Washable Workwear Wednesday: Anna Pleated Cotton Midi Shirtdress
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Need a spring wardrobe refresh? Consider this floral patterned shirtdress.
Bring the garden party along with this midi-length cotton dress, whose black background grounds a pattern of fresh white blooms. This dress has traditional details like a front button closure, button cuffs, and crisp collar. Cinch your waist with the matching self-tie belt.
Ted Baker’s Anna midi shirtdress is $325 at Nordstrom and comes in sizes 0-14.
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My first grader has been spending what seems to be an increasing amount of time at school on his school-issued ipad, including playing games and what he calls “free ipad time.” I have parent-teacher conferences coming up. What, if anything, do I say to the teacher about this?
I know this is a fraught subject and I have to be careful not to offend the teacher. But surely there’s a way to gently raise this concern, right? Even if nothing changes, I think I just want to be heard. Any advice would be appreciated.
Any Jewish posters have thoughts on pros & cons of temple membership, or info to share about the bar mitzvah process from the parent side?
Our 8 year old attends Sunday school at the local Reform temple (only one in our small city) and is interested in starting the process of studying Hebrew with the rabbi to become a bat mitzvah at 13. We have to be temple members for that though, and both DH & I are daunted by the cost and volunteer commitment involved in membership. My daughter has attended a couple bar mitzvahs as a guest this year and is very focused on the party & gifts aspect and I don’t think she appreciates what she’s getting into. We’re planning to have a family meeting with the rabbi where he will (hopefully) impress upon her how much work it is, but if she’s still interested after that I’m not sure what to do.
I hate to deny her the opportunity to connect more deeply with her heritage and religious school community, but I think it’s likely she’ll want to quit at some point and then we’re either out a ton of time and money for no reason, or we force her to keep going and fight big battles about it at home. Neither is appealing!
Inspired by the post below, what is the right approach for a kindergartner who declares everything “boring.” Not the parent, but am around this kid a lot and I know not to take it personally, but at some point it’s appropriate to teach the kid that it’s rude to say your playdate is boring, or this outing is boring, or this thing that someone worked hard on is boring, right? My mind goes to my mother’s unhelpful retort that only boring people get bored, but I’m not out here trying to insult a 6 year old. The parent’s response is to tell the people around him not to take it personally because he thinks everything is boring, but at some point you need to shut it down! Don’t worry, I know this is not my job and Im not going to say anything, but 6 seems old enough to learn that (1) your words can hurt other people’s feelings and (2) not everything we do in life is to entertain you.
Low-stakes question – recs for a comfortable headband for a big-headed 5.5-year-old? Her favorite headband was a seasonal Cat&Jack velvet headband from Target, and she says the other Cat&Jack headbands she has make her ears itch.
We have a cross country move coming up this year for work. 2 kids ages 10 and 7. The move has some benefits of being closer to family, but also is a cross country move – so the kids have no friends and we have no community aside from the family. Any tips for this sort of move? How to get kids settled in quickly to a new school where they know no one? How to manage the logistics while working full time? How to not be so stressed about everything?
Anyone here been to Japan with kids? Looking at spending ~10 days there with my then-third grader this fall. Thinking we’ll stay in Tokyo and Kyoto and do some day trips from there, I prefer not changing hotels a lot, especially with kids. Would love recs for kid-friendly things to do and see. We have really enjoyed cooking and art classes in other destinations, so I’m especially interested in things like that. I saw someone online who did an origami class? But I’m open to other ideas. Kid is a fairly picky eater (no sushi) but I think will be ok with things like katsu and gyoza.
PSA…. it is Pi Day on Saturday. (I forget until midafternoon every year when I have already defrosted chicken or something.)
Everyone gets to order Pizza for dinner and count it as a Pinterest mom activity. :) Super bonus points if you pick up a pie for dessert too! Maybe write out some math problems for the kiddos. Done.
Piggybacking off yesterday – would love to hear experiences of juggling multiple dropoffs, especially if anyone’s had 3. We have 3 kids. One is going to K in the fall so we will absolutely now have 2 dropoffs. The middle is in preschool and our baby is starting at the same school this month (all three will be at this school until oldest goes to K). We have some concerns about the school. my kids are safe but it just feels precarious with staffing and I’ve had my gripes with the school over the past 4 years (seems kind of lazy at times, chaotic, staff turnover, etc). I’m happy we stayed and my kids are really happy there, lots of love, very strong community but they’ve had licensing, staffing, other issues this past year. My middle daughter has a spot at at least one other preschool (academic focused, which isn’t my preference but it’s incredibly well run and highly praised) and possibly at another (play based which is my preference and university affiliated and the top preschool in the area in my opinion) to start in the fall. I feel all over the place with this right now – stressed about the current centers longevity, but it feels like home and the only place I can imagine leaving my baby. None of the preschools that will take my middle have infant programs so they would still be at the old school or would need a solution for them. Any center that has space for both is equal in quality so wouldn’t make sense to switch. I’m probably really hormonal and stressed going back to work and leaving my baby anyways and now juggling three kids so I don’t feel like I’m making any good decisions right now and welcome gentle feedback.
My 6 yr old is having a rough year of Kindergarten. At home he is a sweet and easy-going kid. At school his teacher says he will refuse to participate, draw empty circles on his paper, refuse to go with the group, resists some specials because he calls them “boring.” He won’t speak up in class.
We met with the pediatrician, and had the teacher do an ADHD assessment. The home/school scores were wildly different and we decided to start OT and wait and see. That was November, now the teacher is pushing for an IEP eval. He’s not reading yet but can do simple math in his head and likes to sit and do his homework. His behavior has improved but since he won’t do the work she doesn’t think he’s learning.
Any advice? I there something else to consider pushing ahead for an IEP meeting vs waiting? He’s a December birthday/not especially young for K.
FWIW we have an older child who is ADHD and the way these two present is vastly different.
Good morning! My family is traveling to Morocco in a few weeks and are taking a red eye from DC to Paris for the first leg of the trip. My daughters are 10 and 7. Any tips for the flight and for hopefully getting everyone to sleep? My older daughter has ADHD and has a very hard time settling to go to sleep even in the best circumstances. And she is VERY cranky when tired.
We are meeting a lot of family there for the first time and traveling with my FIL who may have expectations about how everyone is going to behave, so I’m nervous about starting off the trip on the wrong foot.
Also, would you have any concerns about going there at all?