[blparent] troubled parent
Nikki
daizies304 at comcast.net
Tue Mar 29 22:08:12 UTC 2011
haha, well, the big issue is trying to keep his attention focused on the
task. He gets bored easily...
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From: Veronica Smith
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:56 PM
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So no state names?
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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Chad Allen
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
I have another game that's fun too. You can play it in your head but it's
more fun with alphabet tiles.
You choose two tiles and you have to come up with a word that begins with
the letter of the first tile and the last letter of the second tile. So if
you choose a "C" and a "G", you can say the word "changing."
If the letters are "D" and "F", you can say the word "Dandruff."
Some combinations of words can get really hard. What if the letters are "O"
and "O"?
No words from another language or proper names are allowed.
Also the word must be at least five letters in length. If two people come up
with a word at the same time, the word with the most letters wins.
Have fun!
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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Leanne Merren
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
Hi Nikki,
It is so hard to find other things to do when they're sick. I like to limit
the TV in our house too. My kids love to play mental games, so we do that a
lot. We'll play silly games like saying a word and the other person says
the first thing that comes to mind, can really get us laughing sometimes.
We play alphabet games, and pattern games such as "I'm going to a party, and
I'm going to bring..." and you think of a pattern to follow and if they meet
your pattern they can come, and if not they have to keep guessing. He's a
bit young yet, but we've also played the geography game where you say a
place that begins with the last letter of the place said before. Just be
creative and you can come up with lots of fun games to do, and it sounds
like he's very bright so he should catch on fast. Oh we've also done movie
quotes and the person has to guess what movie it's from...
I hope you both feel better soon.
Leanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
> he's sick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tammy
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> Hi,
>
> What kinds of things does he like to do? What have you done with him up
> until now? It sounds like you really have no idea how to keep him
> entertained, but he’s 5 isn’t he? Take him to the park, or a children’s
> museum, or swimming, or an in door or outdoor playground. Read with him,
> talk to him, play games with him, board games, card games, physical games
> like throwing a ball back and forth, or riding a bike. Does he have any
> friends in your parents neighbourhood that he can play with? I hate going
> to the zoo, but my kids both love animals, so we go, either there, or a
> farm, or petting zoo, or even the petstore, or animal shelter to play with
> the cats or dogs.
>
> hth
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Nikki
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 5:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> Just a slight update... I have contacted the private school of my choice
> and
> just received word that financial aid is due by April 1st. So, I'm now
> running ragged... Incase you didn't catch the latest, there's a counselor
> that has been sitting in class and watching his behavior. A letter came to
> the house suggesting a meeting. That's not gonna happen until the 12th.
> Now,
> I'm going to request testing regardless if he's gonna attend the gifted
> school or not.
>
> This week is his spring break and the poor thing is feeling sick. He spent
> the day at his cousin's yesterday. What kind of fun things could I do with
> him other than sitting in front of the TV? Any ideas?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 3:53 PM
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>
> Great!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Nikki
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 3:51 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> I think I'm already there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 4:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> You will find the info on the NFB site, it is listed as
> adviceandsupportforblindcooks or something like that. Dave Andrews is
> also
> the moderator there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Nikki
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:55 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> No, sorry. Recipe group? How do I get involved? Very interested.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> Nikki, are you the same prson that is posting on the recipe group?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Nikki
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 11:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> Nosy? Ah, never. It's okay to be curious.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peggy
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 10:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> I hope you choose to keep us updated, would be interested to hear what
> they
> say, but I don't want you to think ... I'm to nosy!! *smile*
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikki
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 9:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
>
> That's why I plan to ask that my son is tested academically. So then
> we'll know for sure if the behavior is due to bordum and lack of
> challenged
> learning. I've already inquired about a private school, one that focuses
> on
> gifted children. I really think his behavioral problems are half and half
> right now.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peggy
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 7:55 PM
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>
> Sometimes it's the gifted children that can be hard to handle. My
> daughter
> was in gifted classes from the time she started school until she
> graduated.
> She could have even skipped a grade but she decided to wait until she was
> a
> junior and then she graduated a year earlier than she was supposed to. Do
> some research online though because it will tell you a lot about gifted
> kids
> you wouldn't think of. Like they are very unorganized, and my daughter
> was
> and still is. I can't remember now what other information I found out but
> it really did help me to look it up and understand why she was doing
> things
> she was doing. Also, acting out is a sign of bordom. Also watch for
> things
> when he's older too because kids will act out to fit in with their peers,
> they know they're smart, other kids know they're smart, but they want to
> fit
> in by acting out or doing what the crowd's doing. YOu would think a
> gifted
> child would be less work than one that needs a lot of help but that's not
> always the case *smile*!! Good luck.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikki
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> Yeah, he loves to read. He is far advanced than what you described.
>
> He knew his ABC's and 1 to 10 before preschool. He also knew his shapes
> and
> colors before preschool. We would check out the I Spy books at the public
> library and I recorded him saying what was being pointed at. He caught on
> quick.
