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@chriscb My son didn’t sleep through the night unless being held around the 1yo-2yo timeframe. There was a Black Friday laptop sale going on that I wanted to get. Thanksgiving night came, I could tell he wasn’t going to let someone sleep and it might as well be me. I stood in line the whole...

@babo2013 Looks like you’ve gotten good above about talking over your reaction when calmed down. I’ll just add, that time outs are a tool to allow a kid to calm down and think about their actions as well as remove them from their stressful situations to reflect. You apologizing right away can...

@deano1 It’s not usually what’s the motivation for attending school, but worth checking. ;) My youngest just entered high school this year and is attending the private school I work at. So my wife got to retire from homeschooling this year.

@deano1 Do they have a playground? We considered enrolling my oldest one year and didn’t get in the neighborhood school but the one slightly farther away that was even further away while their building was being rehabbed. So they didn’t have a playground for recess. I honestly thing she just...

@deano1 My wife homeschooled our kids, so I could be biased. :/. Ultimately you know your kids best and better than anyone on the internet. I just throw out there that homeschooling is an option. Especially for kindergarten. (Here in NY school is t compulsory until 1st grade, so no paperwork for...

@deano1 You left the workforce to be able to homeschool for pre-K. Why not continue if you’re not seeing the school as a good fit?