Posts by Cavy

Kieran is the most popular name in my son's year at school (3 of them out of ~60 children, age 9, we live in Britain). It is said Keer-un. I think it's a standard Irish name said thus. I would spell it Kairun if I wanted the...

HI Trip -- I have 4 DC; the older 3 (age 5-9) fight a lot, too. I have no solutions to it. I have tried lots of things to limit it, which is the best (eg, I tend to dock allowance or computer time of both perpetrators and plaintiffs). ...

You guys make it so complicated . I follow the instrux on the cocoa powder container. Into 1 ordinary size mug: 1/2 teasp. sugar. 1/4 teasp cocoa powder. Mix with a little milk into a thick paste. Fill to top with milk. Stir...

What Zinemama said; There are signs of arteriosclerosis in Egyptian mummies (Google it). How processed do you think food was 6000 years ago, anyway? We will all get it if we live long enough (bit like cancer, sadly).

How does he say that he feels about the m/c, is he upset about it? Some men really can't deal with negative feelings. They can't even deal with YOUR negative feelings. They resort to controlling behaviours (like criticising petty...

Which bits of Ruf do people consult when trying to characterise, the observations for school age kids that read like this: # Approximately 90th-98th percentiles on standardized tests # Terms Superior* to Moderately Gifted on IQ...

Oooh! I'm glad someone else (Roar) expressed reservations about Ruf. I've been puzzling about this much of today (I don't know why , since it doesn't really matter). Most of the markers Ruf mentions don't or can't be applied to DC,...

At 3yo I would try to hover as much as possible to prevent the pushing/hitting; if they expect you to always be there to hold them back, they will give up on that impulse, learn to do other things, ime. Otherwise, since I have too...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rivka5 If you were a gifted kid, are your kids similar to how you were? If your kids are very different from your childhood self, do you find that difficult sometimes? My dad sees...

Ah, I just googled Kindergarten skills, but can only find this quickly: http://people.usd.edu/~gjacobs/kinde..._checklist.htm Is that about the right things that Ruf means? Ta.