Mom Talk
Moms' Talk: iPod Separation Anxiety; Lying for a Better School District
Our weekly question-and-answer feature debuts today.
Parenting's not always easy, and sometimes we all have questions we wish we could ask other parents. That's why we're debuting "Moms' Talk" today, a new weekly feature in which real moms ask two parenting-related questions of other parents in the Patch community. Please feel free to weigh in on the discussion in the "comments" section below! "It's hard to get my son to stop playing games on his iPod when I want him to do chores or come for dinner. How have other parents dealt with electronics/gaming use in their households?" —Deborah de Raadt is a licensed social worked and the mother of a 13-year-old son with ADHD. She can offer her experiences with 504's, individual education plans, and behaviors and challenges specific to ADHD. "A …
Deborah de Raadt
2:38 pm on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
It is so hard to know what conditions the Ohio mom was dealing with, as there was very little coverage about what the school, and neighborhood around the school, was like that her children would have attended in their home district. If I was a single mom and felt my child was not in a safe school, I might do what she did, or I might try to move to a better area IF I could afford to. Schools in … more ›