Articles in this category relate to making the decision for the dad to stay home, and the mom or primary care-giver to go back to the workforce.
So now it seems that David has started hacking computers too. He is changing passwords on his brother’s computer. Time to use a random password generator instead of a dictionary. On the plus side, David starts with his respite care provider tomorrow. I think that will be very good for him. Give him some social skills and the perspective of living with another family. Maybe he won’t be quite so difficult for us when he comes back. Tweet #fighting4answrs
I don’t dread parent teacher conferences for any of my kids. Mostly because we keep such close touch with their teachers that we aren’t surprised when conferences roll around. This doesn’t occur with our youngest though since we are home schooling him. Before this Spring, the teachers would quake in fear when they saw my wife and I coming. Mostly because we had to pull teeth, nails and hair to get things that they should have provided without a fight. In the case of our youngest, we are still fighting, but feel that his needs are better met with us through home school. Sadly, he is missing so much by not being in public school. He misses his friends, he misses interaction with other adults, he misses PE, music, and what not. But he doesn’t miss getting assaulted on a regular basis, he doesn’t miss being restrained, he doesn’t miss
There is a saying… “It only takes one fly to annoy a cow…” So, back in September 2011, my daughter sustained a concussion when she hit her head on the boat dock at the lake. With the latest concussion due to the assault last week, it could be weeks before she recovers. Currently she is suffering from headaches, dizziness, aversion to light, aversion to loud noises and a need for sleep. We saw the doctor today and she offered a shot of Taradol, which has to be delivered intra-muscularly. My daughter didn’t find that appealing so first we are going to increase her ibuprofen by 200mg and see how she does. If it doesn’t bring her relief from the pain, then we will go back later in the week and get the shot. I tried to explain that the shot would offer immediate relief, but she didn’t want to try