Elementary
- Elementary DH's brother and his wife live an hour away, close enough that we meet once or twice a month since the kids are the same age and like playing with each other. I do *not* enjoy...(more)
- dh and his brother should plan things to do with the kids and you go have some time off
- example of a put down please?
- She's always trying to insinuate that she knows more about what's going on in the family than me, and that ILs like her more than me
- Send your dh once in a while!
- Yeah but then I'd be all alone on a Saturday night!
- Sounds lovely.
- Yeah but then I'd be all alone on a Saturday night!
- I'd do a watching each other's dcs set up so the cousins play and you get to go out with dh.
- They're not really old enough for that yet. Toddlers
- so I'd send dh only. I don't see my in-laws every time, about every 4th time.
- NP i'm the same way. there's no reason for me to be present, same as he doesn't need to come every time i go see my folks.
- so I'd send dh only. I don't see my in-laws every time, about every 4th time.
- They're not really old enough for that yet. Toddlers
- Your dh doesn't work?
- He does. So does BIL. SIL does not
- You sound like the nasty one to be honest
- Lol, of course.
- You sound like the nasty one to be honest
- He does. So does BIL. SIL does not
- Think of it as personal growth and try to find some common ground.
- Elementary Wow--Ramapo is >$6500 for 4 weeks! Any recommendations for camps for 7yo that are a bit more affortable??
- Frost Valley
- is that day or overnight?
- Day camp
- Camp settoga which is JCC manhattan day camp out of th city, same area as ramapo
- The day camps at Horace Mann and Fieldston are great.
- A,C.T. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is very good and reasonable
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- Elementary Anyone move kids to a diff state and repeat a grade to align with birthday cut-offs. Coming from nyc and both kids will young compared to tx (both cut-off and fact that nearly all...(more)
- I’m wondering this too. DD is young for grade; in NJ she’d be legit grade younger if we move, wondering if she should repeat grade.
- Why the dislike?
- Good question, I've seen older and younger kids enter our school from other states, I often wonder what the parents thoughts are
- Sil moved from ny to Texas when my nephew was in 2nd and she did not hold him back. He was always very young for the grade. She said she made a mistake. He was fine but felt he...(more)
- I’m wondering this too. DD is young for grade; in NJ she’d be legit grade younger if we move, wondering if she should repeat grade.
- Elementary Need bday party rec. for 7 yo boy; kids in his class are competitive so sports/bowling not great.....
- 7 year olds are too competitive for bowling? W.T.F.
- I'm worried they'll start throwing the balls around....one or two goad the others...
- thats not a competitive probelm, it's an a$$hole kid problem
- yeah but its still a problem i have to deal with
- thats not a competitive probelm, it's an a$$hole kid problem
- I'm worried they'll start throwing the balls around....one or two goad the others...
- mine is really into those bounce places, or ninja warrior obstacle course
- I don't even know what you mean. Too competitive for bowling?
- at age seven!!
- see above...
- at age seven!!
- escape the room has kids programs. candy making, trampoline parks, video game truck, magic shows etc
- Ice cream parlor, kids make sundaes
- they would compete for most toppings
- this party would be over in ten minutes, no?
- 7 year olds are too competitive for bowling? W.T.F.
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- Aren't those quite different?
- not really
- dh went to Hamilton. He was like the poor kid there, but made the best friends of his life ever. And bernie sanders was one of his political science professors
- what a fraud. took his $$$ and ran
- He never showed up. The TA taught 8 of the classes
- what a fraud. took his $$$ and ran
- Hamilton..where is this college? never heard of this
- Clinton, NY (one of the top 10 SLACs every year)
- not in nyc. what's going on with the giraffe? tia
- Small liberal arts college in upsttae NY and yes very different. Cornell Industrail Labor Management School--interested in law and politics!
- iiraffe moved to hamilton
- Clinton, NY (one of the top 10 SLACs every year)
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- Aren't those quite different?
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- Elementary Does anyone live in riverdale?
- ^^^ I have a question about preschools. yes, i know i'm on the elementary board.
- Elementary Ok - so i just went onto the virgin atlantic website to check in for my trip with the kids to london....(more)
- Call them.
- i did. that was a good idea. :-) it's all good - although it was very hard to understand the rep - his accent was so extreme!
- Just do it at the gate or on the plane when you board
- Call them.
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- Elementary North caldwell schools...(more)
- I moved from there when my kids were 1 and 4. There was no diversity there and it's not only snooty but lots of people who grew up there. I moved in when oldest was just 2, was...(more)
- Agree with poster above, it's one of those towns where everyone stays, just folks who grew up in the town they live. It's common in every town in Jersey except the expensive ones.
