Posts by srs

Quote: Originally Posted by sassafrassmom  does the parent need to be involved in the play? ( I know some at least is important :) but when my kids are playing together for hours on end (though I'm delighted...

Unless you need as much sleep as your DS, there should be some time for adult time after he goes to bed, right? Just count back from 5am for what you need. I spent about 6 months with a 5am riser and it gave me a 9pm bedtime, but his...

Glad it's getting better! I was going to suggest that we have found multiple short sleeve shirts a good compromise to the not wanting to wear sleeves. I have a 4.5yo DD who at one point bagged up all her long sleeved clothes and was...

Our local library does a 30 minute storytime for ages 3-5 without a parent, which is a nice socialization outlet for the child and a good (if short) break for the parent.  Also, I suppose classes vary a lot by location, but for us...

Quote: Originally Posted by kcparker  Kids have shared space with each other and with parents for most of human history. Think of all the New Yorkers who grew up in tenement apartments and shared space with multiple...

If I lived closer I would totally be in your tribe! I agree with the poster who said that this is a tough age for finding buddies - too young for homeschool groups, but too old for toddlers, and everyone else is in preschool.  I'm...

I'm not familiar with the books, but I have a bachelor's degree in economics, and I just wanted to add that the standard, basic economics curriculum taught in the US, which goes back to Adam Smith and his book The Wealth of Nations,...

We just tell my almost 4 year old that "some kids do school at a place, and some kids do school at home." We're not actually the school-at-home type, much more unschooly than that, but she doesn't know the difference and is very...

It doesn't sound too bad to me, but there is a big range of normal. Did the dr. say why she thinks that sleep is the problem?   We've gone the melatonin route with our 3 year old, for many of the same reasons you listed, and...

My almost 4 year old DD and I talked about it quite a bit, and she understands not to come in when it's his naptime. Usually if she gets started on some project she's okay by herself, but I'm sure this depends on the temperament of the...