>
> We've been having him read his bedtime stories to us. He's pretty good
> with
> exclamations and questions. Knowing that when there's a comma in the
> sentence, you pause. When he comes to a word that he's unfamiliar with or
> says wrong or too quick for me to hear it, he's asked to spell the word so
> I
> can help him sound out the word. He is working on those site words as
> well.
> There's a game that I think we made up, but I'm not sure. You have to
> create
> sentences using as many site words as you can. He knows them very well.
> Sitting here thinking about this, makes me wonder if he really needs more
> of
> a challenge for learning. Just this morning, I came to the breakfast table
> and he was doing math with his papa. Figuring out how many fingers are in
> the house. Same with toes. Then they added. He can count by 5's, 10's, do
> the evens and odds... The boy can even tell time... it's amazing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jill
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 2:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> I have a six year old little boy. We play dominos and he was quick to
> catch
> on to it, we also play uno, which helps with color and number recognition.
> He is addicted to the wii, we joke with him that he is a wii-holic, and
> we
> are going to send him to wii-hab! He has to read small books from school
> each night. They are using their sight words such as: like, have, see,
> can
> , go... he will spell the unfamiliar words to me and then we go back and
> read the sentences together. Does your son like books? There is a lot of
> good resources for Braille/ print books.
> Jill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Nikki
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> I was afraid of this question... I am ashamed to say not enough. Today,
> after school, I took him outside. He rode his scooter while I walked. We
> went around the block. Then I let him ride his bike up to the far corner,
> cuz we're second house from the corner, back down to the house like three
> times. It was cold. It was about dinner time and so we sat and watched a
> little bit of TV until it was time to eat.
>
> Um, I play tops with him. Sometimes I let him play my electric piano. We
> play with the blocks and not so much his train set. He loves to play the
> Wii. The only game I can play is bowling on Wii Sports. He likes to play
> all
>
> the games.
>
> We play Jenga. "Top It" or as you know it, War, with playing cards. IDK...
> I
>
> get bored of the same repetitious things.
>
> It's hard for me to do school work with him, writing. This kid is smarter
> than I was at this age....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> Nikki, what kind of things do you do with him. Play dates? Fun time?
> Together time?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Nikki
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:28 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> OMG! He has it bad. We've tried talking to him, reminding him of
> consequences,
> but it doesn't seem to do justice. Yes, he goes to Kindergarten for 2 1/2
> hours everyday. He only goes for half a day because he's very smart. The
> teacher has to warn him more often than other kids. He's your regular
> bouncy
> ball. The teacher gave him a special chair to sit in because he can't sit
> still. Doesn't seem to be working. My dad, his papa, said that he should
> sit
> in one of our wooden chairs quietly all day or unless he's at school. He
> also said that if this doesn't change his behavior, he's going to fulfill
> his threats on spanking.
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> OH sorry to hear about his dad. As to the time outs,It might drive him
> nuts
> to have to sit still for 5 minutes, and that might just be the insentive
> he
> needs to behave. Does he go to school at all? I know that when my son
> started school his whole attitude changed because he was more stimulated
> at
> school, so he was tired when he came home. He's one of those never sit
> down
> kids too, and nothing else worked except the time outs for him because of
> that. He hates not being part of the action all the time, so he behaves
> better when we remind him what happens when he doesn't.
>
>
> Tammy
> From: Nikki
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:15 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> His daddy abandoned him. He doesn't call or write. Time out, huh? Well,
> I don't think it would work with my gremlin. He can't sit still. He's
> gotta
> be constantly moving and that's trouble for me because I fatigue easily.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tammy
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:50 PM
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>
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried time outs? My son is 6 and they work well for us. Your
> son
> sounds like mine, that is to say that what you describe sounds very
> typical
> of children of that age group. Also, you say you're divorced, and I don't
> mean to get too personal, but does your son's behaviour esculate around
> visits from or to his father'? If so, this might be a trigger, and you
> may
> want to talk to your son about how he feels about being with his dad,
> verses
> being with you. Don't make it stressful for him, but just talk to him
> about
> his favourite things at both places, and whatever you do, don't say
> anything
> negative about his father, even though that's very hard at times. He may
> be
> confused about why he has to go back and forth, or even why you're living
> with your parents. You never know what little kids are thinking and
> talking
> to them can open doors for the two of you that will allow for bonding, and
> a
> closer relationship. I don't know if any of this will help, but I'm
> divorced from my son's father, and he has a step-father now, but it's been
> a
> bumpy road for him. This may not be the case for you, but talking and
> timeouts might just help smooth the bumps a little.
>
> hth
>
> Tammy
>
> From: Nikki
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:26 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] troubled parent
>
> Nikki here and very distressed. Divorced mother of a 5 year old
> boy.
> Live with parents, ugh!
>
> I need behavioral modifacations other than spanking. He doesn't listen
> well,
> follow directions, stay focused, and talks when he's not supposed to.
>
> Wanting to stay away from spanking for punishment. Anyone have any advice
> for me?
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