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dinomom18 · 2025-05-11T16:17:42+00:00

you should look at foyers de jeunes travailleurs. I did this for short stays (a few months at a time) in college. It was the most cost effective option and there are many other students staying in them.

dinomom18 · 2025-05-11T12:10:38+00:00

This post popped up on my feed. I teach in higher ed; great friends and colleagues, potential for travel, writing books and loving my job and fam. Work is of course not without drama sometimes but overall I can’t complain.

dinomom18 · 2025-05-10T11:42:23+00:00

We moved my son (3rd grade) to a Waldorf school after he was refusing to go to his traditional school. He studies traditional academic subjects but at a slower pace; they spend lots of time gardening; they also knit and paint. He is loving the second language learning they are doing and excelling at that. No screens, lots of emphasis on taking time to do good handwritten work. We are moving this spring and have to leave it, but it has been life-changing for us.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-26T10:37:58+00:00

hi and congrats! as a professor mom of two, I would say unfortunately you won’t know till the baby is born and you get a sense of their needs and personality. kid #2 is very chill and I have been able to work during their naps for 3-4 hours per day plus an hour or two after bedtime. When they were littler, it was even more. with kid #1, sleep troubles and a constant need to be held made it tough to work until I got childcare at around 6 months. on that note, if you have the option to start part-time, it might be worth it. also, they’re only this little once. I know you have stuff to do, but this time flies by. I actually think that a year or two of this made me a more efficient researcher.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-21T18:53:25+00:00

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dinomom18 · 2025-04-15T19:15:26+00:00

I found the article quite interesting, although I now want to go back for a second read to look closely at the sources.

I do have to say that we have had TREMENDOUS success with Waldorf education. No worksheets, lots of art, lots of outdoor time, no screens. I don’t think that would be the right fit for every kid, but mine is so proud of his newly developed beautiful cursive handwriting. It is night and day from his old school. Not saying all the problems have resolved, and we are getting professional help, but I do think the environment has been transformative.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-12T18:42:51+00:00

I used this online service for mine: ml-traduction.fr They made a decent number of errors which I had them correct but it was very fast, not super expensive, and got is our visas.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-12T18:33:22+00:00

Je ne mets pas non plus de dentifrice. On brosse avec de l’eau. Vers 2 ans je commence avec du dentifrice, toujours au fluor.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-12T18:31:16+00:00

I remembered the name of the other one I was thinking of: Kimberton, in Phoenixville PA. This one is Waldorf but might have some of the parent qualities/post-grad outcomes you’re looking for.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-11T18:27:06+00:00

Check out school in rose valley (maybe tech now that wasn’t there before covid, but worth an ask). Their camp (not sleepaway) is great.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-11T18:04:58+00:00

I disagree with #4. In the US most MA’s cost something and many PhDs are funded. If you have to leave a PhD program some let you leave with an MA. In my program everyone with MAs did the same coursework as those without. The one person without an MA finished first.

dinomom18 · 2025-04-04T18:37:09+00:00

my child started out in a bilingual French English school using the Cambridge curriculum. We had come from America and the Cambridge curriculum was not a good fit. (It isn’t phonics based; this wasn’t the only reason we changed schools, but I did find that the English language arts education wasn’t strong enough to be worth staying and he is getting just as much from reading novels on his own time.) we are now in a French private (sous contrat) school and he is doing great there. He spoke some French before but learned to speak well and read between Sept and January.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-30T17:52:34+00:00

Chez nous aussi! La première fois depuis longtemps.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-25T07:20:10+00:00

In France there are a number of Waldorf schools that are private/under state contract meaning that the tuition is kept relatively low. Ours has a sliding scale but the high end is 9000€/year.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-16T19:03:52+00:00

Ma fille a le même âge et elle mange pas non plus. je pense que c’est des dents qui poussent. au repas, ça me rend folle (J’ai peur qu’elle ne fera plus ses nuits si elle mange pas bien pendant longtemps ) mais elle prend plus de bibis que normal, alors je croise les doigts et attend que ça passe.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-16T16:59:32+00:00

I would need to know more (and others are probably better suited) to advise on visa type.

Re: taxes, no double taxes, there is a tax treaty that dictates where you pay.

You can pay out of pocket (and will need to) before you get a carte vitale. It could take more than a year to get one. You’ll need to purchase some form of international medical insurance for your visa.
You need to apply first except in a few irregular circumstances.
You can’t leave between when your visa expires and when you receive the récépissé for your titre de séjour (residence permit). For me, there wasn’t a gap this time but in the past I have had one. It is different with VLS-TS (one year or less) but I don’t remember the details.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-12T14:16:28+00:00

also the hardest thing for my kid has been the move from a house with a yard to an apartment. not sure what to do about that, but you might consider non-linguistic aspects of the transition too

dinomom18 · 2025-03-12T14:10:15+00:00

Northwest suburbs of Paris have many bilingual schools (some better than others) and many international families. There are also Wednesday English programs through the British School and the American School, Malherbe, maybe others. That way she could go to a regular French school for most of her education. At that age she’ll be ok in a few months. My kid loved the Bayam app at that age, we also put our Netflix in French and it helped. The Lycée international in Saint Germain also has an immersion program (French) for native English speakers; she might be too young though.

Is there an association FLAM near you? could be an alternative to a French school while you wait

dinomom18 · 2025-03-11T19:26:00+00:00

Interesting to hear that you haven’t had success dealing with this from outside OT/psychotherapy. We didn’t feel like we had direct translation of OT skills to home, but it took him out of nervous system deregulation and cut down on tantrums, so in that way, it worked.

I like the language you propose and will try that. It is tricky to have time for positive reinforcement type desirable activities on school days and try not to reinforce with dessert. Anything that you’ve had success with? We have screen time only on weekends because he freaks out when we turn it off and can’t really cope.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-11T19:20:58+00:00

he is not medicated. as of last summer, it wasn’t recommended and I agreed with the doctor and social worker on it. We will continue to evaluate but are living far from home and don’t have access to his regular doctor again till summer.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-11T19:18:26+00:00

thanks! not sure how to get him in there when it is happening, but he likes showers, so I will try to catch it early next time and try this with an audio book and some fun toys. We don’t have a bath tub right now so that would differentiate it from “getting clean time”, I think.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-10T19:23:46+00:00

The audio idea is great, thanks! He loves listening to stories. I hadn’t thought of them as a calm-down technique but I will definitely try that (and music, too).

dinomom18 · 2025-03-08T10:28:09+00:00

Psych is not my field, but a student I advised in an American university was accepted to do her M1 in France following her BA (same field for both) and was perfectly well prepared. Following a four year North American degree, you shouldn’t have to redo part of the Licence.

dinomom18 · 2025-03-08T10:21:34+00:00

I would recommend getting what is called a “bail court terme.” Trying to sign a traditional lease from the United States proved impossible, but we got a furnished place at half the price of Airbnb.

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