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My Daughter Wants to Switch Schools in 10Th Grade
Asked by E.M. from Fort Myers
on October 23, 2011
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My daughter goes to Catholic School, 10th grade, and wants to go to public school where most of her friends go.
She keeps complaining she does not have many friends a...
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- How is her grades and personality? Are her friends the people you would want her to hang out with more? Is she easily influenced? Most public high schools tend to be...
- If she typically does well in school, let her switch.
- I went to private school until 11th grade and switched my junior year and then switched to public school. It was the best thing that could have happened to me. Serio...
12 Month Old Measuring Small
Asked by S.S. from Dallas
on May 2, 2010
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Hi Moms,
I recently took my 12 month old to her well check up and she has lost weight! She's only 18.5 lbs. - down from 18.12 at 10 months. The Dr. is concerned, even...
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- My son fell off the height/weight chart at a year, was subjected to a bunch of testing for the next year, and he is perfectly healthy. I would get a second opinion! ...
- I am really surprised that your pedi is concerned that seems ridiculous to me. My daughter was less than 5% for her weight at 12 months, she was not even on the chart...
- My daughter was that weight at 12 months also. She didn't hit 20 lbs until 14 months. She was in the 5th to 10th percentile for a little while. After drinking 1 to ...
2Nd Grade
Asked by J.M. from Houston
on April 17, 2012
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My daughter went to private school since she was 2 and is not going into 2nd grade next year. I want to move her to public school I think she will get more out of it w...
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- You would want to contact the public school where she will be enrolled and ask them. Typically if she has completed a 1st grade curriculum from an ACCREDITED program ...
- You do not say in your post but I am assuming that you started your child early into a grade and now they are young for the grade they are going into? Otherwise there...
- I don't think age is a factor once they've started school. As long as she passed first grade, she should go into second grade next year, no matter what her age.
Skipping a Grade
Asked by S.B. from Cleveland
on February 21, 2008
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I have posted on here before about my son and the situation I was having with him and school, now some new developments have brought me back to get some more informati...
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- I have no had this issue, but a friend of mine did. It was much like yours...early in their education. She chose not to put him ahead because he was already small in...
- Hi Setphanie. I'm not sure if this information will help you but it might. I had my IQ tested in first grade because the teacher thought I was very smart but had als...
- Hi S., First, congratulatons and commiserations on having such a bright little boy. Having had the same experience with my own son, my oldest, and also many years of t...
20 Month Old Is Small for Her Age
Asked by C.S. from Washington DC
on September 29, 2009
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I've seen other posts here about children who are small for their age, so I know this is nothing new, but I'm in search of some reassurance and good advice and I'm hop...
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- Beat them to the punch line. When they say how cute she is. Before they can ask how old. Say thank you and isn't she small?. She is going to have that little figure. A...
- Was she breastfed? The charts are based upon formula fed babies. My nearly 43 month old boy is 28 lbs and also off the chart but my ped says he looks fine and healthy....
- My daugher is 29 months, and 22 lbs on a good day. She is tiny and wears 18 month clothes but she is super cute. Whenever people comment how small she is I say somet...
Son Repeating First Grade
Asked by B.M. from Albany
on June 13, 2007
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my son's school wants him to repeat first grade. My husband and I agree this should be done (but every fiber of my being tells me it's the wrong move) I'm afraid it w...
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- My son had problems in pre-k and first grade. Both teachers wanted to hold him back. My husband and I refused. (He struggled in reading, like y our son) He is about to...
- B., They have this "no child left behind" act... why are they leaving your child behind? If you ask me, they should have seen this coming and worked with him to ge...
- Well I am young enough to remember how kids that were "too told to be in that grade, and to not have failed" in class. I lived in western NY, wyoming county, and went ...
Son Skipping a Grade
Asked by M.M. from Rochester
on October 11, 2009
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My son is currently in second grade in a combined 2nd/3rd grade classroom. He is already doing all the work the 3rd graders do, usually faster than them and scores be...
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- My son was in a similar situation. I home schooled him until the third grade and then he entered a classroom of 3rdthru4th he was already ahead one year when he entere...
- I have 2 boys who are a year ahead in school. They essentially "skipped" a grade because they were educated in the UK and started school at age 4. When we came back ...
- M., If your son can interact with the older grade okay, then I would say go for it. It sounds like you are pretty sure he can handle the material. I would just keep a...
10Th Birhtday Party
Asked by N.D. from Reno
on June 18, 2009
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My daughter is turning 10 in a couple of weeks. We are planning a party at the swimming center, and she has invited both girls and boys to attend. I am wondering what...
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- Hi N., I would just do a little candy, cause at 10, their really to old for the little toys, that go in goodie bags, most of that stuff breaks really easy anyways. I u...
- Bake up a batch of sugar cookies and let your daughter decorate them. Make them beachballs, or something else theme if you like. Wrap each one with a ribbon and have y...
- For my 10th birthday give away we didn't do the goody bags, but we did a cassette single (yes I'm old! LOL) with a snack sized candy bar attached and called it a day! ...
7Th Grade Son More than Failing
Asked by H.S. from Indianapolis
on December 16, 2008
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I am at a loss at this point. I don't know what to do or where to turn to help my son. He isin 7th grade. He is caring and loving and would help anyone with anythin...
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- My son doesn't turn ANYTHING in, never has. He got food spilled on him at lunch so they sent him home in a replacement shirt. It sat in his bookbag for a week and a ha...
- You didn't mention.......but has he been tested for DYSLEXIA???
- I see this a lot in kids that age. I substitute teach for jr high a few days a week. It seems like the 7th graders are always forgetting things in their locker; pencil...
Do I Have My Son Repeat First Grade Again or Move on to Second Grade
Asked by T.J. from Kansas City
on May 13, 2007
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My oldest son started first grade at different school this year. In December we moved back to where I am from. Cause my husband and I have four little boys under the...
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- T., I was a second grade teacher in Norman for 16 years. It is hard to see kids struggle who should have been held back. Do you live in a small town where al...
- My sister in law is having the same issues with her 1st grade son and was told by the 2nd grade teachers to go ahead and send him that many teachers call 2nd grade the...
- I would def go ahead and send him on to 2nd grade, and also have him tested for any LD. I agree that it could be due to changes going on in life etc.. With your husban...
