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 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: n00b parent intro

cafe
Posted: 11 Jun 2006, 8:46 pm 

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Thank you for the welcome. Yes, that's beaker :D. My seven-year-old who does not read yet, but is getting there, has discovered Google. He will ask me something like "How do you spell hovercraft?" I will say H. He will run off and type it then come back and ask what letter is next. We will repeat th...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: sending the wrong signals...

cafe
Posted: 11 Jun 2006, 6:10 pm 

Replies: 3
Views: 1,258
I wonder if cutting out the overtly helpful part and substituting something like "Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions about how things are done" then wandering off to do your own thing would be a good strategy.

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: n00b parent intro

cafe
Posted: 11 Jun 2006, 10:51 am 

Replies: 13
Views: 1,468
subatai_baadur wrote:
If you didn't have such a nice choice of avatar I would be attacking you for using the term n00b. I dislike chatspeak. But a Muppets avatar excuses you.

Sorry. Too much Runescape has corrupted me. :lol:

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: n00b parent intro

cafe
Posted: 11 Jun 2006, 8:11 am 

Replies: 13
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I was blessed with a mother that explained everything. EVERYTHING. My loss of functionality starts showing up in social aspects gained after I started becoming emotional independant of her; my early teens. If you explain WHY things are what they are, you wil be doing them a great service. The reaso...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: n00b parent intro

cafe
 Post subject: n00b parent intro
Posted: 11 Jun 2006, 5:10 am 

Replies: 13
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Hi. I'm Cafe aka Heather irl. My sons, 7 and 9, were dx-ed at the end of the school year (by the school LD team) as HFA. I think my boys are quite cool, but society doesn't share my biases, so I am on a mission to do what I can to help them function as best they can, while not making them miserable ...
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