Posts by Evan&Anna's_Mom

For the last few years I've worked at part-time jobs in the non-profit world.  Most non-profits can't afford full-time employees to do a lot of the work, so they hire lots of part-timers.  I've been in...

I've been searching for work for about 2 years now, so I'm super excited to have a job offer.  But I have also just realized that for most of the time I've been a mom I have had part time jobs or an after-school nanny.  Now...

You mean I'm not alone?  I had no idea Minecraft existed until my DS started public middle school this year.  He quickly made friends with a couple of boys who introduced him to Minecraft and he's been hooked ever...

Quote: Yeah, this occurred to me as well.  When I was a kid we didn't have playdates with the neighbor kids, we just played with each other, mostly showing up at each other's front door and asking if so and so could come...

The girls are 9.  The brother is 7.  The problem with girls including him is that he is difficult.  Mostly, he hits.  My daughter doesn't even like to go play at their house because she gets hurt so often.  Or...

My DD has a good neighborhood friend she loves to play with.  Recently, when my DD has tried to arrange playtime with friend, mother has said the girls could only play if my son also played with her son, because the boy is jealous...

We didn't do a Montessori school, so I can't comment on that aspect of it.  But both of my children did attend a private school with a very academically oriented K program.  In fact, most of the students were 6 or close to it...

Feel free to mention it to the teacher but realize that you might not have the full picture and the teacher may not be able to share the full picture.  The child may be a picky eater and that's all she will eat. She may be on...

Depending on where you are and what your resources are, I would definitely try for a physical activity, even if it needs to be inside.  Here we have several indoor gyms that take kids of various ages for structured and...

Unfortunately, it can also be true that even in a tiny school where you know the kids and teachers and the teacher/student ratio is really low a child can be hurt, picked on, bullied etc.  We actually moved from just such a school...