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Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!

I think I love you mamas! Seriously, reading your posts makes me feel so much better. A couple of you mentioned taking time for myself. I know this is a huge issue with me. I would say most of our...

Replied Dec 4

Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!

Thank you all for the good advice! It is very challenging to take principles that are mainly written about school age children and apply them to preschoolers. Add to that not having any real life m...

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Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!

I do actually run out I just don't run out right away to get more. I have also tried having lots in the house, which is very hard for me because I'm overweight and tend overdo the cookies myself. ...

Replied Nov 29

Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!
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Hi there! This is my first post in this community. I have a three year old ds and a 9 month old dd. We have been RU for about 6 months. Before that we did gentle discipline- no rewards or punishmen...

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JennyStar replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
Everything I say, you have negative feedback. Joyce is one of the most positive, uplifting, and helpful unschooling advocates out there! Have you read any of her website? It's full of thought provoking and hugely positive and inspirational writin...
on Saturday
JennyStar replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
ever heard of cavities and adhd?) is somehow ok. Actually I said quite the opposite of what you are saying I said. here's what I said... "They taste good and I know for a fact that cookies and milk have helped both of my kids feel good in both th...
on Saturday
Kara Jimenez and Celeste Taylor are now friends
on Saturday
Joyce Fetteroll replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
** Thank you, though, for nitpicking everything that I say. I appreciate it. ** You're welcome. The site becomes less useful as a resource for unschooling information if it becomes an amalgamation of "what works for us" and mish mosh of philosoph...
on Saturday
Joyce Fetteroll replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
** A 3 yr old acting out in aggressive ways is not 'normal'. ** I've just reread Kara's 4 posts (and glanced through responses) in this thread and I don't see aggressive behavior. Could you quote what your post is aimed at? ** They want to know ...
on Saturday
JennyStar replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
I want to take more time for myself but the baby is really attached to me right now. If I'm not holding her she is screaming and no one but me will do. I'll give you the advice that I wish someone would have helped me see... I too had a baby that...
on Saturday
JennyStar replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
Your son needs to understand that he is not the center of the universe. No one is. Your feeling are just as important as his are. Don't nag at him. Tell him what you expect from him and ask him what he expects from you. But don't let him treat you...
on Saturday
Kara Jimenez replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
I think I love you mamas! Seriously, reading your posts makes me feel so much better. A couple of you mentioned taking time for myself. I know this is a huge issue with me. I would say most of our problems stem from me feeling completely burnt ou...
on Friday
Koffee Witch replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
(((((((First I'm sending you a big hug)))))). I had a hard time with my 3 year old, too on many of the same issues. I am even a vegetarian who focuses on whole foods made from scratch, but for years my son mainly wanted to eat cereal and toast for...
on Friday
Joyce Fetteroll replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
** As for the cookies and milk - there are healthier alternatives. ** On a vegan board there might be a somewhat general agreement on what "healthy" means, but on a board not devoted to a particular type of nutrition, healthy is too vague and too...
on Friday
Joyce Fetteroll replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
** But don't let him treat you like a steaming pile of crap. ** A 3 yo is not treating his mother like crap and it won't build a relationship to see a 3 yos behavior in that light. He's responding in sensible (to him) ways to a 3yo's understandin...
on Friday
Meredith replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
Kara, do you know about the "Always Unschooled" yahoo group? It has a focus on unschooling with younger kids and you'll find regular discussion there on applying unschooling concepts with little ones: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlwaysUnschooled/
on Thursday
Kara Jimenez replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
Thank you all for the good advice! It is very challenging to take principles that are mainly written about school age children and apply them to preschoolers. Add to that not having any real life models and well, it's hard to know what to expect! ...
December 1
Joyce Fetteroll replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
** He just ignores them unless it contains cookies and then he will eat only that. ** He's 3. He has a tiny tummy and huge energy needs so I'd say he's reaching for exactly what his body is telling him he needs: lots of calories in a small packag...
November 30
Charissa Vaunderbroad replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
download some cookie recipes from the internet that have good stuff like pumpkin and nuts and fruit in them so you can eat cookies too. Try making them with stevia instead of sugar and substitute half the white flour with whole wheat flour. It is ...
November 29
Meredith replied to Kara Jimenez's discussion 'Feeling like an RU failure- Please help!'
If we play at the park for 3 hours and then I give him several warnings that we need to go home and I let him go down the slide one more time then he still won't come nicely to the car. He has to fight me. It sounds like he has trouble with trans...
November 29

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