After School: The First Years

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In School, Is It Better to Be the Older Kid in the Class?

Here is my dilema; my daughter misses the school age cut-off by about a week. When she had completed Preschool, her teacher thought that she was ready for Kindergarten and advised me to place her in a charter school, where the cut-off is 4 months later. I did that. She went through K just fine. At the end of the year, I went to the local elementary school to enroll her in first-grade, only to be told that the rules had changed and she was a week too young to enter first grade and would have to either repeat K or at least start in K and...

Home Alone

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Alone in Palm Bay

We moved to Palm Bay in August, I'm finishing up my BS at FIT. I don't have any family around here or any close friends. My husband is in the Army flying blackhawks in Kuwait, so although I'm married, I feel very much like a single mom and I feel very alone. I thought I could do it all, going to school fulltime with Joey in daycare, but this last week has been especially hard for me. Joey has been sick and this weekend I was hit hard with diarrhea. I didn't know what to do. I didn't have anyone I could call for help. I couldn't even...

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I Feel Alone Here

I am wondering how many moms on here agree with baby wearing, breast feeding...

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Staying Home Alone

What age did you start letting your children stay home alone? How long did...

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Kids Home Alone

Hello to All, I always have the images of 'Home alone" and what risks I...

Home Work

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Is First Years or Evenflo Breast Pumps Any Good?

When my son and daughter were born premature, the WIC offices where I lived provided a motorized Medella pump supplied from a medical supply store. Obviously this was very good. I know that Medellas are sold in Target but I also seen other brands. Is there an "off" brand ie, Evenflo, First Years, etc. that is comparable but without the price??

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I Now Have Homework.

I want to preface this by saying I did quite a bit of homeschool work with...

Tutoring

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Needing Other Mothers Who Have Problems with There Children Doing There School

I have a fifteen year old daughter who is very behind in her school stuff. She is a sophomore in high school and is making F's in three of her classes and when she comes home she doesnt study for test. The EOI test are coming up very quickly for her and its frustrating as I stay home all the time and wander if there is any parent out there that can help me know what to do as its hard for me since I am on a fixed income to pay for a tutor and she also complains about what we have to eat.

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What to Pay a Tutor?

I'm having a college freshman tutor my 7th grader in pre-algebra and english...

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