u/Pale_Spirit3007

Hello everyone! I want to start by saying thank you to everyone that helped me with my kindergartener on my other post. I already decided on the curriculum and this year will be the first year homeschooling, hopefully it will be good.

Now that we decided for sure on homeschooling, my husband is a bit worried about socializing. There is available for us a 2hrs school from Monday to Thursday for religious studies, and I suggested him that we could put my oldest in that so he could still have daily socializing. ​His concern is that it is 4x a week and he said he feels like it goes against the reason why we are homeschooling, but my argument is that 2hrs a day isnt really that much...especially considering the classes are small and they are just literally learning about our religion in a school setting. This would start during the school year, in sept.

I also did find a homeschooling group here in my city, where they meet up weekly and have co-ops too, I am not entirely sure how it works as I haven't met up with them in person yet. My 5yo loves people and is very bubbly, I think once a week meet-up wouldn't be enough for him. He is also in extracurriculars (which we will have to review during the winter as we get pretty bad winter weather where we live).

What do you guys do for socializing? Do you feel like your weekly co-op groups/meet ups are enough? Do you send them do a non-traditional school (a few hours a week as opposed to the whole 8hrs)?

I am still trying to figure this all out and I am not sure who to ask exactly, as I am yet to meet the homeschooling moms from my city's group. TIA!

I bet you guys see this a ton here lol and I am sorry for adding more, I have read a few threads here but I am still so lost about how to start homeschooling with my almost 5yo. We live in Ontario and he went to pre-k 3x a week and then JK full time, but my husband and I decided that homeschooling would work better us. I have been giving him worksheets here and there for the past 2 years, he loves to do them, although I always have to add a craft or experiment to keep his interest which isnt a problem as he learns a ton and enjoys it.

He learned a lot in JK, but I am a little bit confused on how to keep going. I usually print worksheets from Pinterest and he knows uppercase, lowercase letters ad phonics, although not perfect. He knows how to count to 100, but seems to not recognize the numbers in front of him if they pass 10. I feel like I need a guide with steps on what to do after he learns certain things. My friend told me about "Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons" but upon researching it, it feels like a lot of people find it supppeeer boring. I am also not sure how exactly to teach math, he has been loving the addition worksheets for the one digit numbers but I feel like he should be able to recognize numbers after 10 first. Anything you guys recommend for math and english? A rough guide for the parents rather than for the child? Workbooks for him would also be helpful as my printer is probably screaming for help rn, we are using and abusing of it printing that many worksheets lol!

Just to add, I read about different philosophies and I think I lean more towards Classical schooling and Charlotte Mason. I would like to have rough routine and schedule for him to learn, but still respecting his own pace withouth pushing too much.

TIA!

Hello everyone!

Since before we got married, my husband always said he wanted 7 kids. I told him before I would like 5, but we could talk about it once we reach that number.

We live far away from family and have no support system. Like 0, nothing. It is always my husband and I. We do have friends and stuff but we would only asl them to babysit in case of emergencies (like a few months ago when I needed to go to the ER).

We already have 3, and my husband was excited to have a 4. Recently though, he started to say that 3 is enough lol. He says we have no support system, which is true, and that he feels exhausted, and I feel too, but I feel like the tiredness is worth it and tbh we have a pretty good routine and things are going smoothly. It made me kinda disappointed, not gonna lie. Has this happened to anyone here? How did you approach it? I absolutely wont ever try to convince him to have a 4th, if he thinks he reached his peak I dont want us not raising the kids to our full potential, but I also kinda feel sad that this last baby was my last and I didn't know it!!

For reference, I have an almost 5yo, almost 4yo, and a 16mo. We were planning on trying but I had a miscarriage, and we decided to wait in a few months, which would possibly put us at 6yo, 5yo, 2.5yo, newborn.

I officially stopped breastfeed my 15mo 1 week ago. I have been slowly weaning her. Yesterday I started with a lot of pain as if my right breast is sore. It isn't feeling full or has any lumps. It is just veryyy sore to the touch. Now my left side is sore today as well.

I had to express a bit a few days ago to relief but a quick 3 min and it was good enough, and after that they haven't filled with milk again. Not sure if it normal to feel this sore 1 week after and not feeling like I need to pump at all. my breasts feel completely empty. She is the third baby I weaned and I don't remember this with my first 2. Is that expected?

Ok, so my husband and I have different opinions about what is excessive when it comes to talking with the teacher, and I wanted to know if I am really being excessive.

Long story short, we have been having a few behavioral issues with my almost 5 year old. He is very energetic and we have been dealing with him being too rough with friends when playing. He mostly doesn't mean bad, but we are trying to make him understand that not everyone likes it.

