Posts by MamaOutThere

This is tough. I totally feel for you. Your family meetings sound like the right thing. Could they need visuals? Like a big dry-erase board? I wonder if they need visuals or actual physical guidance (the gentle pushing or taking the...

That would drive anyone nuts. What are the family meetings like? Do they get to have input? Or is it just laying down new rules? Have you stated how all this makes you feel? Do you talk to them about how they're feeling? ...

Quote: In any event, the child is going to have a more difficult time adapting to school and keeping him at home until he is 5 will make it all the harder then. I totally disagree. At age 3, my dd1 was a 20 out of...

MarineWife, I feel a lot like you do. I also move around a lot -- and tend to stick my two feet in my mouth all the time.

7 year-olds are wonderful! I love mine! It's tightrope you have to walk between trusting him and letting him know you're on to him. Not always easy! But kinda fun!

Dd did this too when in her early 7 months. I would play along with funny questions, but eventually the questions would turn to "I'm not the sucker you think I am, you know!" And we would giggle about it. It has phased...

This is mine when dh and I touch, "No! No daddy! Go away, daddy!" Same when dd1 wants a hug. Totally normal. Oh, and I would continue touching, explaining why you're doing it. Just don't mock or tease her with it.

And, yep, trinity6232000, sounds like we're in the same boat. I'm not sure dd can spell well enough in English (we unschool in English) to write decent notes (she just started Skyping with her grandmother in French), but we could try to...

Yeah, but we live in Kiev. Her Aikido class is conducted in Ukrainian, which she learns in school (typical school language instruction). She can follow the directions -- and has picked up a few more words -- but she can't really do...

She didn't enjoy complex, or even slightly longer, stories. I've never been able to true read-alouds with her. Even now that she's an advanced reader, she won't let me read her A Secret Garden, for example, even though she's very...