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Songbird76

Songbird76

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Cesar R M said:
I wonder if that person is actually friends or even family related to that teacher lol.
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No, it doesn't involve a specific teacher....it's in general. I don't know how the schools work in Mexico, but in the US, you have to supply everything...pens, paper, glue, markers, tissues, and I've HEARD that some places are now also asking for cleaning supplies. People complain about having to spend money on those things, thinking the school should be responsible for supplying them. (Over here, the kids aren't even ALLOWED to bring a pencil from home. Everything is paid for and they HAVE to use the provided materials) This woman is just joking about the microwave and stuff...it's just basically saying "Hey...you know how much these teachers do for your kids and you're complaining about the cost of PENCILS?? Or a box of tissue?" She's just telling people to stop complaining and just buy the stuff on the list, because teachers deserve WAY more than what they are even asking for. Like, they are putting up with your kids for HOURS every day which means YOU don't have to put up with your kids during that time...get that teacher some alcohol because she's EARNED it. She's not REALLY telling parents they should be giving alcohol to their kids' teachers...more highlighting the absurdity of complaining about the cost of pencils and tissues.
 
Mr Ferret 75

Mr Ferret 75

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figmentfan423 said:
Happy Farm Market Friday and I'm only taking the 2nd tallest pack animal:joyfull: James now says 2nd tallest, I'm not sure that stat is official yet. Please somebody make the not so little ****** stop growing. Starting with the feet size 10 1/2:eek::angelic::bawling::greedy::greedy::greedy::brb::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: Since when is bugg#r censored
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It is a rude word in the UK. Can PM you if you really want to know why ...:eek::in pain::eek:
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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donaldtoo said:
We took our kiddos out in public from, pretty much, day one. And we did it together the vast majority of the time. We wanted them to be exposed to public situations, and behave as expected, as early as possible.
Although, obviously, it wasn't always all unicorns and rainbows, I rarely remember tantrums in public, and only one full-blown meltdown (that I've posted about before), which was from youngest DD.
She was between 2-3 at the time. We were in Walmart and she wanted something that she wouldn't take no as an answer for. Just as soon as it got beyond anything we had ever seen from her before, I gathered her up kicking and screaming the whole way out the store heading to our car in the parking lot (that was why we usually shopped together, as it was my job to play "bouncer" in the pretty rare event that happened).
As soon as we got out the the door into a crowded parking lot, the little darling started screaming at the top of her lungs "MOMMY HELP! MOMMY! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!!"
Of course, everyone within earshot stopped in their tracks and thought I was some sort of sicko kidnapper (little stinker doesn't even cover it). I assured everybody that she was my daughter, I was headed to that white minivan right there, and waiting for my wife and two other children to finish shopping. Luckily, that seemed to satisfy everyone.
It was tons of fun getting her strapped into the car seat, as she continued melting. But, she never did anything like that again. She, and the rest of our kiddos learned at an early age (even our special needs son) that it wasn't right, we wouldn't put up with it, and nor should others be subjected to it.
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I don't think we ever had to actually remove them from a store when they were having a tantrum over something they wanted. Our time out at home when they were acting up was to stand in the corner and I just reminded them that the store had corners, too. That was usually enough to curb any misbehaving, and if it DIDN'T, I would find a corner and let them stand in it for a few minutes, ask them if they were ready to behave now, and we'd continue with our shopping. It was rare though. I don't think DD ever had to stand in a corner in the store, and DS only a handful of times. The big meltdowns for DS were always triggered by something that made him panic, that felt wrong to him, like crossing the streets in the "wrong" order, or people walking in the wrong order....like...he thought daddy should be directly in front of him instead of mommy. It was his sense of safety. But we didn't let him dictate those things because he had to learn to be flexible...not everything can always be the way he wants it, so sometimes he just had to feel uncomfortable as long as he wasn't in any real danger. That being said, we didn't really KNOW what the problem was until pretty recently. He'd have a meltdown and we wouldn't understand what was wrong. WHY is he screaming because mommy was in front of him instead of daddy? It wasn't until the crossing the street incident that I really put two and two together because he was insisting we were going the wrong way when I could SEE our destination so I knew it wasn't wrong. But then the next week, he started getting anxiety as we came to the one intersection and he asked in a terrified voice if we could PLEASE cross this way first, so I said ok and asked him why and he said because it felt better, because that's how we went the first time. It was physically uncomfortable and scary for him to cross the other way first. He meant it FELT wrong to him. I can't really punish him for THAT, and now that I understand it's a brain issue with him and that he's not doing it to be difficult, we can adjust some things and prepare him better for changes. Like...when he started school this year and his teacher is still on leave...when I got the email, I told him immediately that he was going to have a substitute for a while. So he had time to get used to that idea. But there was an event at school on Wednesday that I didn't realize the school had not told the kids about so I didn't mention it and it freaked him out because he hadn't expected it. His substitute teacher is getting an education, I'll tell you that. She seems really great though and she lets him leave the room if he's getting overwhelmed. But those are the kind of situations where, like I said, trying to physically remove him would just make it worse and wouldn't help. If they are just misbehaving, yes, grab them and take them out. (DH had to remove DS from a restaurant a few weeks ago because of an outburst....we're still learning to deal with some of his triggers) But with DS, he can't control some of those things. We have to focus on preventing those situations that will overwhelm him and cause a meltdown. And once the meltdown has begun, taking him out is only going to make the situation worse because he can't cope with that amount of stress and anxiety. We have to get him calmed down before we take him aside to talk to him. But if you saw him walking down the street or in a park playing, you wouldn't know there's anything going on with him...you'd think he was just a typical child. That's why I hesitate to make a judgement about other kids and their parents...I don't know what they might be struggling with. It COULD be that the child is just a spoiled brat, but there might actually be something going on that isn't obvious from observation. And having been that parent that everyone is looking at thinking "Why doesn't she just <insert action here>?" I know the answer is not always that simple.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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donaldtoo said:
Hahaaa...!
Yep, it definitely still comes up from time to time.
It's the only real total meltdown I ever remember any of our kiddos having, but, it was a doozy...!!! :eek: ;)
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They really are creative little stinkers at that age, aren't they? DD had the teachers at preschool convinced she didn't understand Dutch and they were all concerned and telling me I needed to speak Dutch to her at home...she was just pretending. We all got a laugh out of it when she giggled and admitted that yes, she was just joking. I'm glad you can laugh with your family about that moment now...I'm sure it was mortifying at the time, but makes for a great story!!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Gabe1 said:
This today has only happened a handful of times for me. Always enjoyable

