Posts by LynnS6

If you want both sides of the picture, you might consider asking this question on the "Learning at School" board as well. I don't think you're going to find many people on the homeschooling section being gung-ho about school. If you're...

My very verbal daughter does this sometimes. I think she's practicing. Some people learn by watching (my son) and others by doing. Dd loves language, playing with language and learning about language. She spends probably a couple hours...

My take on the movies: They're not appropriate for preschoolers. Most of them are highly emotional, and kids under about age 6 don't really understand the story arc -- that is, something happens, it builds to a climax (which is usually...

What about something like a stove knob cover if it's round?...

Quote: Originally Posted by micromama  Thanks guys And Lynn, you are so right about Dr Google.   Yes, I do believe Dr. google once diagnosed my daughter with Rocky Mountain spotted fever! (no, she didn't have...

It's not genetic. It's being 10. Preteens don't have a good sense of time, money or budgeting for the future. They're still very concrete thinkers. They're still pretty 'self-centered' in that they think of their own needs first and it...

Quote: Originally Posted by JollyGG  There's lots of other ways to do these sorts of things. I'd just say "Hey bud, I made an appointment with a lawyer for the two of us so that we know what options we have for...

Quote: Originally Posted by micromama  Now this comment has me worried, because this morning my DD repeated a conversation in the car that we'd had that morning-- not verbatim, granted, nor terribly long, but it...

Quote: Originally Posted by baltmom    I'm just a couple steps farther along so I don't have as much to offer as many parents here, but just wanted to add that in our quest one of the best things...

Quote: Originally Posted by livinglife  And I was one of those therapists who told parents that medication for ADHD is like insulin.  Would you keep a diabetic off insulin?  Well, actually, I say to my...