School Bus
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Please Help Me!
Asked by N.W. from Milwaukee
on February 21, 2008
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My son is 3 years old and will be 4 in Aug.Just like most kids he is so ready to go to school. More so he can't wait to ride the school bus.That's where my problem is....
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- I personally think 4 is too young for school let alone a bus. I know the trend now is get them in early. When actually a few hours of structured play group time to lea...
- I teach kindergarten in inner-city Minneapolis. My kindergarten students ride the bus with kids in grades K-8. They LOVE to ride the bus. I have never had a problem ...
- If you can, I think you should drive him - he is too young to take the bus. My 4 yr old is in preschool but I drop him off and pick him up. Hang in there, it won't be ...
It's Getting old--School Morning Drama
Asked by J.P. from Provo
on February 7, 2011
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Today is school day #101 for my First Grader and Kinder Girls. And every morning is the same drama, "I don't want to go to school!!!" And the fight starts there. Ther...
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- Maybe stop going to school and hanging out....completely. Maybe a lunch date once in a while but thats it. It may be enabling their clingy-ness to you, they need to ...
- I took a picture of me, and a picture of our family and laminated them and sent them with my daughter and told her to keep them in her pocket and look at them when she...
- Have you asked them at the end of the day when nerves are calm why they didn't want to go that morning? I'm guessing something is making them uncomfortable - maybe a...
Slow Poke
Asked by K.B. from Detroit
on March 8, 2010
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My Daughter Dilly Dally's and we have such a fight to get anywhere. If that is not enough this fall she has to be ready by 7:30 for the bus. Any suggestions?
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- Don't argue, don't fight. Work out a time frame with her. Set the expectation and set her alarm and if she isn't ready for the bus. She stays home or my kids pay me...
- My son is in 4th grade and we used to have this arguement every morning! Now he has his own clock and alarm and it actually goes off 15 minutes before mine does, lol! ...
- You didn't say how old she is. If she's excited about going to school, and BEING A BIG GIRL, take her excitement down a notch with some reverse psychology. "Big girl...
Bullying in School
Asked by L.T. from St. Cloud
on October 13, 2009
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I have two sons, and ironically they are both having seperate bullying issues, one is a 5th grader, one is a 7th grader, they attend different schools so the issues ar...
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- My daughter's school was the same way last year. We are in the Burnsville school dist. I got NO WHERE not after a restraining order, marching into the the bus company ...
- If your school officials are unsupportive, I say look into finding a new school for your sons that is supportive of both their needs and yours. If you don't have an a...
- Have you talked with your sons' teachers and/or coaches? Have you talked with the principals? You might get further with them than with the superintendent. Don't gi...
Do Kids WANT to Go to After School Programs?
Asked by A.B. from Naples
on July 25, 2011
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I always swore I would do whatever it took to be able to pick my child up from school in the afternoon, at least in the elementary years. If I couldn't work something ...
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- My neice (age 9) liked certain DAYS of the after school program. On Wednesdays, her teacher would allow her to help her grade papers, and my neice liked that. So on th...
- My daughter loves her after school program. She is irritated when I pick her up instead of letting her go!
- My daughter (3/4 at the time) liked after school care from her pre-school. She liked being able to go out to the playground again and color and just hang with friends...
Curious
Asked by H.. from New York
on August 15, 2011
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Do you think a second grader and a first grader could get off the bus and be home alone for 35 mins afterschool? Safe neighborhood responsible kids???
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- Personally? No.. I would not have trusted my 7 and 6 year old home alone for 35 minutes. That's me. I live in a VERY safe neighborhood. My boys are good boys - ...
- The question shouLd really be: will your children know what to do in the following situations? A stranger approaches and grabs one of them, the house catches on fire, ...
- Absolutely not and it may be illegal. Please, please tell me you don't LIVE in NY city too? No way - doesn't matter where you live really.
Why Send a Child to a Private, Christian School?
Asked by H.O. from Austin
on April 21, 2010
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We are thinking of sending our children to a Christian school. I would love to hear other parents' thoughts about this and their experiences. What can be gained? Etc.
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- i sent my older son to one for a year (i'm not christian but he was at the time.) while the classes were small and they were very good to him, i was rather surprised t...
- My children go to public school. In our area the public school had more extra curricular activities. At the highschool level my daughter will have a choice in what s...
- Here's what we did. In VA, where they have very good public schools, we sent our girls to the private Christian school. My son stayed in the public high school. ...
Husband Thinks School Is a Waste of time-I Want a Career That Requires School
Asked by T.V. from New York
on July 6, 2011
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My husband thinks school is a huge waste of time. I want to go to school to be an RN. I have put this off for 5 years now between having my two kids and overall life g...
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- Go to school! Tell him you want to be able to support yourself and your children if anything should (God forbid) happen to him. Tell him you want to do it for yourse...
- I don't know how to advise you about your husband, but I am currently in two classes that are required for the nursing school I'm applying for in the spring and so far...
- Ugh. I could see his point if you wanted to go to school for a BA in Underwater Basket Weaving or even something as useless at this point in your life as a liberal art...
Homework Right After School or a Little Break First?
Asked by A.F. from Columbus
on August 24, 2010
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My daughter is going into 1st grade tomorrow. Last year I would have her come home, have a snack then do homework since she was already in school mode. Sometimes I fel...
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- I let them have a snack while I go through their backpacks and deal with all of the paperwork. After snack I have their homework all set up and ready to go. I have n...
- My kids don't get home until about 4:00. We usually eat dinner at 6:00, so there isn't that much of an afternoon time. They have a snack right away, and then have to s...
- My daughter is in kindergaten and I allow her to have a snack and watch some tv for 30 minutes or so and then we start on homework. She does well and has not had a mel...
First Grader Wetting Pants at School
Asked by K.A. from Phoenix
on August 24, 2012
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My daughter is in first grade and wets her pants at school about once a week; sometimes more, sometimes less. She did this all last year too. She attends a large pub...
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- My first thought was to remind her daily to always use the bathroom at recess whether she feels like she has to go or not. Then that got me thinking that maybe she ...
- Stress? Fearful at school?
- My first guess is that she doesn't like to use the school bathrooms and is trying to withhold her urine... saving it all up for home, and then when she can't hold it a...
