Elementary School: Myself, The First Years

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I Want to Be a Stay at Home Mom

E.B. asks from Miami

I'm having baby number 3 in october - and so much of my regret in life is not being able to be there for my kids when they really need me. And someone else is taking ...

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Daughter Who Just Misses the Birthday Cutoff to Turn 5...

C.R. asks from Huntsville

I have battled wanting to push our local school to allow my daughter to start Kindergarten this year-she would be 4 years, 9 months old at the start (birthday is Nove...

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No Nuts Please!

A.S. asks from Canton

Hello moms, something I take very seriously is protecting my son who has a severe/life threatening peanut allergy. The principle at my children's school just sent o...

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I Want to Homeschool!

C.B. asks from Denver

I want to home school my children, but my husband wants them to go to public, do I dare put them in danger like that? We both grew up in small towns, and there wasn't...

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Identity Fraud Question

J.L. asks from Pittsburgh

I just wanted to see if anyone knows anything about identity fraud. Here's the quick story without all the details...after the death of my stepmother four years ago, ...

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State Mandated Cap on Class Size

V.B. asks from Miami

So, in Florida, the state mandated cap on class size is 18 kids for Kindergarten. My daughter's class has had 22 kids since school started and just got another girl ...

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What Has Been Your Red-shirted Child's Experience, So Far?

S.N. asks from Chicago

Dear fellow moms, Did any of you red-shirt your now elementary school-aged child back when he or she started kindergarten? What has been your child's experience so...

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Paying for Child's College Tuition?

M.H. asks from Raleigh

Another question on here (about size of family) got me thinking about what the "norm" is for college and children paying these days? I know that every family handles ...

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Affording It All

J.V. asks from Chicago

It's that time of year when I do our 5 year financial plan, take a look at our long term financial health, and figure out our current priorities. Well, I just did ...

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Mamas, Have You Noticed That Your Children's Teachers Are Having a Difficult Yea

K.S. asks from Detroit

My high school leader (of three schools) announced his retirement-- he's opening "a beer garden." Mamas, have you noticed how discouraged your kids' teachers and ...