The first time your kid picked up some crayons and scribbled, it was magical - he's making art! But by the time a few more years have gone by, you've learned a few things...
I agree with the applicant. My current job is with a provincial government and it did involve skills testing, but here’s how it went:
-resumes
-phone screen - narrowed down to an interview group of ~10 people for 2 positions
-in-person interview with a rubric - anyone who exceeded…
I think a key detail is that in one of the examples OP gave, the divorce, OP mentions in a later comment that the siblings were asked about monetary support. While it’s not clear if they were expected to commit on the spot, anything that is going to involve a significant commitment…
Also please donate them to food banks (along with other hygiene products of all types - incontinence products, diapers, toilet paper, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, laundry detergent… In many places food banks are not allowed to spent monetary donations on these things because they…
@popculturemama - or debilitating abdominal pain, which equally sucks! My friend basically can’t eat at restaurants that aren’t exclusively gluten-free any more.
Also, sometimes people stumble across gluten free diets when they actually have an undiagnosed wheat allergy! Another…
When I worked at a store that sold/rented instruments for band and orchestra, we had a lot of very confused parents whose kids were just getting started. A few common scenarios:
No, we can’t get you a flute if we’re out of clarinets to rent temporarily because they are not “basically…
…are you a fellow Haligonian??
A friend of mine once had a brain fart about the noon gun and told someone they fired it every day “at like, 11:30 or something?”
The reality is the cost and time associated with getting some of this help is very difficult to shoulder. Parents may desperately want to get their kids therapy but if it’s a choice between food and therapy, most families will have to choose food.
#2 - time for my regular reminder on posts like this that for neurodiverse kids self-soothing/talking about feelings is an IMMENSELY difficult skill. And also that using a screen to distract yourself while your emotional intensity reduces to the point where you can have a productive…
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