School: Infant

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My son is in second grade, and he is advanced in math and reading at a 5th grade level. We are having conversations with his teacher and principal abou...
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I am faced with the decision of letting my 7 year (1st Grade) old skip the 2nd g...
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I have posted on here before about my son and the situation I was having with hi...
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Hi Ladies, I have a 10 months old baby boy and there is a very strong chance th...
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We need to tell our son that he will be repeating Kindergarten this fall. He wil...

Academic Performance

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Hello. My daughter is 12 and going into 7th grade(she has a late birthday, but going from private to public school they couldnt hold her back). Her gra...
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Hello. I recently posted about possibly holding my son back in school and year ...
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Hi Moms. This is my first time asking for advice here. My 16 year old son (Jun...
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My 13 year old loves school, is a friend to all, but her teachers all say the sa...
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I have a 12 year old (he'll be 13 on the 28th) step-son. He is in the 7th grade ...

After School

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I'm looking for a new afterschool program for my daughter who is in Kinder. We live in the Plano and attend Rose Mary Haggar. I was wondering if anyo...
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Has anyone sent their kid/kids to the ISR program (infant safety rescue). I wan...
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My mother-in-law just asked if she could buy us the "Your Baby Can Read" program...
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Okay, so I got sucked into the infomercial about the "Your Baby Can Read" progra...
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Hello Everyone? I have a son who just turned 2 in sept. My husband and I decided...

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After School Programs

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I'm looking for a new afterschool program for my daughter who is in Kinder. We live in the Plano and attend Rose Mary Haggar. I was wondering if anyo...
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My mother-in-law just asked if she could buy us the "Your Baby Can Read" program...
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Okay, so I got sucked into the infomercial about the "Your Baby Can Read" progra...
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I am having a difficult time deciding what type of class to put my 3 yr old daug...
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So first day of First Grade at Public School is in the books. At the Private ...

Bullying

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It seems like everyone thinks there kid(s) are not bullies. I know we'd all like to believe we all have raised children that would never bully anoth...
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I am going to try this again. My son just turned 5 sunday and he kind of scares ...
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Watching the news last night something came up of kids bullying...normally the k...
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This is long, sorry! I was bullied relentlessly as a child. It started in elemen...
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My six-year old has been having some social issues at school, being excluded fro...

Changing Schools

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how do you as a sngle parent who really has never been away from your kids get use to them going to school for the first time....
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Recently my son was tested by the school psychologist .Iwas told by her that he ...
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Hi there! I am looking for information about infant care. I am due in March. My ...
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Before my daughter, I had a full schedule. I was in school with 18 credit hours...
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Hello, I am writing because our current infant seat is too old, it is now s...

Charter School

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Anybody know about the treetop school or Harmony school of science- grand prarie? Harmony sent us a application and treetop was found when I was drivi...
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Hi Moms, My fraternal (same sex but not identical) twins are starting Kinderg...
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I am wondering if anyone can offer suggestions about school choices in the West ...
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For us in Houston, its starting next week! The last day of school last year was...
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I have a 6 year old who is extremely smart and capable of doing everything that ...

Classmates

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So basically my question is this: Will we ever get to a point where I feel comfortable having my children's friends over? A little background: I am a...
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My best friend moved 5 months ago and I miss her dearly. The problem is I am not...
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Do you have friends who get upset with you because you won't go do something the...
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In the past it seems that I had lots of women friends. However, I've been remar...
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Hi, I was wondering how you make friends when you move to a new town. I have a ...

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College Preparation

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Hey Mamas, I have a senior in high school who will be attending college in the fall in a town about 3 hours south. I need to know from moms who have c...
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Are we as parents obligated/responsible for paying for our kids college? In a p...
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I have a 17 year old daughter, senior in high school. She has been accepted at a...
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Now that we have our son we dont know what to do. It is like we did not have a l...
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My daughter has failed all but 4 classes she has taken in her 2 years at college...

Elementary School

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Hello, Does anyone have any insight on any of the Elementary Schools in the Plano area? My son will be starting K for the 2009-2010 school year - ...
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My daughter is going to start kindergarten next fall...I know it´s early to thi...
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My child's elementary school PTA is holding its first-ever Online Auction as a f...
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We are looking for vendors for our Elementary school. We are hosting this event...
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I'll try to make this quick: my daughter is now ready for kindergarten and I am...

Field trips

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ok so my 6 year old brings home a field trip permission slip for the Milwaukee Zoo. I looked at it like... what?! First of all, that is in another s...
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I trust my son's daycare who has been taking care of my 2 year old since he was ...
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My son is going on a school field trip in the morning and I just received the gu...
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I am taking a trip to San Antonio with my son (4 &1/2 months old). Has anyone e...
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we are going tent camping for the first time this summer with the kids, we have ...

