Posts by Cavy

I may not articulate this well, but I am less worried about innocence/upsetting content then them simply not getting from a book what they could.   My kids didn't have the emotional maturity & life experience to get the...

ooh, I like your last point very much.  Not least because I think it will be the most convincing one I could put to her.  She mustn't make commitments that could end up being too much and then letting others down.  She...

DD is an all-rounder.  Good at sport and art and lots of academic things.  Enthusiastic.  As a result she's in demand, especially for anything competitive.   We were told that the Level 6 (higher ability) school...

That report is very dated for the UK, at least, I think it was written in 2005 so 8 yrs old already. Some of the things it says were never very true, anyway. Extracurric programmes?  Grade-skipping (not convinced necessary...

This once came up on another online forum (not UP, btw). I kept pressing pressing pressing, but What would you do if your child defied you? And they all had consequences in mind after all.  So to say they parented without...

Thanks for the info. :)

I figured it out (finally).  I needed to search for the terms "Extended day care" And "After school care" ("after school day care" or "After School Child Care" were the types of terms that failed.   This thread was...

How do I find it?   I'm a idiot.  I just don't know what I'm looking for or how to find it.  All the search terms I put in Google bring up preschools, not childcare for older.  Except a YMCA programme... but...

I am 45yo & have been a 100% SAHM for 8.5 years, was right decision at the time and I'm now looking for a job (probably will have to be FT).   Big problem of last 6 months is I cannot multitask any more, I find the kids so...

DS is 4, nearly 5 (UK system they start a year earlier than USA). Fussy lite eater, lunch is   250ml apple juice carton (often doesn't quite finish) half of a ham sandwich (latest thing is crusts must be cut off....