The school year's almost half over...

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The school year's almost half over...
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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 7:47pm
Is your work status working for you wrt

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 8:44pm
the amount of time has nothing to do with what i have said. I dont claim i would be responsible for my 16 year olds homework. when my child turn's 16 i do not really see my views changin, only softening b/c they are growing and they are showing me they have learned to be responsible.
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 8:47pm

No, it is not directed at you it was my response to your comment.

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Registered: 01-13-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 9:27pm
you are right, no one knows what goes on anywhere when they are not there. i refuse to go thru this life not trusting people though - just not the way i want to live my life or raise my kids.
Jennie
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Registered: 01-13-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 9:46pm
did you not say it was your responsibility to make sure your kids did their homework in a neat and timely manner. to date my 8 year old has shown she is quite capable of being responsible for her own homework - but then they really stress in school here that the kids are supposed to be doing their homework on their own and only asking for help if they are stuck and that it is their responsibility. curious how you plan to do the homework thing when they get older because to tell you the truth i never know if my oldest has homework or not and have no idea what time she does it. she is in the top 3% of her class so i have to assume if she has it she is getting it done and as i said i can check online and see all of her classwork on a daily basis
Jennie
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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:06pm

Did i say that? It is my responsibility to teach them to be responsible for their homework, not my responsibility to do it for them.

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I would ask them and want to actually see it from time to time. I plan to be involved in their homework assignments and agenda their education and future.

You did state you are not responsible for your child's education their future could you clarify incase i misunderstand?

homework in my house is the responsibility of the child, the responsibility of the parent is to enforce the responsibility to the child, i do not think 16 is the majic age for me to change the way i choose to parent concerning homework.

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:17pm

I have to agree, however, you do have to be cautious and do your own homework < nothing to do with other debate saying fits LOL >

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Registered: 01-18-2007
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:22pm

Oh My Goodness! There are 776 replies before mine! Will mine even be seen?! LOL!

Hi Sabine,
You are so correct! The school year is already half way over and it makes me so sad to know how quickly time flies. I wish time would stand still just for a little while so I could truly just enjoy my children as they are and not grow so quickly. There are times when I wish I didn't have to do anything but just love and cuddle them. I think that with all that we mom's have to do daily makes the time go by so much quicker!
I can appreciate your concern about your dd and if you should stay home. As, you know, I do stay (work) at home but I have 4 children and my two littlest have some health concerns. My oldest dd sometimes doesn't get as much time as I want to give her. So, I think that it is natural for any good mommy, no matter what our circumstances are, to feel that we need to be more available to our children and their education. Today was a good example of what I mean..... Erica was ill today and stayed home from school. This offset my schedule for today. My ds Jason had an appointment with UCP (United Cerebral Palsy) at 9 am (it is in home because he is under 3 years old). Almost the entire time my dd complained about her blanket and I had to get her 5 different blankets until she was happy. Luckily the lady from UCP was very patient. Finally she fell asleep, I worked for about 30 minutes at my computer today and then I heard her calling me from down stairs. Next the sitter came to be with her because my dd Ava had an appointment at 1 pm at the Children's hospital with her therapist. So, even though I am "home" with my kids, dd really needed me today but I wasn't with her as much as I wanted and needed to be with her.
Okay, so I went off the subject a bit, but my point is that for whatever reason we are not home with our kids, we will always wonder if we could make a difference for them in all aspects of their lives.
Take care,
Jill
Mom to Erica 7 years old, Brenden 4 years old, Jason 21 months old, Ava 7 months old

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Registered: 11-08-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:26pm

oh my! quite the little following I have now! Just FWIW, I posted about 3 times during HR (no HR duties), 3 times during MY lunch period (No kid duties), 9 times during my "free" period -- in which I ALSO managed to do my hall duty, LOL! I then posted twice after my day was done. In fact, I started this message at 4:15 when I got home -- got interrupted by my middle dd's nurse, then dinner time, then basketball, then first had to bring dd to her dad's house as it's his weekend.

Therefore, I've posted 18 times in almost 18 hours, LOL! Yeah, that's posting too much for ya!

Of course, I'm sure you noticed (how could you not?) that mariadia posted all day long, right?

Carole

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Registered: 11-08-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:39pm

A. because that's a typical part of a NANNY's job description

B. Most of my laundry goes to the dry cleaners

C. Dh has enough of his own laundry to do - oh, and he does my underwear too. He doesn't fold it though (although I do fold his, LOL!)

Carole

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Registered: 11-08-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:42pm

yes, it is MY responsibility to see that those things are done. there is NOTHING that says i have to do every single darned thing all by myself....No thanks. I'll outsource some of those things, so I don't spend every free minute doing that stuff -- and I can go enjoy things with my kids or, like tomorrow, going to get my nails done (yeah!).

Carole

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