Posts by Smithie

Emaye, thanks for telling me about the Calvert option! I have requested a brochure from them. I really do like the Calvert curriculum, and to get it for free is a tempting proposition... though I suspect that we're going to wind up not...

We're in South Carolina! It's very nice to hear that you didn't have logistical/interpersonal issues with the folks that run this charter school. K12 required my son to log 10% of his total schooling hours doing non-K12 educational...

I have kids currently in public school who are thinking about coming home for 4th and 2nd grade. I used K12 for one year and wasn't thrilled, but the nature of my not-thrilled wasn't related to having to log in each day or conference...

Sorry, I'm a terminal busybody, which is why the internet such a blessing to me ;-)

Hey scruffy! I guess you've had your baby now! Congrats!   We have a blended-esque situation where some friends of the family are in the process of trying to adopt my son's much younger half-sibs. Our solution has been to give...

Frankly, I find it amazing that any non-custodial parent who has been through the hell of losing contact with their child after a divorce is ever willing to risk being that vulnerable again. I really, really empathize with your DH on...

Eloise, I just wanted to thank you for putting in the time and energy to post all that. Dietary issues with little ones are so tough. Help is so hard to find. 

     

Adjustment? What is this adjustment of which you speak?  I'm tempted to say something like "our son was born to be our son," but I don't say such things, because no child is born to be neglected and taken into foster care....

Ah. I did not realize that she only lived with her birthmother in early infancy. My son bounced in and out of care a bit, but he lived for years at a time with his Other Mother and was on-scene for the whole pregnancy and early infancy...