Posts by VocalMinority

If it helps, I once had an Autistic student (age 4) who was fluent - and read on an upper grade-school level - in two languages; who made lists of the dates the seasons change over the course of however many years he could cover...

Mmmmm, meemee!  I'll have to look up a recipe for pumpkin milk!   A couple years ago, the mom of one of my kids' friends organized a family kickball game.  She got the local middle school to let us use one of their...

That's really sweet of you, to look up and posts those links for me, Aricha.   Reading through the pamphlet is certainly encouraging.  I had assumed, if DSS were somehow able to get emancipated in CA, DH would be able to...

Fall is my favorite time to do things with our kids, since there seem to be so many options that are fun for a broad range of ages.  We don't have enough weekends to fit it all in!   - Storytelling Festival:  Many...

  I assume, between the 3-year-old and the marriage, that concluding you bit off more than you could chew and leaving is not an option you would entertain.   If I understand correctly, you're only 13 years older than...

As an aside, Smithie, I am impressed by your foster parenting.  I cannot conceive of caring for multiple children - no doubt with intense emotional needs - and having to detach and give them up, if they are reunited with parents...

Thank you again.   Perhaps I phrased that poorly.  Of course I (we, DH and I) care what DSS wants.  And he should be entitled to stand up and have a judge hear his preference, if he wishes to broadcast...

Quote: Originally Posted by Smithie  ...But. I've said it before and I'll say it again, and please forgive me for saying it - your DSS was taken away from his mother when he was four years old, against his will. She...

Quote: Originally Posted by Linda on the move  ...The problem could be if he files and you guys don't know about it. How do you protest something if you don't know when it is happening?  This is a good point....

Quote: Originally Posted by aricha  From what I can find out about emancipation in CA, it doesn't sound like a likely possibility... particularly since he would (theoretically) be doing it to live WITH a parent, not...