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Quote: Originally Posted by sabrinat I admit it. I love espresso, capuccino...and spend way too much at Caribou. I've decided to buy an espresso maker and I'm interested to hear what others who own them have to say. I'm...
Quote: Originally Posted by mimie This may be a dumb question, but what is HFCS in? I try to avoid it for my DD, but I don't think I've even seen it listed on a label for anything we buy, except in "fruit"...
Quote: Originally Posted by kohlby My feeling on treating our kids like dogs is that we use a leash on our dog to keep it safe. Wouldn't you want to keep your child at least as safe as a dog??? My...
Quote: Originally Posted by hollytheteacher I vote Yes they ARE that bad! Whenever i see one it makes me shudder! I will NEVER use one and really wish they were never invented! I, for one, am very happy that...
Quote: Originally Posted by FancyD I guess if someone is a Bible-literalist, then god made the world in 6 days. Period. Do some people believe god's 'days' were really eons? Yes. Think about it -...
Oh, and NO BICYCLES without really good training wheels. If your LO needs forward movement, get a trike, bigwheel, scooter, or that turn-thehandle-and-it-goes car. I have horror stories of my attempts to ride a bicycle from eight up...
Remember how I said DS1 was probably ADHD with SPD issues? His teacher and the therapy team at his school have suggested that he's probably a mild Aspie (social variety with boundary issues). Somehow, i'm not at all shocked. I'm...
I wonder if your daughter's tester was more experienced with Stanford-Binet (which has been noted as having an extended range), and if they seemed to have been doing this for a long time? It may simply a case of the tester being the most...
I do have to say that it looks a little bit like they are geared more towards gaining as much funding as possible (more gifted kids = more funding in almost every state where gifted funding is available), providing accelerated learning...
The artistic facet is probably referred to as abstract spatial reasoning, combined with creativity, though I really have no idea how they measure something as subjective as creativity. I was tested last in 1984 or 5, Stanford Binet, and...
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