maplesyrup
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Britishbulldog said:
Nice. What a beast! Is he in to other sports or just hockey?
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Nice. What a beast! Is he in to other sports or just hockey?
Britishbulldog
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Floyd said:
So far he has made varsity basketball, softball, badminton team, cross country, soccer and ofcourse...hockey.
His highschool just won the Provincial football championship last Saturday and he is being recruited to play for them next year which he is considering.
Being my youngest child I have realized with the other 3 kids that they aren't with you forever so I look to support him (them) in everything he pursues. I haven't pushed him into anything but I have made him finish anything he has joined and have not let him quit mid-season. That was only an issue one year with a crappy hockey coach.
maplesyrup
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Britishbulldog said:Floyd said:
So far he has made varsity basketball, softball, badminton team, cross country, soccer and ofcourse...hockey.
His highschool just won the Provincial football championship last Saturday and he is being recruited to play for them next year which he is considering.
Being my youngest child I have realized with the other 3 kids that they aren't with you forever so I look to support him (them) in everything he pursues. I haven't pushed him into anything but I have made him finish anything he has joined and have not let him quit mid-season. That was only an issue one year with a crappy hockey coach.
Good for him... Best of luck to you both.
Britishbulldog
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Floyd said:
The neat thing is he is such a good kid. He is so much fun and funny.
Sorry for the gushing.
My oldest daughter and husband had a little boy as well so I am bursting at the seams. ;D
maplesyrup
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Contrats and good luck with that too!
maplesyrup
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Sadly, I can't remember that first day for my kids. 
Britishbulldog
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Bullfrog said:
It only gets better from here on in.
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Britishbulldog said:
Congrats on becoming a Grandpa bulldog! And congrats to your daughter and SIL as well. So exciting.
You youngest son sounds like a great kid and a big boy. I personally think sports are great for them and keeps them out of trouble. Of course, schhool is the number 1 most important and then sports. My daughter just started high school this year and the girl's hockey team didn't happen (first time) because there weren't enough girls to make a team. My daughter was pretty upset. She plays on a girl's Bantam A team but she wanted to play school hockey for a new experience. Other than that, she likes track.
Our little guy (3) started skating lessons a few weeks ago and he's doing amazingly well. At first, he would go out there and his feet were trying to go 50 miles an hour because he just wanted to go but once they taught him to keep his feet still and stand, now he can actually take steps by himself!
Mordac - Yay for your little guy, that's awesome! Give him a few weeks and he'll be running.
Bullfrog - LOL! Now, it's time to start the potty training. Sounds like he might be ready.
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Corn Flake said:
Sorry Corn Flake, I just stumbled across this post now a month and a half after the fact, but after a few conversations with other family members this past week regarding their kids and bullying, I'm glad this jumped out to me.
It sounds crazy, but reading stories such as these and hearing what my family has said, it really makes me contemplate whether home schooling would be the best way to go for my daughter when the time comes. I don't know how serious I am in that though and I know there are many downfalls to that (ie. interacting with other kids), but man is it ever scary knowing what's going on these days.
My cousin's daughter (aged 4) not only gets picked on and called names, but it has brought out an ugly side in her itself where now she is filled with anger that she is kicking and punching people, including her own grandmother. I wouldn't categorize it as appalling, but it really highlights that this does have some adverse/psychological effect on children.
My mom's cousin's daughter (so my 2nd cousin) apparently had another girl pin her down, jump on her and start wailing on her in the school yard. And she is only 6! Now this is just appalling.
And since we are on the topic and now that I remember it, my sister once got a lengthy note in Grade 1 (!) by another girl who threatened to beat her up during recess if my sister didn't give her her candy. My sister came home in tears and didn't want to, nor did, go back for the afternoon.
Ironically enough, it seems, at that age at least, to be more of an issue with girls than boys.
If my daughter came home and faced such issues, I don't know what I'd do. I'd want to lose it on the kid and also on that kid's parents; I truly believe that the majority of such doings stem from home. Yet, apparently, according to my mom's cousin and a cousin who is a teacher, the school cannot disclose who the victim was to the parent of the bully and vice versa.
Although parenthood is the most gratifying in life, as AlmosGirl mentioned, it's also one of the hardest. You try your hardest to instill proper morals in your kid. But as we were told growing up and you hear it from other parents -- it's not my kid(s) that I'm worried about, it's all those other ones.
AlmosGirl
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Peter, you are right, I do agree that most of it comes from home (bullying) and also some peer pressure. But, just to give you the other side, my oldest is in his first year of University and my daughter is in grade 9 and I can honestly say that they have went through school without any bullying issues. Yes, they've had some minor issues with friends but for the most part, their school years have been fine and they both enjoyed school. I hope that it's because of how we've raised them and also the kids that they pick and choose to hang out with. There will always be those that want to cause issues and that could be just in the neighbourhood, anywhere. It is a personal decision to do homeschooling and I don't think there is a right or wrong answer, you have to make that choice but not all kids have bad experiences at school.
Being involved in your school community and involved closely with your kids in everything they do, helps as well.
Being involved in your school community and involved closely with your kids in everything they do, helps as well.
maplesyrup
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Every morning. I mean every friggin' morning my towel is covered in toothpaste. Even when I make sure the kids have there own face cloths, they (well, one of them at least) insists on using my ******** towel. Extra frustrating because I wash all the towels in the family. I have to replace my towel every friggin' day. I'm so close to washing my toothpaste covered face on their stuff. Their favourite stuffed animals perhaps? Would that get the message across? * head exploding *
maplesyrup
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Madferret said:
I do... almost every day! So frustrating. I don't know, maybe I'm going to have to take them shopping for their own special girly ones or something.
Buttering the bathroom floor would be bad too, right?
maplesyrup
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Hang on... Are embroidered towels a dumb Christmas gift for 8-year-old girls? Maybe just wash cloths and face cloths as stocking stuffers?
maplesyrup
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Madferret said:
I guess.
maplesyrup
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I know I'm opening myself up to a big flaming here but I'm blown away by how much thinking I have to do when helping my kid with her grade 3 math... I don't recall those kind of questions when I was 8... Not sure how many years I have left before I'm completely useless. :-\
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Sarge said:
Don't worry, you're not the only one.