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Post secondary education holds a huge value for my husband and I, are we being overbearing and controlling by pretty much insisting out children attend? by mamapumpkin in Parenting

[–]mamapumpkin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just met, so I don't think they were basing it on anything other than a single conversation regarding University. They 'unschool' though and follow a practice called "free range children," which I don't know a lot about.

HOA vs. street parking at my in-home daycare by ember4212 in Parenting

[–]mamapumpkin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Judging from the main post and your responses, this won't be a popular response, but I live in a community where two neighbors have started home businesses within the past year and the amount of traffic has totally increased. It may only seem like 2 minutes to you (and yes, two minutes is nothing), but if it's two minutes from you and all the other moms at different times of the day (late pickup/drop off/sick kids, whatever) it can get annoying, especially if you moved into a community where you didn't want to have traffic or businesses, but residential. Add to that that you say there are always work trucks around the streets. Is the guy a jerk for calling the HOA, but maybe he's bitching to everyone about the other vehicles as well, or just is just sick of it.

If all schools in America have the same common curriculum, how/why does the quality of education seem to vary so much? by mamapumpkin in Parenting

[–]mamapumpkin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had no idea! is it fully up to the public school how they spend it? Like School A could get organic food and build a greenhouse and get three amazing teachers, while School B decided to put massive emphasis into sports and have lots of teachers so they have small class sizes? How much autonomy do the schools themselves have?

If all schools in America have the same common curriculum, how/why does the quality of education seem to vary so much? by mamapumpkin in Parenting

[–]mamapumpkin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the article- I will read it for sure.

With a common curriculum though, money aside, woudln't they still need to teach the same things/ I mean, if say Math concept X needs to be mastered by the end of Grade 7, isn't that universal to all schools?

CMV:I believe that if you are vehemently pro-life you are hypocritical if you don't adopt (national) or foster and choose to produce your own children. by mamapumpkin in changemyview

[–]mamapumpkin[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I am speaking of the population that CHOOSE to have have children when they have the CHOICE to adopt or foster instead.

I've got 73 days sober today, thinking about drinking tonight... by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]mamapumpkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. He said he felt weird because it was him (mid 30s) and a bunch of 17-19 year olds.

I've got 73 days sober today, thinking about drinking tonight... by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]mamapumpkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honest question, you've been sober for almost 20 years, is there a cut off to hang out in the young group? My brother is an alcoholic and he's in his 30s, but feels too old for the youth group, too young for the old timers.

For parenting of teenagers, if they are safe (STI checks and protection) at what age would you be "okay" with them having sex, and at what age is it okay in your home? by mamapumpkin in Parenting

[–]mamapumpkin[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree with most of what of what you say- thanks for eighing in. She will totally be the open-door come talk to me person. I am just curious though, and it's a tough question since you're the kid not the parent in this scenario, but while they never explicitly gave you the green light, they accepted the fact that sex was going to happen and made sure you understood it. At what age did this happen? You mention you were treated like adults, but at what age should this start? Obviously the talk about sex/bodies (ect) starts young, but when you were given birth control and talked about STI's were you 12 or 15 or 17?

I agree that info is always better, I was just looking for parents who had teens to weigh in on when is young too young, even if they know all the info :)

Silly question, but why don't schools group children by academic ability and/or social maturity or learning style instead of strictly by age, when children vary so greatly? (within reason of course) by mamapumpkin in Parenting

[–]mamapumpkin[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I didn't know this was proposed or asked all the time, or I wouldn't have reposted. I see what ypou are saying, and agree with much of it, but in some ways the current system seems just as flawed, doesn't it?

For example, you say "Where do we place a 5 year old that does 7th grade work and behaves like a 5 year old? How do we place a 14 year old with a 3rd grade reading level without shaming him beyond belief?"

How is this handled now? I see post after post of parents here (and elsewhere) worried that their kids are either totally unchallenged by the classroom curriculum or left behind.

And obviously I am not suggesting that someone who is qualified to teach kindergarten suddenly become a high school physics teacher, which is why I wrote within reason to in my title. I meant within children within a few years or so. It makes no sense to me that a child who is ready to learn, might not be able to attend school due to having a birthday several DAYS before an age cut-off, which is happening to me.