- Np, north Caldwell is an expensive town with good schools, probably why most people don't leave.
- Agree with poster above, it's one of those towns where everyone stays, just folks who grew up in the town they live. It's common in every town in Jersey except the expensive ones.
- I moved from there when my kids were 1 and 4. There was no diversity there and it's not only snooty but lots of people who grew up there. I moved in when oldest was just 2, was...(more)
- Elementary Advice please. My 20 yo niece has confided in me that she wants to drop all of her classes and "just be me for a while." She hates he...(more)
- She is depressed. She needs to see a counselor or get on medication. btdt
- not everyone who doesnt want to live out their parent's expectations is depressed
- If she had said she wants to change her major, then that would be different. But she just wants to do nothing.
- well we dont know that. she said shes wants to be herself. 'which is different than doing nothing. Dont project so much
- So being herself is a college dropout? Yeah, no
- again, where are you getting drop out from? Id much rather my kid take an extra year to finish and be happy in a field she enjoys, than suffer for the next 1.5 years with a degree...(more)
- OP - she's a smart girl and I have no doubt she will finish her degree. She is miserable surrounded by boring engineers.
- She is not surrounded by engineers, she is surrounded by other students.
- You and your niece sound like assholes. Engineers are not boring, any more so than people other professions.
- ^ Her problem is she's not smart enough for the workload and it doesn't facilitate the drinking binges she wants to go on
- She has a 3.7 GPA and is not much of a party girl, more of a nerd. B
- So why not finish out the year and then maybe take a break for a semester?
- Maybe she will - my question was more about how to manage her parents
- So why not finish out the year and then maybe take a break for a semester?
- She has a 3.7 GPA and is not much of a party girl, more of a nerd. B
- ^ Her problem is she's not smart enough for the workload and it doesn't facilitate the drinking binges she wants to go on
- So being herself is a college dropout? Yeah, no
- well we dont know that. she said shes wants to be herself. 'which is different than doing nothing. Dont project so much
- If she had said she wants to change her major, then that would be different. But she just wants to do nothing.
- not everyone who doesnt want to live out their parent's expectations is depressed
- how many years of school does she have left?
- She's in her second emester of Junior year.
- Then it's crazy to drop out now. She's more than 50% there, keep going. Can always go to grad school for something else.
- I'd encourage her to talk to her advisor about feeling burned out. Maybe she can take a year off and work as a barista or something. Then finish the degree. Or maybe change her...(more)
- THIS
- If she wants to take a semester off that is fine (but dumb at this point), but she is on the hook to pay for this semester and it is lunacy to pay and not get the credits.
- THIS
- She's in her second emester of Junior year.
- I wouldhelp her out.
- How?
- could she pitch it as a "gap year" type thing and go abroad? or do you think she's depressed?
- She spent a semester overseas last year. Her parents are very repressed and I think she is opening her eyes to the bigger world and trying to learn/decide...(more)
- Are her repressed parents paying her tuition?
- She spent a semester overseas last year. Her parents are very repressed and I think she is opening her eyes to the bigger world and trying to learn/decide...(more)
- Not encourage her
- ???
- will they lose all tuition? if so, i'd tell her to finish out the semester then take a semester off to "Be you"
- OP - I assume so. She has big loans.
- then do not support leaving mid semester
- This. More kids take a semester off for health reasons, than you think.
- OP - I assume so. She has big loans.
- Is she a junior? I'd tell her to stick it out.
- In a major she hates?
- Yes, hating the work in college has zero to do with how she may enjoy the many different jobs available afterward.
- In a major she hates?
- Be noncommittal, tell her to seek help if she's feeling depressed.
- why would I encourage this
- Yeah, why try to be happy when you're young?
- Happy doing what? Does she have a job of any sort?
- Yeah, why try to be happy when you're young?
- advise her to tell her parents that shes not happy and find a solution that they support
- don encourage her. find another solution-just bc her 20 yo brain has decided this is the solution doesnt mean it is
- Is it too late to drop/add? Could she take fewer credits, easier courses & stay in school?
- Graduating with an engineering degree gives her loads of options outside of engineering. Certainly more than dropping out. Why would I do anything but tell her to stick it out...(more)
- OP - that's exactly what I told her at Thanksgiving. It seems her unhappiness has grown to crisis mode.
- She has to at least finish the semester, she will be on the hook for paying for the semester anyway. You think she's upset now, just wait till she gets the loan bills and didn't...(more)
- OP - that's exactly what I told her at Thanksgiving. It seems her unhappiness has grown to crisis mode.
