also, any suggestions for software to have already installed and ready to go when he opens it? Thanks.
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No advice, but tons of commiseration. I have one of those kids. He just turned 15 and is a freshman. We stopped homeschooling and sent him to school a couple years ago because there was no way to get him to do work at home. He just steadfastly refused. It’s basically the same at school. The last couple years I could bribe him to turn assignments in by taking him for fast food when he did. This year that is not working. He refused to go to school several times. Now, if he doesn’t go to school and turn in assignments, I have his cell service turned off and I pack up the internet router and take it with me. I don’t know how long that will work. I am absolutely dreading the next 3 1/2 years.
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I tell dh and the kids exactly what to get me. If I do not, dh will get me something I do not want. Not on purpose, he just isn’t very good at picking something out. Often, he won’t give me a list and he doesn’t get what he wants. Partly because he doesn’t really want anything.
The kids will make lists. Sometimes I go by them, sometimes I have a better idea. List making is encouraged- I hate trying to figure things out. -
Thanks everyone. I think my brain hurts now. 😂
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Hi. Can someone explain to me the syllabication of “telephone”. I mean, it has to be tel-e-phone. But how does it get around the ‘open syllables have a long vowel sound’ rule? Thanks.
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I am not a sped teacher- I was a gen Ed teacher before kids, then homeschooled for 10+ years, now my kids are in school and last year I was a sped para. Honestly, I would go to admin and ask for clarification on my duties- they’re the ones to make that call, it’s not really for the teachers to hash out themselves. The sped room I was in was not a resource room- they were level 2 kids K-2. They were in the sped room *most* of the day. But being with their peers is an IEP goal and they are in gen Ed for some things. Sometimes, they are in there when the class is doing something they cannot participate in. We would send “task boxes” with them to work on. A “task box” has an activity that they can do independently. It can be anything- tracing activities, puzzles, matching. I am NOT suggesting you need to supply activities, but something like that might be a compromise.
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13 hours ago, Catwoman said:
We always had pretty much whatever we wanted to eat when I was growing up, so I can't think of anything I wanted but wasn't allowed to have. I have raised my son the same way.
This sounds so easy. My kids have plenty of food available to them. But they are so freaking picky. Even with several choices, they will choose to not eat and I can totally see them saying “we didn’t have anything for dinner last night/breakfast this morning” with such sincerity that people would believe them. Ugh.
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It’s not something that usually happens, but when I took my almost 15 year old son to high school open house, one of his teachers, a man in his fifties, said “so, is this your mom or your sister?” And it did NOT feel like he was trying to compliment me- it felt like he was trying to insult me as being a “young mom”. I am not a young mom. I was nearly 30 when I had him. I’m still annoyed several days later.
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I have a sectional from Costco and I LOVE it. I cannot say enough good things about it. I know 2 other people with the same one and they also love it. Ours comes apart in 6 sections --2 corners, an ottoman, and 3 with one back. Right now we have it in a U, but the ottoman moves around a lot. All 5 people in our family can comfortably sit on it at once. It's black. Or maybe a really dark grey. Anyway, we love it. Honestly, if we had even a little more room, I would get another of the same ones it is so incredibly versatile. One of the other people who has it, has one of the single backed pieces in a separate room as a chair. I can't say enough good things about it!
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I like to take these slider sandwiches- - on rolls, you layer turkey, Colby jack cheese, ranch, and bacon bits and warm them up in the oven. They are excellent when they are hot, but almost as good when they are cold. I also make homemade lunchable type things with summer sausage, cheese, crackers, grapes, dried pineapple, yogurt covered raisins, some carrots, sugar snaps, grape tomatoes with a tiny container of ranch. I put them in shallow rectangular bowls. They can be personalized and labeled with a piece of tape with names on the lids. I have found this to be much easier than having the grapes in one container, veggies in another, etc. When someone wants to eat, they just pull out their container. We also like to have a cooler full of drinks- canned soda, and frozen water bottles and Capri suns that double as ice packs.
