TOTALLY GEEKED!

chef · Guru

RE: It's Groundhog day. Tuesday, February 2nd.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I think I slept enough in the last 2 days to get me through the rest of the week.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I missed the news on the Monday Daily, LL.

I wish I had some advice. Hopefully the school will let the kids talk about their feelings & find some way to remember that poor child.

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
LL, how are the girls doing with the news? I do like the card idea. The parent's will be grateful.

Lily, good news on monster! Sonny tried to jump up on the arm of a chair last night and fell because I had folded laundry pile high on it, I had never heard such a cry from him when he landed on the hardwood floor.

It has been 50's here, prediction is 13 next week. Grrrrrr

They are doing ok. There were about 30 counselors and social workers at the school yesterday. I talked to one of the teacher's yesterday, she said all the kids were taking it much better than the staff - which is to be expected, most of the kids don't really understand death, yet. She did say that after talking to the kindergartners in afterschool that Baby J seemed to understand it better than the rest, but that's not surprising, considering she knows about my sister.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
LL, how are the girls doing with the news? I do like the card idea. The parent's will be grateful.

Lily, good news on monster! Sonny tried to jump up on the arm of a chair last night and fell because I had folded laundry pile high on it, I had never heard such a cry from him when he landed on the hardwood floor.

It has been 50's here, prediction is 13 next week. Grrrrrr
They are doing ok. There were about 30 counselors and social workers at the school yesterday. I talked to one of the teacher's yesterday, she said all the kids were taking it much better than the staff - which is to be expected, most of the kids don't really understand death, yet. She did say that after talking to the kindergartners in afterschool that Baby J seemed to understand it better than the rest, but that's not surprising, considering she knows about my sister.

I sent DS1 to a weekend camp for children who had lost a family member.

On the last day, the kids had written messages & put them in balloons, then released them. While it's probably not good for the environment, the parents & kids had a good cleansing cry after seeing the balloons float away.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lawyerlady wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
LL, how are the girls doing with the news? I do like the card idea. The parent's will be grateful.

Lily, good news on monster! Sonny tried to jump up on the arm of a chair last night and fell because I had folded laundry pile high on it, I had never heard such a cry from him when he landed on the hardwood floor.

It has been 50's here, prediction is 13 next week. Grrrrrr
They are doing ok. There were about 30 counselors and social workers at the school yesterday. I talked to one of the teacher's yesterday, she said all the kids were taking it much better than the staff - which is to be expected, most of the kids don't really understand death, yet. She did say that after talking to the kindergartners in afterschool that Baby J seemed to understand it better than the rest, but that's not surprising, considering she knows about my sister.

Caitlyn said the kids don't always notice right away when another child isn't at school. She said it's sometimes months and one will ask where a class mate is.

So, it may be a few months before this really sets in.

Innocents is so precious. It's sad this little bit is gone now.

FNW · Guru

Sometimes I think all this "counseling" and talking it up makes it worse. Kids at that age still don't retain things for very long, and if they just leave it alone, it will become a distant memory. The more they dwell, the longer it will remain in their minds.

I know this isn't nearly the same, but recently the boys had their First Reconciliation. The way the teachers and priests led up to it drove me nuts. They kept emphasizing this was nothing to fear. They had three different meetings/retreats with us and the kids, all the while focusing on the fear factor. Over and over, I cringed each time they asked, "who is afraid? Is anyone scared? We'll work through it so you won't be scared." Well if they weren't scared before, they certainly would be now. Sheesh. The boys were fine before but after that last meeting they started to wonder if there really was something to worry about. My boys would look up at me with confusion written all over their faces. I would just roll my eyes and say, "I'm not sure why they think anyone would be scared. Sheesh." They adopted that mentality and were fine.

It just seems now kids are over counseled. When #1 broke his arm on the playground, the entire 2nd grade received "counseling". It was crazy ass-backwards. Let this be a lesson. Rain+monkey bars=slippery. Exercise caution. Move on.

jlbear71 · Guru

WYSIWYG wrote:
I don't normally post on the "Dailies", but since it's also the Groundhog Day thread, I'll just simply say I hope the Groundhog(s) are all right. They have been wrong before. I don't want a long winter!

Punxy Phil is only right 27% of the time.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

jlbear71 wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
I don't normally post on the "Dailies", but since it's also the Groundhog Day thread, I'll just simply say I hope the Groundhog(s) are all right. They have been wrong before. I don't want a long winter!
Punxy Phil is only right 27% of the time.

That's about the same as most meteorologists, isn't it?

WYSIWYG · Guru

That's about the same as most meteorologists, isn't it?
- Lawyerlady

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