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Shorts or dresses have to be no more than 3 inches above the knee. That basically means no shorts until the longer ones come back into style. And leggings are not allowed at all.

Oh, okay. I totally misread that. Thanks for clarifying! I have a serious problem with the teachers adjusting the kids clothes.

That's a concern of mine as well. Seems like all the teachers and administration are spending all their time staring at each and every kid trying to find a violation.

You don't have a problem with a teacher moving a child's clothing to, essentially, make it not conform to dress code? The kids can't win in that scenario. If a teacher has it out for the child, they can adjust their clothing and send them to the office.

Totally fair. You did contradict yourself. :)

Mushroom... crab... cheese... this is like all my favorite things in one beautiful low-calorie snack!! Saving this recipe!

You have to let the tantrum run its course. Ignoring isn't going to immediately stop the child from throwing the tantrum, they're in hysterics at that point. Which means I'll be ignoring it to prevent future tantrums, meanwhile you'll think I'm doing nothing and judge my parenting skills based on your assumptions. My…

Yeah, I get that. It was a really bad one. Ignoring is doing something, which you actually point out in your suggested list of actions. Right before "start handing out earplugs". Contradict yourself much?

You cannot compare shoelaces to the behavior of a child. That's absurd. You cannot look at how a child is behaving in one instance and assume you have any insight into that child's overall behavior, and you cannot use a child's behavior in one instance to judge parenting ability. There is far too much information that you…

All children are different, so ignoring won't work for all children in all situations. But ignoring does work in many if not most situations; it worked for all three of my children (and worked quickly). You are thinking not only as a non-parent, but also as an adult. Toddlers do not think the same way we do, they are just…

Absolutely DO NOT give her what she wants. Mostly the way to deal with tantrums is to just ignore. Any reaction to the behavior encourages it, even negative attention is attention. If a child sees that throwing a tantrum gets them absolutely nothing, including no response from you, they typically learn pretty quickly that…

You're worrying too much. Log as best you can and move on with your life.

Awesome, thanks! :)

I really, REALLY want to know what this is now. Commenting so I'll see it if someone knows and posts it!

#5 for me. I used to work 8 miles from home and my kids were not nearly as active then as they are now. I had to switch jobs, and I went from riding a bike to work to having to commute almost 3 hours a day. My kids starting joining activities and clubs at school, and I just got too busy. I currently work two jobs, one full…

My cats name is Potato.

Florida!!

I just got done typing this for a friend who was asking what everyone's long term goals are. This also fits this thread, so I'll just paste it here. :) When I met my husband I already had a child. We have been together for 20 years, and we have never had a time when it was just the two of us. In four years all of our…

SW: (Starting weight): 234 CW: (Current weight): 228 GW: (Goal weight for the month): 220 Weigh in Dates: Start of Month: 228 8/8 (fri): 228.6 8/15 (fri): 8/22 (fri): 8/29 (fri): 8/31 (sun): On Thursday my weight was just over 227. Then on Friday it jumped up, so I am showing a .6 gain this week. But this morning the scale…

One of these days I will start lifting. It's in the plan, but I'm not there yet. I LOVE your profile pic!!

I like you. I thought I was the only one who broke my schedule down like that. LOL

Seriously?? Just move? Problem solved? Like choosing where you live is that easy and can be based solely on driving time. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to just up and move. You made one big, unfortunately incorrect, assumption. You believe I chose to live here because I wanted this home/yard/pool. I have a…

Most people who are looking at you when you are running are applauding you and wishing they were out there running themselves. I can't tell you how many times people commented to me when I was running that they wished they could do that too. Stop thinking they are thinking negatively of you, and start realizing they are in…

Date night is soooo important. Notice nobody has suggested I eliminate that and use that for my workout time! Everyone says sleep less, clean less, cook less, drive the kids less... but nobody wants to say eliminate date night. ;)

OMG, I've been using my crock pot more and more lately. Always interested in more workout ideas. Please, share!!!!

Hubby says that if this is what it's like to be the king he's ready to abdicate. The rest of your comments I think I responded to above. :)

Oh, trust me, I was NOT trying to actually reach 120 miles this month. I was just hoping if I joined the challenge it would push me to shoot for as many miles as I could. I even said that in the thread!!

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. There are some good ideas in here that I really might be able to use, I just need to go back through and figure out what I can and can't accomplish and how to work things into my week. There are a few things I would like to mention, though, based on some assumptions that I think…

I don't think they're saying that she can't go to clubs. Just that she shouldn't complain about the kinds of men she meets there. Certain people partake in certain types of activities. People in clubs act differently towards others than, say, people in libraries. This isn't victim blaming as there is no victim in this…

I work in IT as well. I highly doubt you would be able to categorize people in my office into pay grades based on how they are dressed. However, I work at a software company now. I used to work IT in a law firm, and there was an entirely different dress code and set of expectation there. They never included makeup, though.…