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What am I looking at? It looks like scaffolding, but I'm guessing by your commentary that it's not?
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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figmentfan423 said:
Happy Farm Market Friday and I'm only taking the 2nd tallest pack animal:joyfull: James now says 2nd tallest, I'm not sure that stat is official yet. Please somebody make the not so little ****** stop growing. Starting with the feet size 10 1/2:eek::angelic::bawling::greedy::greedy::greedy::brb::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: Since when is bugg#r censored
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My ds just turned 14 a couple of weeks ago. His voice started to change, :eek:all the fall/winter pants I bought a size up last year so they would fit for 2 years(love adjustable waists), are 6 inches too short!!:bawling: I had to buy him all new pants. :banghead:He just informed me that his winter shoes are too small. :banghead:He is now as tall if not a tad bit taller than me.:eek: I cannot kiss the top of his head unless I am on a chair.:( Yes, when did the little bug***ers grow up? :cry:

Mr Ferret 88 said:
It is a rude word in the UK. Can PM you if you really want to know why ...:eek::in pain::eek:
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I call my kids bug***ers all the time but in a loveable sort of way. I had no idea it was a so-called bad word in the UK. If I ponder it a bit I may figure out why, but it is so much fun to say.:p
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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MinnieM123 said:
Yikes, what a day you had. Oh, the Office 365 stuff - ugh. They upgraded (?!!) our computers at work with that, about a month ago--everyone hates it.
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I still cant fathom of why they would use the online 365 version.
Same with the Photoshop monthly payments online system.
Infact, I hate any service that are strictly dependant on online activations. They always give trouble. Games are a fine example of this being used in the wrong way. Including people being unable to play because they decided to install the security/activation servers in a potato server and they "didn't expect" to get millions of people trying to play at once.

Id rather stay with the full self service versions. :p
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Songbird76 said:
No, it doesn't involve a specific teacher....it's in general. I don't know how the schools work in Mexico, but in the US, you have to supply everything...pens, paper, glue, markers, tissues, and I've HEARD that some places are now also asking for cleaning supplies. People complain about having to spend money on those things, thinking the school should be responsible for supplying them. (Over here, the kids aren't even ALLOWED to bring a pencil from home. Everything is paid for and they HAVE to use the provided materials) This woman is just joking about the microwave and stuff...it's just basically saying "Hey...you know how much these teachers do for your kids and you're complaining about the cost of PENCILS?? Or a box of tissue?" She's just telling people to stop complaining and just buy the stuff on the list, because teachers deserve WAY more than what they are even asking for. Like, they are putting up with your kids for HOURS every day which means YOU don't have to put up with your kids during that time...get that teacher some alcohol because she's EARNED it. She's not REALLY telling parents they should be giving alcohol to their kids' teachers...more highlighting the absurdity of complaining about the cost of pencils and tissues.
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Parents buy almost all the materials.
Unless you mean teaching stuff like markers for the teacher, which is supplied by the school.
When they need better things, they usually demand "additional quotas" from the parents apart from the usual teaching costs to fund them.
Not many likes these quotas as its severely abused and can be used to buy crap noone needed and benefit certain groups of interest.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
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Cesar R M said:
What kind of wireless devices you have?
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I have my Surface, which I'm probably going to upgrade come March for a higher end model, I have my home laptop, which is a Lenovo flex 2, and I have my work PC, which is a Lenovo Thinkpad with a docking station. I like my work PC, but it only has 4 GBs of ram and Windows 7. I wish it had more power and Windows 10.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
No
MinnieM123 said:
Yikes, what a day you had. Oh, the Office 365 stuff - ugh. They upgraded (?!!) our computers at work with that, about a month ago--everyone hates it.
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I like Office 365 overall, but my work computer does not. Works very smoothly at home. I've been using it since college. Some of my coworkers don't like it either, but to be fair, it also wasn't implemented properly. We got a new project manager who is experienced with implementing it, and we've had fewer issues.

It doesn't help that my boss is on extended leave for family issues and so my workload has been worse. I worked a 10 hour day yesterday. Stopped at 7 pm, started back up at 9:30.

But today I get to stop at 2:30. So...
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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StarWarsGirl said:
I have my Surface, which I'm probably going to upgrade come March for a higher end model, I have my home laptop, which is a Lenovo flex 2, and I have my work PC, which is a Lenovo Thinkpad with a docking station. I like my work PC, but it only has 4 GBs of ram and Windows 7. I wish it had more power and Windows 10.
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What about the router/wireless device?
 

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