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Eighth Grade

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Repeating 8Th Grade?

My daughter is currently attending a New York City public middle school and receives special education and a full time paraprofessional. Her para wants her to repeat 8th grade. She said she had another child who repeated 8th grade for maturity purposes (that child did fine academically) and thinks my daughter will benefit from this. She wants my daughter to stay an extra year. However, my daughter objects to this and does not want to stay an extra year. My daughter is doing fine academically. I did talk to her teacher as well and the...

Fifth Grade

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5Th Grade Graduation!

What are you getting/doing for your SON/daughter for their 5th grade graduation?

Seventh Grade

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Ask.fm And Instagram Drama in 7Th Grade

Have any of you Moms have good conversations with your kids about making good choices on these popular social media sites? It seems like now any time there is a little tiff between friends, it needs to be posted about, people blocked, pictures deleted, etc, which only makes this worse. I view my kids sites all the time, and overwhelmingly I see DD being kind to her friends and things are all age-appropriate. My youngest is starting 7th grade, and these sites are just a pervasive focus in her peer group. Yes, she is involved in several...

Sixth Grade

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Tact and 6Th Grade

I know tact and 6th grade are not exactly synonymous! So, yesterday when my 11 year old told me that she and two of her friends were going to go to the library at lunch and exchange gifts I was alarmed. My daughter has developed a nice group of friends. There are about 6 to 8 in this collection. It shifts regularly but not with hard feelings. Daughter is closest to one she has been best friends with since 3rd grade. This friend was NOT included in the group. This sounded like a very bad idea to me and I said so. I said I would...

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