Kids - A thread for bragging, venting and, advice.
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maplesyrup
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First day of grade 3! I'm not sure how other school boards like to do it but ours generally likes to seperate twins. Mine were kept together because their teachers and principal didn't see a need to seperate them - until now. This should be fun. ???
There are twin girsl in my daughters grade - in the 5 years that we have been at the school they have never been in the same class!Floyd said:
I'm a little ticked off this year as there are virtually no other kids that she is close to inher class - separated from all of her friends. Good thing she is better adjusted than I am!
maplesyrup
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Scot4bz said:
There's always recess.
gilmour4life
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We actually spoke to the teachers in my kids school a couple of years ago. My son seemed to always be in a class opposite his two best friends who were always together. We were told they had more dominant personalities and they wanted the leadership abilities of ours to have a chance to grow so they separated them. He graduated with straight A's on the honour role and started high school today. Hopefully your daughter's teachers simply see a future class leader they want to groom.Scot4bz said:
Good luck to all parents dealing with the difficulties of hearding their children off for another year!
We've already been told of her exceptional leadership qualities both inside and outside of school (this is the bragging part of the thread) - I was just a little disappointed/stunned that she was with absolutley none of her friends (and she has many!).gilmour4life said:
Great accomplishments by your son! (it really can be so rewarding to be a parent)
Bullfrog
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My identical twin and I were only separated in JK and SK. After that we were in the same class all the way up to high school where our own interests in different subjects split us up.
He's still my best friend to this day and I am better off for being with him. I guess it depends on the kids though. I can understand why they may want to separate twins, but I'm glad we weren't.
He's still my best friend to this day and I am better off for being with him. I guess it depends on the kids though. I can understand why they may want to separate twins, but I'm glad we weren't.
maplesyrup
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Bullfrog said:
Interesting... and good to hear. I hope my kids have the same relationship regardless of whether they were in the same class or not. I'm kind of glad they're being seperated (they were at each other's throats all summer long) but at the same time, I understand one teacher is a little more rigid then the other and hands out a fair bit more homework. It's going to be difficult for us to handle two children of the same age who have two entirely different expectations cast on them.
maplesyrup
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Bullfrog said:Floyd said:
Especially if they're as competitive as we were.
They sure are. One went ballistic last night when she found out the other got a handful of my wife's McDonald's french fries before bed when the other was already upstairs. Everything, I mean E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G has to even or BOOM! - Drives me mad.
Bullfrog
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We would place our glasses next to each other to make sure that we each had the same amount of KoolAid. When we got a bit older and we actually started to get different christmas presents we'd make sure that we still got the same number of gifts. When we got a little older than that, we'd make sure the dollar value of the gifts was even.
Bullfrog
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So I've got a boy who turns 2 on the 22nd. He's still not talking. Won't say daddy or mommy or no or any of the basics. He babbles and "talks" all the time, but won't say any real words. I'm not too worried, but has anyone else had a real late talker? Anything you did to help?
Sometimes it just takes some others longer - one of the other kids at our sitters was the same way. He is the same age as my daughter (soon to be 10) and this week he just moved to a new school so that he could be enrolled in the regions gifted program. He still isn't very talkative, but when he does speak he is very articulate. Just my two cents.Bullfrog said:
Jacques Strap
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Mordac said:How's his hearing? Is he reacting to voices, and sounds, appropriately? Believe it or not, clogged ear passages can delay speaking, apparently. Something to do with them hearing noises, but not words...*shrug* I'm not a doctor.
I thought the same thing. Bullfrog, I don't meant to be alarmist, but that is something to be somewhat concerned about. I would speak to your doctor regarding your concerns, and have them make an assessment. Hopefully it is simply that he's not ready yet, but you do want to rule out hearing issues.
AlmosGirl
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Hey BF, I agree to get his hearing checked. I have a friend that her now 2 yr old had to have tubes in his ears, once that was done, they put him into some speech classes and within a couple of months, he's now talking up a storm.
Some kids can be late talkers, so, you never know. All kids ar so different but it never hurts to talk to the Dr.
Some kids can be late talkers, so, you never know. All kids ar so different but it never hurts to talk to the Dr.
moon111
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My son's had all kinds of ear problems, it's an on going battle to keep tubes in his ears from coming out, massive build up of wax, infections, etc. I wasn't diagnosed until much later in life and it caused all kinds of problems with school and self-esteem. Did a cognitive ability test and scored the highest mark they said they've ever seen. So really the ear problem really destroyed allot of potential. Get the ears checked out!