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I’m am not saying you are wrong (and I agree with you) but at the same time I guess they’re remembering when they “just” spent time with their grandparents and probably don’t remember (or saw) the work their grandparents and parents had to put in to facilitate this, or the amount of time they could see them. And it’s also coming from a time when we’re stronger due to time commitments.
Then they just sit there going, it’s the children, the children are incorrect.
My son has definitely turned a corner in school. He used to be" that kid" who would pull down all of the books from the classroom library from the shelves, run off to go do what he wanted to do, not listen to the teacher, get upset and hit and throw things, etc. Now he's quite a rules follower, and listens very well. He tries very hard- when he's upset he makes sure not to get physical, and makes sure I know he didn't hit anybody and "just yelled/ cried/etc" He does still get upset, but has developed tools to calm down more easily, regulate himself, and be upset in more socially acceptable ways.
It's very hard because he has really bad ADHD (like, he's maxed out on dosages of medication), so can still be inattentive and impulsive. He is also autistic, and can have a very hard time with transitions and things not being " the right way" or "fair". He's also pretty argumentative (in a conversational way, not angry way), which rubs so many teachers wrong (well, actually......). He's naturally rather silly and happy, and gets very serious and rigid when dysregulated. I mean, we're working on it, but he's come so far.
Now we're running into the issue where he's now one of the better-behaved kids, and is being moved classes so kids with more serious behaviors can get more supports. We're at an autism-inclusion school with specific supports, and I don't doubt that he's getting the supports he needs. But he also has problems during weeks where, say, there's a field trip and he misses his OT for the week, and other kids get a make-up when he doesn't. And I tell him it's good that he doesn't need as much help, but also, he feels like he's being asked to give up something when others aren't. The classroom change will be several students moving next week, so it's not just him. I told the school admin that he may try to "talk back" about the change, and will likely get upset not at the change itself so much as if he feels he's not heard about the change. It's just.. I dunno. It's 3rd grade. I was hoping they'd have set up the class better before the school year started.. but
I'm just happy we have this school, though. His previous school was a bit of a disaster, and did not want to work with him. I had to convince his he'd be able to move schools just to get him to give them a second chance. They held him down when he tried to elope, and he felt like they were hurting him. The way teachers are trained in our district, and what they are allowed to do is.. something else. Special education is focused on academic help, and how to work with behavior issues is not handled well at all. Another student in our district just made the news because their teacher (a special education teacher) put them in a literal headlock when the student refused to go to a "timeout corner" And some people are blaming the literal 5 year-old in comments for daring to be in an integrated classroom and making it so hard for the teacher that they were driven to it. And just.. that was my son in Kindergarten, and he is doing so well in an integrated classroom with actual supports and people who understand how to work with behaviors. I get that not all kids can be in general-education, but the school system needs to be set up to help the kids, not just blame them when the adults fail them.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
My daughter is not having with the drop offs at daycare this week, I feel badly for her and my for my wife
The daycare staff said she is doing very well afterwards and all day, she just doesn't like the drop off
It's a big adjustment and it's going to take some time, we all know this, but it's difficult seeing it
I felt terrible about this with my kids (as they'd go through those cycles) until once I had to drop something back off 5 minutes later and my daughter was not only not upset, but playing happily and fully did a "dad, get the heck out of here" stinkeye to me.
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I took the 5-year-old bowling for the first time today
He loved it
Parenthood is alright sometimes, y'all
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KalnaurI See Rain . . .Centralia, WARegistered Userregular
As you all probably know by this point, my kid has had a speech delay which started to abate after he started school in Spring 2022. So he finds new things to say from time to time, and they're usually pretty cute.
Well, for about 3+ months now, his favorite thing to say to people, anyone at all, is "I love you so much!" and then step forward to give them a hug. He's 7, almost 8. He does this to adults. He does this to school friends. He does this to completely unknown kids; we went to the beach here in Washington right before the school year started and while I stepped away for a moment he apparently accosted a kid with saying very loudly "You are my friend! I love you so much!" It's incredibly endearing, but I keep trying to figure out how to . . . maybe curb it? and it makes me feel bad thinking that way, but he's such a trusting, kind kid. Sometimes too trusting; he would willingly take the hand of most any adult and begin to lead them in whatever direction he wants to go (or pretend to take their hand and then bolt while giggling his head off). Not looking for any suggestions, just getting thoughts out of my head.