Friends

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I currently have no "mommy" friends. I would like to find some Moms in my area (Troy, Royal Oak, Ferndale) around my age. My childless friends are a li...
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Hello all you wonderful mama’s out there. About a year ago you all gave me som...
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Hi Moms! Just a fun question: Did any of you growing up have imaginary frien...
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My son and are looking for playdates. We are new to the area and I guess you can...
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I'd love to be able to hook up with some other SAHM's with infants that want to ...

Getting to School

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we live five houses down from the bus stop, and we can see it from our front door. i'm just wondering what age/grade you moms feel like it's appropriat...
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Hi Moms...I have come here for advice before and you all haven't failed me yet. ...
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My girls are 6 and 7 years old, and their bus stop is the corner of our front ya...
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My 6 year old son just started kindergarten this year. There are a few other kid...
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So first day of First Grade at Public School is in the books. At the Private ...

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Groups & Lessons

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Hey Mommies! I have twin boys who are 26 months. I am wanting to get them involved in sports and also some swim lessons. My husband and I both work ...
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I've been researching everything there is out there about infant swimming lesson...
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So I was talking to a Co-Worker of mine yesterday about kids you know those weir...
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Just curious of anyone else's experience. I have a 5 year old boy and he has ...
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I want to take my 8 month old twins to swimming lessons at the local YMCA. The ...

Highschool

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How high do you moms let your kids' temps get before calling the doctor? My oldest has a fever and is tired. He was seen this morning because those are...
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My daughter is a high school freshman. She started out loving school, but i not...
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My son is a freshmen in high school and is playing football. He is a great foot...
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Im really missing him! My baby has his first day of high school today and for so...
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One day while on google, I accidentally stumbled on a dr sears website talking a...

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Homework

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I may have posted on here about this issue before but now I think my kids are getting too much homework. I don't want to be the only mom in my sons' 1...
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My oldest son is in the 5th grade this year. He usually spends between 1 1/2 to ...
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Junior high/6th grade. My son is a good kid, he loves to learn and his test sco...
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alright my oldest daughter is in 3rd grade and she is very bright but omg is she...
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Well my thing is for one my boys are constantly fighting. My 11 year old is ADHD...

Middle School

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I am having major anxiety at the thought of my oldest child going to middle school in the fall. She is very naive and I'm fearful for the things she w...
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I have 3 wonderful children, but I am affraid that my middle child is falling be...
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My son (11) has never liked school, now that he has moved to the middle school t...
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What is a good Middle name for Victoria? I just gave birth to my precious daugh...
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I have 3 girls...3, 6 & 9. My middle child is a typical middle child I have lear...

Online School

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Looking for the pros/cons of online schools. Any feedback would be great....Thanks!!!...
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Have any of you mommies out there gone to college online? I'm looking into the U...
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Hi Moms, I am a single mom of 3 little ones (5,4,2). I am interested in taki...
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Hi, I live in Oregon and have a 4.5 and 3.5 year old, and we are having our 3r...
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Can you qualify for financial aid for online schools? Costs? How is the intensit...

Private school

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I am torn about schooling. I always said I wouldn't send my children to private school but in the last year I have been considering eating my words. ...
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Does anyone have any info on speech IEP's in a private school setting versus in ...
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My daughter is 2 and goes to an early learning center/daycare. When she turns 3...
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ok, a friend of mine and i are having a debate and i want your ladies opinions t...
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Here is my dilemma ladies. My oldest son is 4 1/2 and in a private Pre K class n...

Public School

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Hi Moms! I'm wondering how I can find out when enrollment takes place for our local public school. My son is going to be five in June and will ther...
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I know this is a little premature of a question because my daughter is not even ...
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My daughter is 2 and goes to an early learning center/daycare. When she turns 3...
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ok, a friend of mine and i are having a debate and i want your ladies opinions t...
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Here is my dilemma ladies. My oldest son is 4 1/2 and in a private Pre K class n...

School Lunch

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Ok well my little boy wants to take lunch to school now. And I dont know what to sedn him, they dont have a microwave there so it has to be cold.I nee...
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I need ideas on what to feed my 5 year old for lunch. He does not like sandwich...
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My oldest is starting first grade on Tuesday and he wants to take his lunch to s...
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Just wondering if your child packs his or her lunch for school, and if so, how o...
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Hello Ladies, I have a first grader who takes a lunch to school. I have packed h...

School Vacations

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I would like to know of some free programs and fun inexpensive things to do with my 4 year old and 8 year old daughters this summer....
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I'm looking for some type of preschool activity programs for my 4 year old duri...
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I need some suggestions on things to do w/kids during their Summer break. I hav...
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Ok moms - don't know your schedule, but my kids only have 3wks of school left so...
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I'm looking for something fun for my daughter to do this summer other than the u...

Social Skills

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Has anyone ever had to deal with social services or knwo how they work. My husband has this cousin Steve him and his girlfriend have a 5 year old son,...
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My daughter is 12 and in the 6th grade. She is VERY active in church and school...
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I guess my question is am I setting an antisocial example for them? I have move...
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I need to go out on a social outing with some women who live in my area even if ...
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Have any of you learned to overcome your social anxieties as well as gain confid...

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