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Anonymous wrote:I love my son and would be happy having another boy. I see myself with boys for some reason. I'm not sure why. It's hard to imagine a little me running around.
The fact that you'd share a gender wouldn't make your daughter a "little you". She'd be be her own little person, just like your son is his own little person & not just a miniaturized version of his father. Your theoretical daughter could even end up taking more after her dad than you while your son could ultimately be more like you than his dad!
The fact that many Trump supporters still seem to think that this is about liberals vs conservatives or Trump vs Hillary shows that you don't have to be a Democrat to live in a bubble.
What schools did she apply to? What are her test scores like?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I didn't anticipate any issues at all, and there in fact, were zero issues. Everything was completely peaceful and I saw so many occasions of strangers helping strangers - it was great!
I think the scared or worried people fell into a few camps.
- Conservatives trying to dissuade people from going to keep numbers down
- People who generally live a life of fear, don't go into the city, and don't like to venture out and try new things.
- People who aren't as supportive of issues as they say they or pretend they are.
I know some people didn't go because of work conflicts, or because of issues with crowds - and I get that. But I'm specifically talking about those who expressed unwarranted concerns and worries.
Minwas one of those and given that Trump supporters would be in town I did not think it was unwarranted concern. I did not fall into any of your 3 arbitrary groups. I simply was concerned fights could break out and the crowds would make it difficult to get away from anything bad that happened. I do admit I was wrong and it was a great day. A fight did break out on my train though.
Eh, there probably would have bden a fight on the metro ag so.e point this past weekend even if the inauguration & march had not taken place. I live in San Francisco now but when I was in DC, I witnessing fights while in crowded metro trains wasn't all that unusual, especiau. Most just involved the parties shouting obscenities & threats at each other & maybe some pushing, but I did see 2 fights where punches were thrown & the police came. I've only lived in SF for about 7 months & have already witnessed one such fight on a BART platform (& a couple of shouting matches she on trains). It's just part of taking public transportation, particularly when you take it in places & at times where there are going to be a lot of people taking it with you.
Hello,
My family will be moving to the DC area over the summer. We have found a couple of homes we like and that meet our needs (price, # of bedrooms, etc.) in Silver Spring and really think we will enjoy living there (it seems like a nice blend of urban and suburban, if that makes sense).It's also very convenient to DH's work and to a place where I'm planning on volunteering at a few hours a week (I'm a SAHM).We'd like to send our kids to public school (our older D will be in third grade next fall, my older son will be in kindergarten, my middle son just turned 3 and my younger D will be 1 in May) if possible and would also like to keep them in the same school system through high school as my older D, in particular, has already faced a lot of upheaval in her young life (her twin brother died a month before their 4th birthday).So ideally we'd like to find a good public elementary that feeds into good middle and high schools. It's hard to gage, IMO, which schools are the "best" solely by test scores. We also want a supportive environment with caring teachers and peers and parents who will be accepting of our family (we're an interracial couple and all our children except our my older D are adopted and of different ethnicities so we don't look like a "typical" family -- whatever that is lol!) .Is there a certain area of SS or certain schools that you think would fit our needs better than others? I'm also looking for preschool recommendations if anyone has any. Thanks so much!
My family will be moving to the DC area over the summer. We have found a couple of homes we like and that meet our needs (price, # of bedrooms, etc.) in Silver Spring and really think we will enjoy living there (it seems like a nice blend of urban and suburban, if that makes sense).It's also very convenient to DH's work and to a place where I'm planning on volunteering at a few hours a week (I'm a SAHM).We'd like to send our kids to public school (our older D will be in third grade next fall, my older son will be in kindergarten, my middle son just turned 3 and my younger D will be 1 in May) if possible and would also like to keep them in the same school system through high school as my older D, in particular, has already faced a lot of upheaval in her young life (her twin brother died a month before their 4th birthday).So ideally we'd like to find a good public elementary that feeds into good middle and high schools. It's hard to gage, IMO, which schools are the "best" solely by test scores. We also want a supportive environment with caring teachers and peers and parents who will be accepting of our family (we're an interracial couple and all our children except our my older D are adopted and of different ethnicities so we don't look like a "typical" family -- whatever that is lol!) .Is there a certain area of SS or certain schools that you think would fit our needs better than others? I'm also looking for preschool recommendations if anyone has any. Thanks so much!