Which somehow leads me to this track: he is absolutely in the special education class at his school. He needs the services they provide. But he also was in general education for a good amount of the time by the end of last year. Well, previous special ed teacher left, new teacher is there, and for the first week he was primarily in the special ed classroom. Now, from time to time if there's been some sort of incident (like licking the blocks, I'll tell that story in a moment), someone will lead him out and have a chat when we pick him up. So when his new special ed teacher was leading him out this past Friday I was a bit worried. But it was good, in fact great, to my mind. She wanted to know what we (i.e. me) thought about him being in gen ed more. I said I thought it was a great idea, and that he'd been in his first grade class a lot. She was happy, and seemed to be a bit relieved, actually. She let me know she'd done some reading and learning assessments with him, and for example for reading he's reading at a 5th grade level. Which doesn't surprise me. She mentioned another part of the reading and comprehension type things and mentioned he'd tested on that one at a 6th grade level. Which also didn't surprise me. And she said "there's just no one in my class that's going to be an effective peer model for him. I love him in class, but he really needs the class time elsewhere."
Because the little critter is smart. Sometimes too smart, while at the same time reminding myself of being a kid and doing things "the hard way". At the end of the last school year, he was getting a bit worn on being in his first grade class. He knew that if he did something he wasn't supposed to, he'd get sent back to the special ed classroom. So he took the blocks that were in his first grade class and licked them. And got the result he wanted, he was sent back to the special ed classroom. And he told me "I know I'm not supposed to lick the blocks, but I was done being in Mrs. [Teacher]'s class, so I licked the blocks so I got to go back to the other class." And I said, "hey buddy, just a tip for next time. If you want to go back to the other class, you can just say so." And he gave me a shocked look and said "Really?" so I let him know that he didn't have to be sneaky or act out, he just needed to let people know what he needed. He responded with a "Huh. Okay."
Autism is wild, y'all.
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Daughter is excited and happy to go to "school" again, which is a tremendous relief for all of us
She goes to a daycare preschool three days a week. The first week was fun and exciting, the second week was miserable, the third week was split. My wife said she was excited this morning and couldn't wait to show her friend her new dress.
We're also making some good progress with potty training, which is nice
My daughter got invited to her first sleepover this Saturday. I was reading the invite and they said to drop her off at 5:30pm and pick her up at 9:00am.
I was taken aback. 9am? Why so early? Back in my day, you’d get picked up in the mid-to-late afternoon. Like, 2-6pm.
Am I the only one who feels that way or is that just the new norm? Not complaining, just wondering is all.
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My daughter got invited to her first sleepover this Saturday. I was reading the invite and they said to drop her off at 5:30pm and pick her up at 9:00am.
I was taken aback. 9am? Why so early? Back in my day, you’d get picked up in the mid-to-late afternoon. Like, 2-6pm.
Am I the only one who feels that way or is that just the new norm? Not complaining, just wondering is all.
Depends on the time of year. Over the summer, sleepovers tend to run longer for our kids whether hosting or attending. Right now there are enough sports and other activities with Saturday games or meetings that they usually end much earlier (9-11am typically).
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Daycare called, kid has a fever, gotta come get her.
I just brought her home, no fever, kid seems perfectly fine
WTF child
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Our toddler struggles so much with the concept of time and I love it.
"I went swimming last night!" (It was 3 days ago, in the morning)
"I'll sit in that chair one day" (pointing at the high chair that her baby sister is in, which she used 2 years ago)
"Anika be here later" (she visited a couple of weeks ago)
"I just hurt my toe a bit. Yeah, this morning" (it was weeks ago)
Time is such a weird concept to try and describe with language. I guess it all just starts to shake out eventually. For now it's just cute.
My daughter got invited to her first sleepover this Saturday. I was reading the invite and they said to drop her off at 5:30pm and pick her up at 9:00am.
I was taken aback. 9am? Why so early? Back in my day, you’d get picked up in the mid-to-late afternoon. Like, 2-6pm.
Am I the only one who feels that way or is that just the new norm? Not complaining, just wondering is all.
We just did a sleepover for our son's 11th birthday that was drop-off at noon and collect at noon the next day. The parents were extremely grateful
And I guess that marks 11 years of posting in this thread? I'm turning to dust
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Our toddler struggles so much with the concept of time and I love it.
