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Activities & Events & Places To Go

Advice on the Big Island with young teens – Apr 15, 2025 – (3 responses)

What to do with a 9 and 11 y/o for a tour of SF – Apr 11, 2025 – (19 responses)

Seeking new moms group – Mar 30, 2025 – (9 responses)

Childcare & Preschool Advice

Kaiser ECE Experiences v. private preschool – Apr 30, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Daycares that open at 7:30? – Apr 21, 2025 – (8 responses)

Arbor Rockridge vs. Duck’s Nest 41st – Apr 18, 2025 – (2 responses)

Small play based pre-school in Oakland/ South Berkeley Area – Apr 3, 2025 – (7 responses)

How does nanny payroll/taxes work? Worth it to use agency? – Mar 31, 2025 – (8 responses)

UC Berkeley Early Childhood Education – Mar 27, 2025 – (3 responses)

Keystone Montessori Sandpiper Curriculum – Mar 22, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking mothers helper to help me with 2mo twins – Mar 21, 2025 – (0 responses)

2’s program at the Berkeley School – Mar 20, 2025 – (1 response)

2025 Nanny Rate for 2 (siblings) – Mar 17, 2025 – (5 responses)

Looking for Spanish pre-school for this coming Fall – Mar 10, 2025 – (10 responses)

Preschool for 18 month old - El cerrito, Richmond, albany – Mar 9, 2025 – (5 responses)

Classes & Camps & Groups & Tutors

Piano Teacher for 3 and 5 Year Olds? – Apr 29, 2025 – (0 responses)

art and animals summer camp for 8 yo old girl – Apr 23, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Boys and Girls Clubs Summer Camp – Apr 23, 2025 – (0 responses)

city of Berkeley specialty rec camps for 5 year old? – Apr 17, 2025 – (0 responses)

When do City of Berkeley after school program registrations open – Apr 17, 2025 – (1 response)

Birding Outings for Kids – Apr 16, 2025 – (8 responses)

Seeking a play-based Mandarin tutor for a 6 year old – Apr 16, 2025 – (0 responses)

9-year old scared to put face in water, who can help? – Apr 14, 2025 – (7 responses, 1 pending)

CCA Pre-College Summer Program Quality? – Apr 11, 2025 – (1 response)

PIano Teacher recommendation for 6 year old in San Ramon – Mar 29, 2025 – (0 responses)

ISO summer camp recs for a quiet nonbinary 6yo – Mar 29, 2025 – (6 responses)

Spring Break Week April 7-11 2025 – Mar 28, 2025 – (0 responses)

ISO reviews of Lawrence Hall of Science Teen Research Program – Mar 26, 2025 – (3 responses)

Indian Vocal & Music Lessons – Mar 26, 2025 – (0 responses)

Oakland Zoo Summer Camp - Recent reviews? – Mar 26, 2025 – (2 responses)

504 Medical Accommodations, Oakland Parks and Rec Summer Camps? – Mar 23, 2025 – (0 responses)

Pickleball for a 10 year old? – Mar 22, 2025 – (0 responses)

Math tutor for 1st grader in public – Mar 21, 2025 – (0 responses)

German tutor for young adult – Mar 15, 2025 – (0 responses)

Community & Housing & Work

Moving from Berkeley to Davis – Apr 28, 2025 – (0 responses)

Chapter seven bankruptcy attorney needed/recommendation – Apr 28, 2025 – (0 responses)

Real Estate Agent for Duplex – Mar 25, 2025 – (2 responses)

South Shattuck neighborhood – Mar 21, 2025 – (1 response)

Chicago -- advice on moving and childcare? – Mar 19, 2025 – (0 responses)

Family & Relationships

Keeping the family house after divorce, who pays for what? – Apr 25, 2025 – (0 responses)

Neighbor's Cigarette Smoke - Both Homeowners – Apr 5, 2025 – (4 responses)

ISO couples therapist – Mar 29, 2025 – (1 response)

Marriage Therapist – Mar 26, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking MFT – Mar 17, 2025 – (5 responses)

Health & Wellness

Professionally removing dark spots on face – Apr 29, 2025 – (4 responses, 3 pending)

Fitness classes similar to F45? – Apr 24, 2025 – (2 responses, 3 pending)

Therapist for newly diagnosed ADHD in Retired Woman – Apr 22, 2025 – (1 response)

In person grief support group – Apr 21, 2025 – (4 responses)

Therapist to support personal growth and parenting? – Apr 14, 2025 – (8 responses)

Recommendations for high cholesterol – Apr 13, 2025 – (6 responses)

