School started August 24th for us and we’re already having conferences on October 20th. It just seems too early to have conferences because school started 43 days ago and to me it just doesn’t seem like a lot of time for the teacher to see how each kid is doing academically after just starting school 43 days ago. Just seems too early to me.
He’s still a baby and he used to hide himself in the fake plants that I have for him in his aquarium, but lately he’s been on his baking rock 95% of the time. He gets off his basking rock when I feed him, but after I feed him, he’s straight back to his basking rock. He usually spends 95% of his day on that rock. Is that normal?????
So my son came home from school one day and said this kid in his class told him to “shut up” and he called him “fat” (which he is the complete opposite, he’s actually super skinny). And he just said a few other mean words to him. I asked my son if that boy was mean to any other kid and he said no. I’m just wondering if the boy thinks he can be mean because my son is very small for his age and he said that kid is pretty tall, so he feels he can “bully” smaller kids. But that might not be the case at all, maybe my son said or did something to make that kid say those things. I’m not at all making excuses for my son because I don’t know exactly what caused that boy to say those things.
Anyways, I told his teacher about it and she basically stuck up for that kid and said something about him being a “busy boy” meaning she’s basically giving that boy an excuse for being rude to my son. She said she would take care of it, but it kind of upsets me that she would make that “busy boy” comment about that kid calling my son fat and telling him to shut up.
I’m seriously thinking about asking to switch teachers because even though it’s early in the school year and I never even met his teacher in person yet, I’m not very fond of her right now.
I got an email saying next week that his teacher is going to start sending home math homework. My 2nd grader has never really brung home homework. His past teachers sent home “homework” for him to work on at home, but it wasn’t really “required” I got an email yesterday saying she’s going to start sending math homework yesterday, which makes me think it’s required for him to do. As a mom to one child that’s in 2nd grade, is 2nd grade the year that homework starts? I know he has other teachers for different things like art, etc, so I just wonder why it’s only math homework that he’s maybe having to begin to do and not other subjects. Like I said, I’m a first time mom with my only child being in 2nd grade, so I’m “new” to all this.
And by saying the “homework” wasn’t required, I meant that it’s more of practice work if your child was up to doing it or not.
My 2nd grader is a very small kid. When people ask what his age is, they are in disbelief that he’s that age because of how small he is. He doesn’t look like the “typical” 7 year old. He goes in spurts where one day he’ll eat a lot, but other days he barely eats anything. Most of the time he barely eats, which worries me so much. Would it be too much if I ask his teacher if the lunch aides would look after him and encourage him to eat his lunch? It doesn’t help that one of his best friends is in the same class and he just wants to be done with his food so he can go out and play with his friends. He definitely doesn’t look like an average 7 year old.
Last year, my son was “behind” because he scored so low on tests since he was rushing through the tests so he can get done with them and hang out with his friends faster. I had a talk with him about slowing down, and he finally did which made his test scores much higher and had him not be in small groups for extra help (which there is NOTHING wrong with needing extra help, but I knew he didn’t need it and only qualified for it since he was rushing through tests on purpose and getting answers wrong.
One of his best friends is in his class this year. Last year, my son made friends with new kids in his class and all he cared about was rough housing his friends and goofing off with them… I was constantly getting emails from his teacher about his behavior. I’m worried because one of his good friends from the sport that they both play are in the same class, so I know for sure they’re gonna wanna goof off together and be wild. When my son gets together with friends, he unfortunately gets too wild and doesn’t listen to his teachers directions. Since him and that one friend from the sport are in the same class, I’m extra worried because my son gets super hyper and rough houses and plays with his friend and often doesn’t listen to his teacher, which results in me getting constant emails. What can I do????
I’m new to my job and worked at this daycare for one month now. Without asking me, my boss scheduled me from 9am to 6pm which is close. I got sick of it because I sometimes got out a little later than 6pm and I hated it because it was less time than I got with my 7 year old. Some other woman, who are mothers, have younger children (6 months+) but their kids are in the daycare too, so their able to see them throughout the day. But they sometimes close. But for me, I closed everyday. Some other woman who have kids around the same age as mine, barely or even never closes and gets out earlier than 6pm. Is it selfish of me to tell my boss the latest I could work is 5pm, purposely so I can go home earlier and spend a little over an hour more with my son?
And why?
I work 9am to 6pm Monday-Friday and I feel bad for my 7 year old because he’s stuck at home pretty much all day. My mom watches him and she has a lot of health problems and isn’t able to take him anywhere. I feel bad because all he does is sit at home and watch tv for pretty much the whole day. All his friends are busy and on vacation so he can’t play with them.
Are there any camps or places for him to stay for the day everyday that he can be around other kids and play?
My absolute favorite thing Carrie has said was the pole dancing episode when they invited those people over for dinner and the woman asked carrie if she had any ‘tats’ and Carrie said “tattoos? No, I have a job” that is one of the best lines she has ever said on the show, it’s so funny.
My boy has SO much energy. His grandpa would take him to the park for hours and hours and then he’ll still want to go places when I get out of work like the indoor jump place and want to spend hours there. I’m SO excited to see my kid after I get out of work after a long day, but the last place I want to go after work is the park or the indoor trampoline place. I’d rather just cuddle with him on the couch and watch a movie than take him somewhere like a kids place. I’d rather watch the movie with him on the couch and then take him somewhere on the weekend when I don’t have work and I can stay all day with him and have more energy to take him there and play with him because after work, all my energy is drained from me and i just want to relax and be with my son on the couch. He has so much energy that if I didn’t take him anywhere after he came home from the beach, he would be bouncing off the walls and super super hyper until I would finally take him somewhere to get his energy out.
Anyone else have kids like this?
So I pulled up a little past this parking space because I was going to back in. This other lady thought I was going past the parking space, so she was going to park there. I put my brakes on, put it in reverse and waited for her to leave before she I backed into the space. AITA for doing this? I intended to take that spot before that lady even pulled up behind me. I kept my brakes on and waited for her to drive away and then I backed in. The thing is, I admit that I parked in a spot that was the wrong direction as I was driving in since I drove past that spot so I can back into it, and I had to fix my parking a few times to make myself straight.
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