"I went swimming last night!" (It was 3 days ago, in the morning)
"I'll sit in that chair one day" (pointing at the high chair that her baby sister is in, which she used 2 years ago)
"Anika be here later" (she visited a couple of weeks ago)
"I just hurt my toe a bit. Yeah, this morning" (it was weeks ago)
Time is such a weird concept to try and describe with language. I guess it all just starts to shake out eventually. For now it's just cute.
we currently have two descriptors for past events, "last week" or "years ago" his last birthday definitely wasn't last week so that means it was years ago
my 2 yo right now just tacks "day" on the end of her sentences as a general marker that she's not talking about the present
"we go swimming day?"
later today? tomorrow? are you telling me about how you went swimming last week? who knows
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fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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KalnaurI See Rain . . .Centralia, WARegistered Userregular
my 2 yo right now just tacks "day" on the end of her sentences as a general marker that she's not talking about the present
"we go swimming day?"
later today? tomorrow? are you telling me about how you went swimming last week? who knows
I say "the other day" to represent any day before the present one. That could mean yesterday or 20 years ago. I have done this my entire life, and it's never improved. I also have time blindness. Good luck with that kiddo!
Speaking of kiddos, mine was in his own universe this morning. I swear he heard nothing I said, he was constantly paying attention to something else, and he ignored everyone who tried to say good morning at his school. Just marching headlong into the day. I wish his teachers well.
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I took the 5-year-old bowling for the first time today
He loved it
Parenthood is alright sometimes, y'all
If he loved it and you don't already have a ton of activities going for him, you might look into a youth league. My son struggled to find an activity he liked, especially once his karate teacher retired, and bowling was perfect. He made friends that he still has in his life at 20. Of course, now they play Magic and D&D - but he's a backup on one of their adult-league teams when folks are sick. It's a great sport.
Side note - my son just got his license Monday and is driving himself to college for the first time today and I'm a nervous wreck. Like sick to my stomach, super panicked feeling. I already have a weird thing about driving that got even worse during covid somehow. Holy shit is this rough just waiting for a quick text that he made it.
Lindsay Lohan on
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
"Complete the number pattern!"
no other context given, aside from it being in the "math and puzzles" part of her homework portal
this is part of my 5 year old's homework
i'm not actually sure what to do here
"Complete the number pattern!"
no other context given, aside from it being in the "math and puzzles" part of her homework portal
this is part of my 5 year old's homework
i'm not actually sure what to do here
It's colors based on what it's divisible by, as far as I can tell.
Divisible by 9? Pink.
If not, divisible by 8? Purple.
If not, divisible by 7? Dark blue.
If not, divisible by 6? Light blue.
If not, divisible by 5? Green.
If not, divisible by 4? Yellow.
If not, divisible by 3? Red.
If not, divisible by 2? Grey.
If not, white.
Why this puzzle would be given to 5 year olds, who can't do division (and who can't do this if colorblind, which they won't be diagnosed with at the time), I have no idea.
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
oh wow that actually fits
I was trying to like tile or rotate it to make a shape
But how does that make sense, the tiles aren't numbered or anything?
You're just counting the cells, starting with 1 in the top left. So the pink in the top row is #9, the pink in the second row is #18, the pink in the third row is #27, and so on.
see now i would fail simply because i'm apparently a sicko who would start counting at the bottom left
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I'm still confused as to the language "complete the pattern", or what you're supposed to do even after recognizing the pattern
this is an online app she accesses through a tablet, but there's not any way to interact with the grid presented. Some of the other puzzles have multiple choice buttons or a text field for their input.
we get the answer key at the end of the week and I'm really interested to see what the answer for this one will be
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Then they just sit there going, it’s the children, the children are incorrect.
Satans..... hints.....
It's very hard because he has really bad ADHD (like, he's maxed out on dosages of medication), so can still be inattentive and impulsive. He is also autistic, and can have a very hard time with transitions and things not being " the right way" or "fair". He's also pretty argumentative (in a conversational way, not angry way), which rubs so many teachers wrong (well, actually......). He's naturally rather silly and happy, and gets very serious and rigid when dysregulated. I mean, we're working on it, but he's come so far.
