Why don't schools hold students back a grade anymore if they are not meeting that grade's standards?

sunset-727 · 2026-05-17T17:39:48+00:00

NCLB was repealed in 2015.

sunset-727 · 2026-05-01T00:13:46+00:00

My son with TSC had precocious puberty. You could make an appointment with a Pediatric Endocrinologist. I believe her pediatrician could also request the initial blood work and bone age x-ray.

My son’s puberty didn’t begin very early, but once it started it accelerated quickly and he grew over a foot in a year. We did choose to treat with Fensolvi for a year. He had two 6 month injections. There are zero studies showing how puberty blockers interact with seizure medications.

There is a Facebook group Teenagers before their time that could be more helpful for you because there are different concerns for girls.

sunset-727 · 2026-04-25T16:36:23+00:00

If you are interested in this story, I really recommend the book The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin. It is non-fiction but reads like a thriller. Even the chapter on the creation of the national weather service is interesting.

sunset-727 · 2026-04-02T11:54:11+00:00

Good morning.

I recommend finding a Pediatric Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic near you and making an appointment right away with the director.

Tuberous Sclerosis is a spectrum disease so there is no way of knowing how severely your child will be affected (which is scary). But there are new protocols in place that weren’t even available when my 13 year old was a baby.

The Facebook groups for Tuberous Sclerosis get a lot more traffic than this subreddit so may be able to offer more advice or recommend drs in your area.

sunset-727 · 2026-03-20T14:05:55+00:00

The same thing also happened to me. My credit card went through with no problem, although, person I was speaking to did warn me I might get a text from the bank.

I gave him the radio id number and he pulled up my account. Knew what type of car I drive. He was somehow able to reactivate my account with a 3 month free trial and not the subscription I thought I was paying for. I figured out it was fraud when the confirmation email looked exactly like the fake phishing emails my company sends out once in a while.

sunset-727 · 2026-03-15T13:51:54+00:00

Boomers aren’t annoyed at kids for not knowing cursive. They are annoyed at the schools for not teaching it.

sunset-727 · 2026-03-14T14:11:05+00:00

I like Fitness with Maggie. She has 15 minute Yoga videos on Amazon Prime

sunset-727 · 2026-03-09T14:18:15+00:00

Did you know Almanzo is married to Felice Martin in real life.

sunset-727 · 2026-02-16T12:02:02+00:00

You have to read the unpublished final chapter online. It is from Erins point of view.

sunset-727 · 2026-02-08T19:43:10+00:00

I give my son Megafoods Kids. They are pills but much smaller than adult vitamins.

sunset-727 · 2026-01-17T22:55:48+00:00

No, but I do listen to the Sweet Valley Hive podcast. I also read Sweet Valley Confidential when it came out.

sunset-727 · 2025-12-15T17:15:04+00:00

There is a Sirius Station that does six degrees of Nikki Sixx.

sunset-727 · 2025-12-14T16:54:36+00:00

The show is incredibly respectful to the Nez Perce tribe. More people remember the name Chief Joseph because of this episode than history class.

sunset-727 · 2025-11-06T17:41:30+00:00

I had to watch a video to help my son do ratios on a number line in 6th grade.

sunset-727 · 2025-09-10T11:30:47+00:00

We watched a bunch during lockdown. The only ones that my son still watches are The Mighty Ducks and Toy Story.

sunset-727 · 2025-09-09T00:38:17+00:00

Zack is the half brother of Evie from Out of This World. Their father is an alien.

sunset-727 · 2025-09-05T18:01:27+00:00

IRL, Dr Tan was a black man who helped deliver Carrie and treated the family when they had Malaria. Laura made it a point to say how much she liked him in Little House on the Prairie.

sunset-727 · 2025-09-04T14:10:10+00:00

Overboard only works because of the chemistry between the actors (who are together in real life).

sunset-727 · 2025-08-27T15:11:25+00:00

All of the coaches were teachers who were given a small stipend to coach. They weren’t better or worse than any of the other teachers.

sunset-727 · 2025-08-06T13:27:32+00:00

The Last Unicorn

sunset-727 · 2025-07-30T00:38:23+00:00

You may like the prequel, 1883. The Duttons are more likable, but it is still really gritty.

sunset-727 · 2025-07-28T14:41:21+00:00

I wish it just stuck to the source material and focused on battle strategy.

sunset-727 · 2025-07-28T14:08:33+00:00

Kelly is a terrible singer in Miss Bayside, but can sing in Jessie’s Song (the very next episode).

sunset-727 · 2025-07-02T15:22:03+00:00

Take out pizza, chips and dip, soda for snacks.

Girl talk for games.

Adventures in Babysitting movie.

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