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I have an acquaintance who believes her oldest child is vaccine-injured (in a nonspecific/vague way). She has homeschooled her kids but now needs to put them in school so she can get a job. Her state doesn’t have exemptions. My answer is “just vaccinate your kids” but obviously that’s not going to win anyone over. I know a lot of the big resources addressing generic vaccine hesitancy, but she thinks her situation is different. Advice?

We live in Pennsylvania and are in a test year (3rd grade). I bought the untimed CAT test because I just needed something to check the box- we're having our evaluation early because I'm having a baby soon. That said, we are academic homeschoolers and I would like to have something a little more rigorous to see if my kid is actually meeting standards. It's my understanding that the CAT is a little...easy? Not sure if that's the right word but a little behind. I wish I could have him take PSSAs with our district but logistics would be tough at this point. Is there something else out there? Hoping for something free or low cost because this isn't a need, just a curiosity thing!

I think I want to do IEW for my third grader, but I am so overwhelmed by it. There are DVDs, Fix It Grammar, somehow they also need to write? I need to know if it is like “on Monday, watch the video. On Tuesday, do these pages. On Wednesday and Thursday, write this.” Or if I’d be spending a ton of time prepping. I work outside of the home two days a week, and I’d love if on one of those days, he could just watch the video with our nanny without a ton of other side quests.

Do you take call? Do you have a process in place for weekend emergencies? I work in the outpatient pharmacy of a massive hospital, and it feels like every single weekend, we have to solve a problem created by specialty- either our hospital-owned specialty pharmacy or an outside one (CVS, another hospital, Optum, etc). They all seem to operate M-F, 8-4, and anything else you’re SOL. Yesterday it was for a chemo that didn’t ship on time through no fault of the patient. Sometimes we can work around the issue, but in this case they ended up admitting her so she wouldn’t miss doses. As specialty pharmacy grows, it feels like this will continue to be an issue.

This is the last gaping hole where I have no confidence in my plans. We have so much ELA stuff- grammar, spelling, vocab. He does handwriting through his OT program. But I need something more along the lines of reading/comprehension, and something for actual writing (stories, paragraphs, creative writing, any of it). I cannot wing it picking random books. People have recommended Mosdos, IEW, moving beyond the page, Bookshark…some of it is pretty pricey! I’m so overwhelmed and just need to make a decision.

I work in a hospital outpatient pharmacy and need to call home pharmacies CONSTANTLY. At least half a dozen times per shift. I used to be able to get it in hyperspace- there was a line on the left that said “medications” and when you hovered, it would show their list of preferred pharmacies. We had an update this week and lost that line. Any other way to find the info?

Ideally in an English speaking country but I’m not picky. Ideally a country that is an active member of the World Health Org. Anywhere that will give my family visas. I fear I am pigeon holed into a very niche subset of pharmacy (pediatric outpatient/transitions of care) but I’m smart. Just…find me a four year contract job anywhere.

My kids are currently 2nd, kinder, 3yo, and 2yo, plus one more coming. Every kid went to traditional nursery school (and the little kids will continue that). My oldest went to kinder and first at our local Catholic school. He has two best friends whose moms have hustled to maintain their friendships, and I’m so thankful for that. But my kindergartener is STRUGGLING. He had a PreK bestie but I never knew his mom well enough to keep up after they left that school. Neither boy has really hit it off with any kids in either of their two co-ops (one meets weekly, one biweekly). Nothing wrong with that but just no one standing out as people they’d like to hang out with outside of co-op. The winter

I know New Zealand has a visa option for pharmacists. Do any other places? Setting aside the logistics of learning new drugs, getting a job, living in a less populated place because the visa is supposed to provide more access…just the visa itself is what I’m curious about.

Still struggling with my 7yo for spelling/ELA. He’s a decent enough reader. Not ahead, not behind. He’s definitely ready for a proper grammar curriculum. He just finished explode the code level 4, and I’ll probably buy 5-8 because he enjoys them. We have both Draw Write Now and Building Writers (from LWOT). I would like a formal grammar curriculum, preferably one that includes diagramming sentences. I think he needs a formal reading curriculum though, right? We’ve done a mix of easy readers, like Henry and Mudge books, and read alouds (I’ve downloaded some packets from TPT to go along with long books and he loves that). What else am I missing? We’re pretty academic homeschoolers, and we migh

We are using TGTB for ELA for my 2nd and kindergartener. It’s fine as a baseline (so I can show the state of Pennsylvania I covered the zillion bullet points required), but I really want to flesh it out more (ideally with more secular stuff). I’m drowning in options. Reading comprehension, writing, lit studies, grammar…I’m open to anything!

Has anyone had this problem come out of nowhere? I’ve been battling this cycle for over a month now and can’t understand it. I’m a lifelong vegetarian and haven’t had any dietary changes. I go to the gym 6 days a week. I’m not pregnant and didn’t start any new supplements. I finally managed to schedule an appointment with my PCP for next week but I’m afraid they’ll be dismissive. I’m stuck in this endless loop of weeklong constipation, chemical clean out, repeat. It’s really destroying my QOL and I don’t know what to do.