Now we're running into the issue where he's now one of the better-behaved kids, and is being moved classes so kids with more serious behaviors can get more supports. We're at an autism-inclusion school with specific supports, and I don't doubt that he's getting the supports he needs. But he also has problems during weeks where, say, there's a field trip and he misses his OT for the week, and other kids get a make-up when he doesn't. And I tell him it's good that he doesn't need as much help, but also, he feels like he's being asked to give up something when others aren't. The classroom change will be several students moving next week, so it's not just him. I told the school admin that he may try to "talk back" about the change, and will likely get upset not at the change itself so much as if he feels he's not heard about the change. It's just.. I dunno. It's 3rd grade. I was hoping they'd have set up the class better before the school year started.. but
I'm just happy we have this school, though. His previous school was a bit of a disaster, and did not want to work with him. I had to convince his he'd be able to move schools just to get him to give them a second chance. They held him down when he tried to elope, and he felt like they were hurting him. The way teachers are trained in our district, and what they are allowed to do is.. something else. Special education is focused on academic help, and how to work with behavior issues is not handled well at all. Another student in our district just made the news because their teacher (a special education teacher) put them in a literal headlock when the student refused to go to a "timeout corner" And some people are blaming the literal 5 year-old in comments for daring to be in an integrated classroom and making it so hard for the teacher that they were driven to it. And just.. that was my son in Kindergarten, and he is doing so well in an integrated classroom with actual supports and people who understand how to work with behaviors. I get that not all kids can be in general-education, but the school system needs to be set up to help the kids, not just blame them when the adults fail them.
The daycare staff said she is doing very well afterwards and all day, she just doesn't like the drop off
It's a big adjustment and it's going to take some time, we all know this, but it's difficult seeing it
for like a month or two
kids are something =p
I felt terrible about this with my kids (as they'd go through those cycles) until once I had to drop something back off 5 minutes later and my daughter was not only not upset, but playing happily and fully did a "dad, get the heck out of here" stinkeye to me.
She's currently exhausted and that's not helping either
I still feel like this most days.
He loved it
Parenthood is alright sometimes, y'all
Well, for about 3+ months now, his favorite thing to say to people, anyone at all, is "I love you so much!" and then step forward to give them a hug. He's 7, almost 8. He does this to adults. He does this to school friends. He does this to completely unknown kids; we went to the beach here in Washington right before the school year started and while I stepped away for a moment he apparently accosted a kid with saying very loudly "You are my friend! I love you so much!" It's incredibly endearing, but I keep trying to figure out how to . . . maybe curb it? and it makes me feel bad thinking that way, but he's such a trusting, kind kid. Sometimes too trusting; he would willingly take the hand of most any adult and begin to lead them in whatever direction he wants to go (or pretend to take their hand and then bolt while giggling his head off). Not looking for any suggestions, just getting thoughts out of my head.
Which somehow leads me to this track: he is absolutely in the special education class at his school. He needs the services they provide. But he also was in general education for a good amount of the time by the end of last year. Well, previous special ed teacher left, new teacher is there, and for the first week he was primarily in the special ed classroom. Now, from time to time if there's been some sort of incident (like licking the blocks, I'll tell that story in a moment), someone will lead him out and have a chat when we pick him up. So when his new special ed teacher was leading him out this past Friday I was a bit worried. But it was good, in fact great, to my mind. She wanted to know what we (i.e. me) thought about him being in gen ed more. I said I thought it was a great idea, and that he'd been in his first grade class a lot. She was happy, and seemed to be a bit relieved, actually. She let me know she'd done some reading and learning assessments with him, and for example for reading he's reading at a 5th grade level. Which doesn't surprise me. She mentioned another part of the reading and comprehension type things and mentioned he'd tested on that one at a 6th grade level. Which also didn't surprise me. And she said "there's just no one in my class that's going to be an effective peer model for him. I love him in class, but he really needs the class time elsewhere."
Because the little critter is smart. Sometimes too smart, while at the same time reminding myself of being a kid and doing things "the hard way". At the end of the last school year, he was getting a bit worn on being in his first grade class. He knew that if he did something he wasn't supposed to, he'd get sent back to the special ed classroom. So he took the blocks that were in his first grade class and licked them. And got the result he wanted, he was sent back to the special ed classroom. And he told me "I know I'm not supposed to lick the blocks, but I was done being in Mrs. [Teacher]'s class, so I licked the blocks so I got to go back to the other class." And I said, "hey buddy, just a tip for next time. If you want to go back to the other class, you can just say so." And he gave me a shocked look and said "Really?" so I let him know that he didn't have to be sneaky or act out, he just needed to let people know what he needed. He responded with a "Huh. Okay."
