First time parenting fail?

happylib · Guru

RE: First time parenting fail?

crystal · Guru

ineedcoffee wrote:

happylib wrote:

I have no doubt you do many wonderful things with your girl. I am with Erin. You brought her to preschool so she can learn new things, and this is one of them. I am with you on the hair cutting thing too. Elizabeth does not go anywhere near scissors unless I am right there with her.

Yeah, aren't you suppose to learn these things in school? I hate that my mommy guilt kicked right in. So hard to silence that little voice that says she would know how to do this if I was not working! Sigh!

i hate that feeling! i remember for mason's one year check-up, she asked if he knew his body parts when i said them, and i was like "i was supposed to teach him body parts?". lmao. oh, and he was supposed to know how to ring a bell, which i had never shown him a bell before. i wish they just told you all of this crap before-hand smile

apies · Guru

crystal wrote:

ineedcoffee wrote:

happylib wrote:

I have no doubt you do many wonderful things with your girl. I am with Erin. You brought her to preschool so she can learn new things, and this is one of them. I am with you on the hair cutting thing too. Elizabeth does not go anywhere near scissors unless I am right there with her.

Yeah, aren't you suppose to learn these things in school? I hate that my mommy guilt kicked right in. So hard to silence that little voice that says she would know how to do this if I was not working! Sigh!
i hate that feeling! i remember for mason's one year check-up, she asked if he knew his body parts when i said them, and i was like "i was supposed to teach him body parts?". lmao. oh, and he was supposed to know how to ring a bell, which i had never shown him a bell before. i wish they just told you all of this crap before-hand

as far as the bell is concerned - that falls under the category of an outdated test, imo.

at one of emily's EI evaluations, they showed her a picture of an old-school phone with a receiver and a base and maybe even a rotary dial (not sure on that last part). um, of course she didn't know wtf that was because she's NEVER seen a phone like that in her life! and i said that to them in the eval.

when i was in grad school, one of our classes in measurement and assessment talked about how quickly tests can become outdated and how skewed they are culturally. the bell is a great example of that imo.

(on the other hand, they gave her a car at her 1 year EI eval and wanted to see if she knew how to push it across the floor. oops. i never gave my little GIRL a car until that point. we left from the eval, went to target and i bought her a pink one. )

kdrew · Guru

daisy wrote:

i dont even own a pair of safety scissors in this house. too much of a pita with the little one.
also i havent been hugely successful at finding ambidextrous/lefty scissors (not that i've made a huge effort).
she brought home a few practice cutting assignments last year at preschool, so i figured she was doing fine with it - not something we're practicing at home at ALL though! dont worry!!

i hear this is a bigger skill for the 4s programs.

Does Ned Flander's still have his store?

daisy · Guru

kdrew wrote:

daisy wrote:

i dont even own a pair of safety scissors in this house. too much of a pita with the little one.
also i havent been hugely successful at finding ambidextrous/lefty scissors (not that i've made a huge effort).
she brought home a few practice cutting assignments last year at preschool, so i figured she was doing fine with it - not something we're practicing at home at ALL though! dont worry!!

i hear this is a bigger skill for the 4s programs.

Does Ned Flander's still have his store?

was he ambi?

kdrew · Guru

daisy wrote:

kdrew wrote:

daisy wrote:

i dont even own a pair of safety scissors in this house. too much of a pita with the little one.
also i havent been hugely successful at finding ambidextrous/lefty scissors (not that i've made a huge effort).
she brought home a few practice cutting assignments last year at preschool, so i figured she was doing fine with it - not something we're practicing at home at ALL though! dont worry!!

i hear this is a bigger skill for the 4s programs.

Does Ned Flander's still have his store?

was he ambi?

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Leftorium

daisy · Guru

kdrew wrote:

daisy wrote:

kdrew wrote:

daisy wrote:

i dont even own a pair of safety scissors in this house. too much of a pita with the little one.
also i havent been hugely successful at finding ambidextrous/lefty scissors (not that i've made a huge effort).
she brought home a few practice cutting assignments last year at preschool, so i figured she was doing fine with it - not something we're practicing at home at ALL though! dont worry!!

i hear this is a bigger skill for the 4s programs.

Does Ned Flander's still have his store?

was he ambi?

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Leftorium

l.m.f.a.o.