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| Haunted with fear..obsession |
Posted by navigator on May, 11. :: 3 Comments
Hi everybody, here is the story,
My brother in law who is nearly 20 now has the problem. He wasn't that
clever at school, so he decided to join the army. That was ofcourse after
finishing high scool. What I knew about him that he has one close friend (
neighbour). What he usually does in his life ( during school time ) coming
back home, going for a football, hanging with his only friend, That's it.
The boy had to join the army ( he like that,and he is strong and healthy),
he doesn't have any problems regarding their drills or tasks. But, in his
first days at the army has this feeling maybe fear mixed with obsessin.
He wants to go home , miss being at home very much that he cries. We
had a hard time being with him, talk with him about being patient, looking
to his futur and career. Despite every attempt from everyone around
hime, nothing new. His parents even visited him their many time. We
took to phsychiatrist ( shrink ) , but nothing change.
After those terrible days and night, and after finishing the training time at
the army and settling in his new job, boy came normal. Every fear and
obsession gone, and everyone was happy that he is back.
Recently, his uncle died and he wached the corpse actually. Now, my wife
talked to me last night tha the same old problem came back to her
brother, a long with nightmares.
The boy is embarrassed to talk about his problem renewal . He only
spoke to my wife, and asked her to talk to me.
I don't know what to do .
Anybody with any thoughts, or ideas, Thanks.
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| required parent conferences at school.. |
Posted by OGIONIK on May, 11. :: 0 Comments
what happens if the parent doesnt show up to it? ever?
Do they just not let him back in school?
Another thing
"tardy lock-outs"
i've im not mistaken, if the door is locked to MY first period class because im late, im just gonna walk the **** back home and then get into trouble, WHATS THE POINT?
wow, us schools are retarded, im never having children here in this country, or at all most likely im not very good genetic material 
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| Hurt Girls |
Posted by sozobe on May, 11. :: 14 Comments
I keep reading things about this (general injury rate in kid's sports, specific injury rate for girls) and worrying.
Sozlet's in soccer and loves it. She's quite good -- not great, maybe 5th in skill level on a team of 14. She's definitely one of the kids who gets it (when she's in the mood, anyway, and she isn't always) -- she's strong and fast and is one of the few kids at her level who purposely passes to open teammates (who have subsequently scored goals, a few times).
I want her to continue as long as she'd like. But this is scary stuff.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/magazine/11Girls-t.html
Things I take away from the article:
1.) Allow sports, but limit sports. None of this regular league plus club league and traveling for tournaments stuff.
2.) Encourage diversification. A lot of what I see in this article and others is that the specific sports team becomes the kid's life. All of her friends are there, she has nothing to fall back on. That feeds into the need for getting over the injury and getting back into the group.
3.) Encourage toughness, with limits. A few years of glory in HS is not worth a lifetime of crippled knees.
4.) Encourage PLAY, not just sports. This is less from this article than from other things I've read. That increasing focus on organized sports creates repetitive motion injuries and less overall fitness than just plain playing, like a kid. I think this has something to do with the "like a boy" stuff in the article, too. I think boys are more likely to just go outside and run around and be goofy than girls are.
5.) Look into the PEP training. Sounds like it might be promising, and that now is about the time to start. Sozlet does have that "athletic stance" or whatever it's called -- knees bent, butt low.
Overall, scary stuff.
Your thoughts?
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| Flirting with responsibility: Able the girl. |
Posted by boomerang on May, 11. :: 40 Comments
The walk home from school is a time devoted to unwinding Mo's springs. We don't talk about school we talk about being green dogs, being sharks, being in Yiho with a tornado coming. The block home can sometimes take 15 minutes to walk.
It was on one of these walks that we met Able the girl. We had noticed her tailing us for a few days but one afternoon we were pretending to be something that caught Able's fancy (trap door spiders, I think) and she joined in.
Able the girl is in the thrid grade, new to the neighborhood, a tomboy who delights in listing her broken bone history.
Able walks 8 blocks to school, by herself, every morning and 8 blocks home, by herself every afternoon. On pretty days she is allowed an extra hour to play on the playground after school before she has to go home. Able is allowed to walk to the little store, on her own, to make a purchase. Able is proud of herself for being allowed to do these things.
Because of Able I've been reexamining Mo's roaming spaces. We have moved past the corner mailbox and onto his friend Jay's house about a block away (only with permission and only when expected). Mo is really proud of this freedom and responsiblity. He's been very good about it so I might extend his area a bit further. Maybe to the school playground.
Which brings me to my question:
How do you decide how far your child can go and how long they can be away?
How much has the distance and time shrunk since you were a kid?
Thanks!
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| 18th child |
Posted by shewolfnm on May, 10. :: 39 Comments
Birth control people..
She is already pregnant again after giving birth on May 8th.
For christs sake..
18 kids
[/QUOTE]In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, tsecond from left, after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. The Duggars announced on Friday, May 9, 2008 that they are expecting their 18th child.
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Jesus christ 
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