Posts by NellieKatz

He's good with other adults. I mean, he's not an angel, but when he's at a class, even if he gets out of line, he listens to the teacher when the teacher speaks to him. (This just happened to be free-swim, and the teacher wasn't...

It doesn't sound harsh and I agree with all of what you say, but somewhere along the line we lost traction and it becomes battles. And battles make people angry, and WOW do we know how to get angry.   A lot of parents who were...

I need lots of answers here. We're going through a real parenting mess. We have on our hands a child (DS,8, only child, homeschooled) who is frequently disrespectful, uncooperative, snarky, and even violent (kicks, hits). In other...

Obviously there are so many responses to this thread, I cannot go and read them all; I am mainly reacting to the first few, and other similar types of issues I see from time to time here.   Why do people seem to jump so...

Wow, that is really helpful to read right now, as we had reached crisis point a few days ago. And I sort of came to the same conclusion....that the relationships were what had to come first. It was great to read how you did it. Thank...

I had my child at 43. He's now eight and well, you can do the math.  :-)   He's listened to NPR since....well....forever. Anywhere we go in the car, it's on. I do turn down the volume if a story is particularly horrific,...

Are you me? Am I posting things under your name? It seems it! You and I apparently have the very same thing going on....   Quote: Originally Posted by SweetSilver   Victory!  (Momentary, of course.)...

I *SO* hear you on this one.

You know what's fun? Going on Google "street view" and going up and down the streets of a far away city.  My 8 y.o. son is currently fascinated by graffiti, so we've been looking around in NYC, Los Angeles, and Boston for...

This is a boundaries issue, and you probably can't really do anything that doesn't impact the others in the group. However, that being said, they will likely be affected differently. There are probably some in the group who have &...