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So, we traveled a really long way to spend the week with my parents and extended family. We had lots of activities planned- and after we got here and spent one day with cousins, one of the cousins tested positive for Covid. So everything that was planned is now cancelled. And we’re spending a week with basically just my parents. I need ideas for bonding activities. We don’t get to see them often and they are getting older and I want to make the most of this time. But they can’t/don’t want to do much physical activity.
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We had one a long time ago. It worked well. It wasn’t crazy expensive- but this was 10+ years ago, so no apps or anything. Just a cooler that plugged into the cigarette lighter! Anyway, if they worked well that long ago, I’m sure they have only gotten better.
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Oh, I wouldn’t take unique as a backhanded compliment at all!! The unusual beauty thing would give me pause, but honestly, I think unique is an awesome characteristic! Unless there was reason to believe otherwise, I would take it as a genuine compliment.
10 hours ago, Kanin said:I've had a couple compliments in my life that felt like compliments at first, and then kind of felt like not-compliments when I thought about them more. The first time I remember this happening was in high school. A girl in my class told me that I was "beautiful in an unusual way." At first I was thrilled to get a compliment, and then I was like, "Hey wait a minute... unusual way?!" I realize now that it was still a compliment, but at that time, I wanted to be beautiful in the USUAL way! A lot of my life was unusual, and I was kind of embarrassed about it, so all I wanted was to be completely and utterly regular.
Well, it just happened again! I got a thank you note the other day was full of very nice compliments, "kind, supportive," things like that, and then the word "unique."
I'm not opposed to unique. In fact, I love it! But apparently there's still a part of me that wants to be completely normal and not unique. It took me right back to my teenage years.
Anyone else get a compliment that felt a little less than complimentary (even if it was perfectly sincere)?
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I chose that dh always drives, although it’s not literally 100 percent of the time. We certainly switch off on long trips, but the default is certainly him driving. I think we both prefer it that way. I feel like he is a better driver- although I have only once been the cause of an accident and it was backing my dad’s car into my mom’s car less than a month after getting my license! So I can objectively say I am not a bad driver. But it stresses me out when I am on unfamiliar roads. It doesn’t stress him out. And honestly, of all the time spent in the car- 85 percent is just me and the kids. So I do drive a lot. Even when we are going to the same place, we often have to take separate cars because of having to go/leave at different times. (Like he goes to my dd’s softball game straight from work because it is closer. Or I have to leave in the middle of one kid’s sports activity to take another kid to their sports activity!)
But here is a sweet, chivalrous driving story. Friday, I had to take a 3 hour long test in a city 2 hours away. I didn’t want to drive- it was a place I had never been and super early in the morning. So he drove me. He got up early on his day off and spent almost the entire day driving /shopping. I passed my test- and I told him he helped a lot because I went in relaxed, instead of stressed about driving and finding parking!
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The regular doc will probably refer her to a gynecologist. Honestly, I would have freaked out a long time ago and taken her to the ER. (In fact, I had just a couple days of seriously heavy bleeding - soaking through a heavy pad and a tampon in less than an hour- just a few months ago and called my gynecologist and she told me to go to the ER immediately.)
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One time we called our old pediatrician for an urgent appointment. The front desk actually told us we couldn’t get in but then later called and said he would fit us in. So, obviously, I was very thankful and expressed this to the doc when we saw him. He was surprised/confused and said he always leaves open appointment times for “sick” visits. I told him what they said when I called and he kinda had a look on his face that he wasn’t thrilled, but wanted to deal with it without letting me know that there was a problem. I really, really loved that particular doctor, but my husband changed jobs and started working for a different hospital system- so we had to change all our docs to be in that system.
Our current one seems very accessible, but we’ve only been there a year and not had any major illnesses. But when I post a question in the portal, she (or her nurse) respond pretty quickly. The front desk staff does not act exasperated with phone calls!