- I'd be furious if I were that brother too
- I would say very little but just listen to how she's feeling
- kids like this often sabotage themselves to escape. Take this seriously, encourage...(more)
- ^ autoimmune diseases that people under pressure end up getting.
- She is depressed. She needs to see a counselor or get on medication. btdt
- Elementary Brooklyn single Mom with very little money DS andreak loads of guilt that we never go away during schools breaks. What's possible beyond staycation (I may poke my eyes ou...(more)
- When I grew up we never, ever went away on school breaks and never gave it a second thought. So many things to do in the city, no need to feel guilty. How much do you have to...(more)
- OP - I have no $, but activities in NYC are $$$. We really need a getaway. I have no real extended family, have recently left...(more)
- If you have no $ forget it, don't go in debt for your unneeded guilt. You do not need a getaway, you want a getaway. Go to the zoos, museums and botanical gardens on their free...(more)
- In the long run you will be much better off not spending the money you do not have.
- This is what we do weekends all year.
- what's wrong with wanting a holiday?
- There is nothing wrong with wanting one but you say straight out you have no $. Not that you have $100 or even $500, but that you have NONE. Your son needs a financially stable...(more)
- If you have no $ forget it, don't go in debt for your unneeded guilt. You do not need a getaway, you want a getaway. Go to the zoos, museums and botanical gardens on their free...(more)
- OP - I have no $, but activities in NYC are $$$. We really need a getaway. I have no real extended family, have recently left...(more)
- Get on ebay. I always get vacations from ebay. Everyone here talks about Great Wolf Lodge. See if you can find a package on ebay for a vacation
- I'd never do that, what if she arrives and it was a fake
- I have done it many, many times. It has never been fake and less then half of what a normal stay would be
- It's fake sometimes, then what does she do
- the ones who sell them have lots of listings. They are renting out timeshares and are travel agents. I was skeptical the first time I did it but I routinely get a weeks vacation...(more)
- Just because you have not had a problem doesn't mean there aren't fakers selling there
- that is true but its unlikely if they have good rating and have been selling for a long time
- Can you link an example?
- Just because you have not had a problem doesn't mean there aren't fakers selling there
- the ones who sell them have lots of listings. They are renting out timeshares and are travel agents. I was skeptical the first time I did it but I routinely get a weeks vacation...(more)
- It's fake sometimes, then what does she do
- I have done it many, many times. It has never been fake and less then half of what a normal stay would be
- I'd never do that, what if she arrives and it was a fake
- Guilt is odd, look at that. Wanting a vacation is not. Is there another mom you...(more)
- Dy have a car?
- Yes, an old beater
- I wish. Everyone has fabulous DHs and lots of $
- Dy have a car?
- can you look at timeshare options for sale?
- Seriously?
- yes. lots of ppl dont use their timeshares every year and will give you their week for pennies on the dollar.
- Np you aren't buying one, it's someone with a time share who isn't going to use it this year so they rent out their week to you
- where to begin?
- Seriously?
- When I grew up we never, ever went away on school breaks and never gave it a second thought. So many things to do in the city, no need to feel guilty. How much do you have to...(more)
- Elementary Any feedback on Green Vale School for lower school on Long Island?
- Elementary My daughter (six) is purposely withholding her bowel movements. She dances around all day, obviously feeling pain, but refuses to go. I'm worried for her health but I'm also so...(more)
- No kid likes to go at school.
- ignore. eventually she'll have to go.
- No eventually she will get impacted
- np - and your ped can actually feel it when he pushes around on your abdomen
- No eventually she will get impacted
- Force her to sit on the toilet for 5 min every morning. This is what led had my son do
- that is hard, i am sorry! have you asked her why? is she afraid of going? can she get a book to play with when going?
- You may need to retrain. Start by designated times during the day where she sits on the toilet.
- No great answers here. Just googled it and saw this. Lots of comments....(more)
- Dont battle with her over this and give her miralax as advised by your ped.
- I refuse to medicate my child daily because I am a lazy parent
- There are so many behavioral/diet things to do before miralax.
- My ds did this. Passed. We tried to wake him earlier to see if he'd go in morning.
- Elementary Any small, nurturing, structured elementary schools in Faiirfield county?
- Elementary On Long Island, how is Buckley school for Kindergarten? Or East Woods?
- I would be looking more at the later grades and seeing whether you'd want to stay there. At East Woods they have great enrollment in nursery school and kindergarten, but as you go...(more)
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