Begining of the year the school yeacher as well as the Karate teacher told us he has been roughhousing with friends and after a conversation with him, he stopped. Every so often I would ask the school teacher how is everything going and she would say its going good! A few months back, a father who is close to my husband, complained that my son was being mean to his. I went and talked to the teacher about it to understand what was going on, and she told me that my son sometimes will provoke his friends to get what he wants but that she was solving it in class, and I also had a talk with him at home as well. Again, every so often I would pop in quickly and ask if he was doing good, she would say all good, move along.

Until a few days ago when another student saw my husband out and about, and told him my son is also being mean to him. Again, having discussied this with her before and knowing there had been some issues, I went to ask the teacher if everything is going well and told her what had happened, and she said the same thing she said before, but that there has been a lot of improvements and that she thinks overall it isnt a reason for concerns. The reason why I talked to her is because if my son is being mean to other kids, I need to know to be able to solve the issue at home too. I also talked to that student's mom who said her son has never once complained to her about my son, but it seemed like they had a little 4yo fight lol and he saw my husband and decided to go complain about my son to him. Ok, great!

And then friday my son came home super upset that his friend told the teacher that he was going to hit him because he wanted a toy, and my son was the one to sit in time out. Here is the thing, I know I cant take everything he says to be true, and by the issues we have been having, he is only 4, but then today again, he said his friend lied again to the teacher and I quickly pop in just to ask about it as he seemed pretty upset, and she confirmed that she noticed that there has been an issue with the other child doing that.

So, in total, I talked to her 3x all school year, and the quick "everything is ok with him?" "Yes :)" perfect, thank you, bye!" Throughout the year. Is that excessive? I feel like it is not but my husband thinks it is, so I thought to ask teachers about it. She is a lovely teacher and she will have my youngest next year as her student, so I dont want her to have a bad image of me as a mom.

Hello everyone, we are dealing with behavior issues with my son at school and I hope someone here can help.

My 4yo (almost 5) is a very energetic boy. He plays a ton, is very creative, speaks a ton, a healthy, normal 4yo. Begining of the school year (JK), the teacher talked to me about the way he plays with friends. He loves to rough play with them the same way his dad plays with him. We talked to him about appropriate times to play like that and he seemed to have gotten it. No more complains for months. That's until a friend of my husband called him to tell him that my son is being mean to his son.

When I talked to the teacher again, she said that although everything is under control at class (which is why she didn't mention it), she said he is bossy, and wants things his was, and that he will basically bully a friend until he gets what he wants. Had a talk with him at home and came with a plan with the teacher​. I have asked a few times how things are going and she says its going good. Then yesterday, my husband saw one of his classmates when he went out alone, and he heard the father telling his son to go speak to my husband, and then the boy told my husband that my son is bothering him at school. It seems like my son is really being a bully to some kids to the point of parents complaining to us.

I don't know what to do with him. He has a 3yo brother and a 1yo sister. He can be bossy, and he will sometimes get into this weird mood where all he does all day long is bother his 3yo brother. He gets time-outs, tv taken away, I also don't think I tend to give in to his wants if he cries/gets angry, but I am not sure what else to do honestly. I have noticed that his behavior drastically worsens when he has school, but recently it has gotten so much better with the outbursts after school, and they had a week off and he was being so good all week long at home, I really thought he turned the corner with that behavior.

What is also weird is that the teacher said he only has behavior issues when it comes to friendships. She said with everything else, he is an A student, Listens, does his work, do as he is told. She had even told at a parents/teachers conference that he was one of the good kids. I am gonna talk to her again today, but I am starting to really worry about his behavior towards his friends.

Has anyone gone through that with their kid? What did you do?

TIA

Hello everyone! I wanted to know if I am allowed to grill at any park here. I have my own coal barbecue that I will take with me. Are there specific parks that I can grill at or is it allowed at every park around the city?

Tia!

I am re-reading the books now. I read it at first as a tween and now again, as an adult with kids. What the actual hell is wrong with her?? She abandoned her babies!! I get that she was depressed but Katniss and Prim almost starved to death!!! Katniss even mentioned that she would have turned into prostitution.

And then I mockinjay she doesn't even go back home to help Katniss. I mean, I get it, her husband died, Prim died, she saw the destruction of district 12. But katniss had the whole world in to hold in her shoulders. Katniss was the one that provided for them. Katniss suffered from the games twice. And I know Katniss would push her away so she probably learned not to ask much, but oh my God, she would barely enquire with katniss about what was going on in her life. Gale's mom was pregnant, gave birth, and went out and looked for work to provide for her kids. I just can't seem to find an excuse for Asterid. I can't imagine abandoning my kids like that.