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x-no-archive: yes Regarding the sound-field speaker system I was referring to back in the volunteer thread... I was happy to hear today that my daughter's 504 plan *was* approved, and the schools will be providing her with the sound-field system she needs in class. Sometimes things *do* work out....

My daughter will be 12 in December and is in 6th grade, which in her school is the second year of middle school. I let her trick-or-treat last year but feel like this year she has crossed into the "too old" zone. She's accused me of trying to take away her childhood (!), so I thought I'd raise the...

My 5th grade daughter just started private middle school (5th through 8th), and the teacher is assigning what she calls a "weekly." It comes out every Thursday and the work on it needs to be done by the following Thursday. There's probably up to an hour of work a day, if it were evenly spread out...

My daughter is 10.5 and having trouble fitting in with her before-and-after-school program, which runs from preschool to 5th grade. She's having attitude problems, but on the other hand, I have to admit that the program she is in is designed for younger aged kids, even though it serves kids her...

Over spring break, the students in our daughter's third grade class were tasked with writing a report on a country. The Kid has been to Mexico several times, so she chose to do hers on Mexico. The report consists of about 20 pages of worksheets asking for information such as population details,...

My husband went to the bookstore today and picked me up the book "It's So Amazing!" by Robie H. Harris. I'd read about it on Amazon, and a couple comments from folks here suggested that it would be on target. I've already flipped through the book with my kid, and it looks like it will be perfect...

Dear all, I'm a researcher at the University of Plymouth (UK) and am currently running a trial of a flower essence remedy for temper tantrums in young children. We're offering free samples of the essence to any parents (UK only I'm afraid) with children aged between 2 and 5. The child should be...

No horror stories here, just a question prompted by the Fifth Grade Girls thread: It is likely that we will be moving to a new area (new school) the summer before my son enters 5th grade (about one year from now). When I tell people I feel bad about taking my kids out of their existing school,...

Hi -- The thread on reading the classics brought to mind my current dilemma. When I read aloud to my kids, I aim for books that they're not quite able to read independently, usually because they lack the vocabulary, but sometimes the the kids lack historical context. Recent successful reads have...

I know, I know. I should just get a real newsreader. Anyway, I've noticed that us Googlers can't see our own posts through...well...Google. There is a thread out there that was started by a Googler and I can't see the original, plus I've posted myself, had the post accepted and I can't see the...

I never had kids. I assumed that 1 kid would be a lot easier than 2, but my sister told me that 2 can be easier since the kids can play with each other giving the adults a break. It seems that with 1 there would be less for the adults to keep track of, less multitasking. I can imagine 2 kids...

I am curious about cloth diapers vs disposable. Do or have any of you use/d cloth diapers? If so, what is the cost savings? Any positive or negative comments welcome! Thanks!

My baby is 8 weeks old and weighs 12 1/2 lb. She started showing a fever 2 nights ago - 99 to 100 degrees in the ear. It hangs around for a few hours and is gone by morning. I took her to the dr for a reg. checkup yesterday morning and they tested her for RSV. She was negative, so they gave her...

Glad to see a group that allows parents to vent, and express their concerns:)

Thank you all for your stories! Thank you for being real!!

The majority of today's kids have no respect for their elders. Whatever happened to "yes ma'am" and " no sir" etc. ? Nowadays it's "yeah" and "uh-uh". Not to mention those that are telling the parents what to do and cussing them out when they don't get their way. I never would have thought...

Hello, I have a 4 1/2 year old son who is pottied trained but gets lazy and doesn't want to poop in the toilet. He rather go in his pants and not say anything about it. I have tried everything to get him to stop doing this. I have punished him, by spanking, time out, taking the tv or playing...

Hello, Our school board seems to be changing from a schedule of 15 minute morning and afternoon recess plus 60 minute (30 minutes eating + 30 minutes outside for kids who stay at school) to one of two 40 minute "nutrition breaks" (20 minutes eating + 20 minutes outside). Does anyone have any...

I'm at a total loss. I need some way to send a fork and a spoon to school with my son where the fork/spoon are reusable and come back home and the *container* is also reuable. I just can't stand sending utensils out in a little plastic baggie every single day. It drives me nuts to toss the...

Greetings, I work in a hospital. I help children learn what to expect, in terms that they can understand, when they go to the hospital or have a procedure done. I am putting together a book on "what it's like to have a spica cast". I have all the medical and technical information, but I would like...