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I homeschooled for a long time, but we started brick and mortar school this year. I have an 8th grader that is taking French 1. He’s not doing great. Not terrible, but not great. He’ll be taking French 2 next year. I’d like to do something over the summer so that he can start off strong next year. Any advice or recommendations?
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I have one that fits this description. It's a Lily Bloom, and I *think* the style is hobo bag.
It has two big pockets and a couple small on the front and one on the back. It's big enough that it's almost too big sometimes! And definitely washable. Her stuff is made out if recycled plastic bottles. The inside of the bag is neon green! It's supposed to be easier to find things.
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Usually books are better than the movie/TV show, but that is totally NOT the case for Bridgerton. I would highly recommend the show, but I wouldn’t recommend the books at all.
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I do understand the problems from the schools perspective. They aren’t insurmountable though.
The thing is, my dd is sortof ok with it. She’s not exceptionally modest. But even if it’s not a problem for my kids- it is a problem for some (as evidenced by kids refusing to change for gym). Even though it is not personal, I feel like it is an issue that should be considered and addressed.
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Hi. We used to homeschool and I have been on the boards for a really long time. This year, for a lot of reasons, we started going to public school. I have an 8th grader, a 5th grader, and a 2nd grader. I would like to ask the administration to reconsider not having private changing areas in the locker room. My 8th grader doesn’t care. He changed for gym without a problem BUT he said that 1/2 his class refused to change, even though that meant lowered grades. My 5th grader has 2 weeks of swimming and they told them they were not allowed to change inside a toilet stall. They HAD to change in front of everyone. She did it without complaint BUT I don’t think this is the best we can do. As a society, as a school, how do we teach them to stand up for themselves and their bodily autonomy and then in the next breath tell them they HAVE to get naked in front of people? How does this still exist in our consent-conscious society? Does anyone have any suggestions of things to mention? Or articles to read? I can’t think of what key words to search! Also, this is going to be a very, very polite letter not stirring things up at all. I have loved our experiences in this district- I used to be a teacher and I got a job in the same building as my younger kids as a para. I’m seriously considering getting my teaching certificate renewed and applying as a teacher. I do not want any negative interactions with anyone. But I feel this needs to be addressed. Thanks for any ideas or insight. This is the best place I could think of for ideas/discussion.
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I know someone who seems to lie all the time, but I think she’s just wrong. All. The. Time. My dd wants to play the flute. This woman told her it would make her fingers crooked. In front of her, I was like “that is NOT true.” She doubled down showing us her fingers and said it was from playing the flute. She played for 6 months 40 years ago. She has told me that they increased sub pay to $100/day. They did not. She insisted that someone we knew lived on a certain block. They don’t. She won’t be disagreed with. With the where the kid lived conversation, she said “A lives in one of those houses.” I said, “no, he lives next door to the church.” “Well, they must have moved.” “No, I went to a garage sale at his house just a few months ago.” She refused to accept it. I just let things go- but she is either lying or just wrong most of the time. I have no idea why.
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Just wanted to add that I’m another Christian non-Trump supporter. But, I have always identified as a Christian liberal, so I am used to not “belonging”. We really are out here, we’re just not loud.
has anyone gone back to teaching in a traditional school after homeschooling?
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I’m kinda doing this right now. One of my kids had to go to public school- our relationship just couldn’t take it. I didn’t want to “kick him out” of homeschool, so I sent them all to school last year. I used to be a teacher, but let my license lapse and never thought I would go back. Anyway, I got a para job at the school my youngest went to. I really liked it. I looked into it and turned out all I had to do to get a new license was take a test and get CPR certification. So I did. It wasn’t a big deal at all- no classes or anything, just the one test. I didn’t do that until the summer though, so this year I am a building sub at the same elementary school. I love it. I will be applying for positions next year. Fingers crossed, there will be an opening in the school I am in! But if not, I am sure I can find something.