Autism is wild, y'all.
I made this just now because ugh, what a day.
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Every one of my kids has been sick at different times this month.
Yay, Petrie dish!!
She goes to a daycare preschool three days a week. The first week was fun and exciting, the second week was miserable, the third week was split. My wife said she was excited this morning and couldn't wait to show her friend her new dress.
We're also making some good progress with potty training, which is nice
I was taken aback. 9am? Why so early? Back in my day, you’d get picked up in the mid-to-late afternoon. Like, 2-6pm.
Am I the only one who feels that way or is that just the new norm? Not complaining, just wondering is all.
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Depends on the time of year. Over the summer, sleepovers tend to run longer for our kids whether hosting or attending. Right now there are enough sports and other activities with Saturday games or meetings that they usually end much earlier (9-11am typically).
I just brought her home, no fever, kid seems perfectly fine
WTF child
Kids are pros.
I’ve seen one of my kids wake up and seem absolutely dead. 102 fever, chills, aches, the whole thing.
Then by noon they’re perfectly fine
Usually though it comes back at night though.
Post COVID daycare and school have no patience for a kid even looking unwell
"I went swimming last night!" (It was 3 days ago, in the morning)
"I'll sit in that chair one day" (pointing at the high chair that her baby sister is in, which she used 2 years ago)
"Anika be here later" (she visited a couple of weeks ago)
"I just hurt my toe a bit. Yeah, this morning" (it was weeks ago)
Time is such a weird concept to try and describe with language. I guess it all just starts to shake out eventually. For now it's just cute.
We just did a sleepover for our son's 11th birthday that was drop-off at noon and collect at noon the next day. The parents were extremely grateful
And I guess that marks 11 years of posting in this thread? I'm turning to dust
we currently have two descriptors for past events, "last week" or "years ago" his last birthday definitely wasn't last week so that means it was years ago
"we go swimming day?"
later today? tomorrow? are you telling me about how you went swimming last week? who knows
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I say "the other day" to represent any day before the present one. That could mean yesterday or 20 years ago. I have done this my entire life, and it's never improved. I also have time blindness. Good luck with that kiddo!
Speaking of kiddos, mine was in his own universe this morning. I swear he heard nothing I said, he was constantly paying attention to something else, and he ignored everyone who tried to say good morning at his school. Just marching headlong into the day. I wish his teachers well.
If he loved it and you don't already have a ton of activities going for him, you might look into a youth league. My son struggled to find an activity he liked, especially once his karate teacher retired, and bowling was perfect. He made friends that he still has in his life at 20. Of course, now they play Magic and D&D - but he's a backup on one of their adult-league teams when folks are sick. It's a great sport.
Side note - my son just got his license Monday and is driving himself to college for the first time today and I'm a nervous wreck. Like sick to my stomach, super panicked feeling. I already have a weird thing about driving that got even worse during covid somehow. Holy shit is this rough just waiting for a quick text that he made it.
"Complete the number pattern!"
no other context given, aside from it being in the "math and puzzles" part of her homework portal
this is part of my 5 year old's homework
i'm not actually sure what to do here
I fucking love when they bring homework home with zero instruction.
If this is indicative of the amount of thought going into the school's curriculum I'd advice finding a better school.
It's colors based on what it's divisible by, as far as I can tell.
Why this puzzle would be given to 5 year olds, who can't do division (and who can't do this if colorblind, which they won't be diagnosed with at the time), I have no idea.
I was trying to like tile or rotate it to make a shape
But how does that make sense, the tiles aren't numbered or anything?
You're just counting the cells, starting with 1 in the top left. So the pink in the top row is #9, the pink in the second row is #18, the pink in the third row is #27, and so on.
this is an online app she accesses through a tablet, but there's not any way to interact with the grid presented. Some of the other puzzles have multiple choice buttons or a text field for their input.
we get the answer key at the end of the week and I'm really interested to see what the answer for this one will be