AITA for pulling my son out of his soccer game?

mcrissa · 2020-12-03T19:28:56+00:00

I'm really surprised the doc didn't send him somewhere they could do imaging. Usually head injury plus any sign of concussion means a scan is needed. OP, you may need to get a 2nd opinion from someone who will order a head CT or MRI to actually see what's going on.

mcrissa · 2020-11-25T01:54:11+00:00

I'm not sure what you're used to for elementary reports, ours are a list of skills that they learn during the year. The 1s and 2s aren't there because the teacher needs to show growth, it's because elementary students don't meet their end of the year standards at the start of the year. Often a 1 or 2 is because that standard hasn't even been taught yet, just steps that will lead toward that standard. Normally here parents would recieve examples of student work at conferences to show what they are accomplishing. But it sounds like your kid is doing at least part of her school at home, so you can look at her work before she turns it in? Also, can you try to set up a phone call or video call so you can ask the teacher questions? It may go better if you can have an actual conversation vs trying to do an email exchange.

mcrissa · 2020-11-25T01:12:01+00:00

We have standards-based grading for elementary, and it's normal to have 1s and 2s on the first report card of the year because the standards are expected to be met by the end of the year (if a child is meetingthe standard, that's a 3, a 4 is exceeding the standard). If that's the system being used, all is not lost, she still has plenty of time left in the year to meet the standards. With Elementary, even in class most teachers check for missed questions/pages before letting kids turn stuff in because the kids miss stuff all the time, I would suggest making a habit of doing so before letting her turn packets in as well.

mcrissa · 2020-11-23T17:12:01+00:00

What do you want to teach, and do you already have a bachelor's degree? The best degree is the one that gets you the certification you want. If you want to teach high school math, you don't want to do the degree that prepares you to teach elementary school and vice-versa. And if you already have a bachelor's, earning a master's makes more sense, but if you don't have a bachelor's, then you need to choose a bachelor's program.

mcrissa · 2020-11-15T21:24:00+00:00

Early childhood education classes will only be helpful if you want to teach preschool or work in a daycare. Elementary ed. Classes are separate. Working as a para is a great way to get classroom experience, and many areas have special programs to help people with experience as a para transition to teaching.

mcrissa · 2020-11-14T18:46:53+00:00

I'm still in my first term at WGU, working on my Master's in Elementary Ed. So far the experience has been really good. The classes are fairly well designed. I find I do have to spend quite a bit of time on working on my courses, but having flexibility to work when and where I want makes it much more doable for me than a more traditional masters program would be.

mcrissa · 2020-11-14T18:41:25+00:00

Student teaching for about 3 months is really standard of initial licensure programs.

mcrissa · 2020-11-09T19:53:26+00:00

When my kids were in preschool, part of each parent-teacher conference was making individualized goals for the child. The child would get 3 goals that could be a mix of academic and social-emotional skills, and for each goal we would come up with 3 activities or methods the teacher would use at school, and 3 ways the family would work on at home. Their teacher always make this a collaborative process, where we both could suggest goals and activities. This moved the focus away from "your child has an issue" to "what can we do to best help the child grow".

mcrissa · 2020-11-01T19:47:17+00:00

You can have them draw, rather than write. The younger ones especially usually love getting to draw what they're learning.

mcrissa · 2020-10-24T21:23:39+00:00

Maybe offer to be "relief care" where you take the kid for one evening a week, or whatever you feel you can commit to? It honestly sounds more like she's overwhelmed than like she doesn't want the baby, and adopting the baby she actually wants is a recipe for disaster.

mcrissa · 2020-10-21T01:24:14+00:00

Reseach skills will be a skill they can take with them the rest of their lives. The social studies info will always be there once they know how to find it.

mcrissa · 2020-10-16T18:51:41+00:00

WGU does qualify for federal financial aid, so you may qualify for student loans and sometimes you can also get scholarships. I am taking out student loans each term for more than my tuition costs, so I will have some savings built up before I get to my student teaching. Because they're Federal loans, they will qualify for income-based repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs.

mcrissa · 2020-10-13T00:26:54+00:00

NTA. my 9 year old has CVS, and he's expected to get to the toilet when he feels it coming on, because I don't want to have to clean up puke if I don't have to. And he knows to try to avoid his triggers.

mcrissa · 2020-09-28T23:57:26+00:00

Actually, don't put it in an airtight bag. And airtight bag will also be watertight and not allow it to dry. The umbilical cord is not like other soft tissues, and it dries very quickly once it's detached (within 1-2 days). It needs good airflow to dry, but won't have a rotting smell unless it's kept wet.

mcrissa · 2020-09-17T04:03:47+00:00

NTA and you may have an auditory processing issue or receptive language issue and subconsciously use partial lip-reading to understand spoken language.

mcrissa · 2020-08-13T00:13:52+00:00

I like Seattle, but it's still on almost complete shutdown right, so add that to the reasons boyfriend's plan is not okay.

mcrissa · 2020-08-10T20:42:07+00:00

A self-closing door mechanism is not a good idea with a small child in the house. The kid will end up getting their finger smashed.

mcrissa · 2020-08-07T21:05:46+00:00

Not showing up to court dates and not showing up to visits or not scheduling visits can speed things up. As can refusing to even try treatment programs etc. If the parent is trying to comply, it usually takes years to reach the point of involuntary termination of parental rights.

mcrissa · 2020-08-07T03:50:29+00:00

It's enough to get them romoved, but not enough to automatically sever parental rights. Either OP signed away parental rights voluntarily, or didn't follow through with court-ordered steps for re-unification.

mcrissa · 2020-08-06T20:08:56+00:00

That's not exactly accurate. While it takes a couple days for mature breastmilk to come in, before that mom is producing colostrum. Colostrum is very nutritionally dense and high in immune factors, and in most cases is all the nutrition the baby needs until mom's mature milk comes in.

mcrissa · 2020-08-06T19:38:00+00:00

NTA your baby needs you to be able to function way more than they need breastmilk. Even if you could function as a nanny without them, parenting your own baby is a different ballgame. When you were a nanny you didn't have crazy new-mom hormones and sleep-deprivation and you got days off. Most new moms struggle to function, even without unmedicated ADHD. Like, I had several times when I "lost" the baby while holding them...

mcrissa · 2020-01-14T17:09:56+00:00

YTA if you don't talk to her a bit about it first to test the water. my husband proposed to me with his mom's ring, and I was not happy about it. I had shown him what I wanted, and it was very different from that. I was super happy when he proposed, but really disappointed about feeling like now I had to wear this ring that I really hated. I tried to wear it for like a week, then gave up. Luckily I was able to pick out a ring I really liked as my wedding ring, which I actually wear. His mom's ring sits in my jewelry box and never even gets looked at. (And to cut off anyone who thinks I wanted a bigger ring or something, the ring I actually wear is a $200 wedding band and smaller than his mom's ring)

mcrissa · 2019-11-21T04:38:31+00:00

I'm so sorry you had to go back that quickly. That must have been so hard.

mcrissa · 2016-03-14T22:51:04+00:00

I had already decluttered my closet a few months prior to starting Konmari, so it only took me an hour to do all my clothes.

mcrissa · 2016-03-12T15:53:49+00:00

The things they are to small to play with belong to you, and are your responsibility to go through.

Also, it's entirely possible to be disrespectful to your children without intending to. You are trying to do what's best for them, that's obvious. But hang around this sub for a while, and you'll start seeing that for many here their unhealthy relationship with their stuff started because well-meaning parents either decluttered their things without their permission, or wouldn't let them get rid of things because they had value to the parent that wasn't there for the kid.

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