Posts by mamarhu

Generally, the goal is for everyone to be in the "least restrictive environment". A foster home style placement is generally less restrictive than a group home, and that would be less than the facility she is in. It could be that the...

I just found a free 12 week cooking class for DS and me to attend. Very healthy nutrition lessons and recipes, sponsored by a whole grains company and the local acupuncture college. Probably not frugality-oriented specifically (some of...

Thanks for all the suggestions. We are going to give it a try this weekend. Will try to post pics if it isn't too awful! 

I am SO-O-O disappointed! I hadn't been to the dentist in 15 years (I remember this because YoungSon, now 16, was nursing, literally, as I had a tooth pulled!). My job provides dental insurance, so I thought I would take advantage... I...

Kristah1000 - you sound like a good and caring friend, which is exactly what she needs right now. I have a dear friend in somewhat the same situation, and I have learned that all I can do for her is to listen, non-judgmentally. I did...

To me, this would just not be very upsetting. Not having as much pizza as you might like is not the same as going hungry. Drinking tap water is 100% OK. I am happy for my kids to learn that other people might live differently than we...

OK - I admit I have had a glass of wine, and am probably not thinking too straight. But, here goes...   Rosie is a 10 year old shih-tzu/poodle mix (shitty-poo). She once was white, but now has ugly brownish-pink areas wherever...

You may want to try this discussion over in the Special Needs forum. Several families have older kids with assorted diagnoses and issues.   And by the way, to MDC!  

Books I haven't read yet Books I have read, and look forward to giving away Books I have read, and may want to read again, and then give away Fabric I don't have plans for yet Specialty yarns for future projects A full pantry...

Does he have issues with impulse control or anger management, other than this incident? If not, I see where this punishment can serve to remind him not to behave like that in the future. But if this is an ongoing problem, I think anger...