Helping 8 year old with generalized anxiety and scary thoughts – Apr 10, 2025 – (8 responses)

Temescal Creek Medicine – Apr 8, 2025 – (3 responses)

Andrew Giammona (child psychiatrist) reviews – Apr 2, 2025 – (2 responses)

Bay Area Clinical Associates - or other child psychiatrist recs? – Apr 1, 2025 – (6 responses)

Medical Chi-Gong – Apr 1, 2025 – (4 responses)

Healthy Teen Project – Mar 25, 2025 – (0 responses)

Did your child have surgery for pectus excavatum? – Mar 25, 2025 – (1 response)

Trigger finger, relief and cure? – Mar 25, 2025 – (1 response)

Kaiser Doctor with Hypermobility Specialty – Mar 21, 2025 – (1 response)

Gum grafts after invisalign--good idea? by whom? – Mar 18, 2025 – (5 responses)

Pet Insurance recs for new dog 🐾💕 – Mar 17, 2025 – (6 responses)

Gap exception for OT? – Mar 12, 2025 – (1 response)

Danville/Alamo Pediatrician – Mar 11, 2025 – (2 responses)

Pharmacy with Adderall supply? – Mar 11, 2025 – (10 responses)

House & Garden

Seeking referral for landscaping company – Apr 28, 2025 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Contractor recommendation? – Apr 28, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Rug for living room w/ little kids – Apr 25, 2025 – (3 responses, 1 pending)

Asphalt versus concrete repair for driveway entrance – Apr 20, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking Architect or Design/Build Firm for a Small Home Remodel! – Apr 18, 2025 – (2 responses)

Carpenter bees – Apr 7, 2025 – (3 responses)

furniture repair – Apr 2, 2025 – (0 responses)

Help understanding scope of architect's role vs design guidance – Mar 30, 2025 – (7 responses)

Yard maintenance- by the hour – Mar 27, 2025 – (2 responses)

Christopher Alexander Contractors / Architects / Students – Mar 20, 2025 – (0 responses)

Looking for Shower/Tub Surround Tile Installer – Mar 18, 2025 – (0 responses)

Concrete stair repair and handrail replacement recommendations – Mar 17, 2025 – (0 responses)

Need handyman for occasional repairs – Mar 15, 2025 – (3 responses)

Parenting Topics

Piedmont Dog Walker and Off Leash areas – Apr 23, 2025 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

Sleep trainer for 4 year old – Apr 18, 2025 – (1 response)

Social anxiety in a 13-year-old boy – Apr 14, 2025 – (11 responses)

International travel w/ a gender expansive child – Apr 7, 2025 – (1 response)

Moving to Oak Park/Brookfield, IL – Apr 3, 2025 – (0 responses)

Learning apps for 1-2 graders? – Mar 30, 2025 – (2 responses)

Pregnancy, Childbirth & Breastfeeding

Can you take CA family bonding time p/t? – Mar 19, 2025 – (2 responses)

TTC w/ PCOS @Kaiser – Mar 9, 2025 – (3 responses)

Products & Services

Art Appraisals – Apr 28, 2025 – (0 responses)

Need Assistance with Trust Administration, Taxes – Apr 27, 2025 – (1 response)

Seeking referral: Child development expert for incident review – Apr 16, 2025 – (0 responses)

Service repair for 2016 Subaru forester – Apr 16, 2025 – (7 responses)

Seeking a lawyer for prenup – Apr 15, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking Tax Strategist – Apr 14, 2025 – (2 responses)

RECOMMENDATION FOR EAR PIERCING – Apr 14, 2025 – (4 responses)

Educational Lawyer Recommendation – Mar 25, 2025 – (0 responses)

Need a CA attorney to review a simple purchase agreement – Mar 19, 2025 – (0 responses)

Need a Cat Sitter – Mar 16, 2025 – (0 responses)

Flat fee financial advisor? – Mar 14, 2025 – (3 responses)

School Advice

Online /Homeschool Supoort & Community Middle School – Apr 22, 2025 – (0 responses)

Sibling transfer from OUSD to PUSD – Apr 17, 2025 – (0 responses)

Elementary School Support for ADHD – Madera or Berkeley Unified? – Apr 16, 2025 – (3 responses)

OUSD summer school experience? – Apr 14, 2025 – (0 responses)

New reviews of Maybeck High School – Apr 14, 2025 – (4 responses)

Bentley vs Head Royce for middle school – Apr 9, 2025 – (0 responses)

After school programs in Berkeley, specifically MX – Apr 6, 2025 – (5 responses)

Public Pacing Trackers and FERPA – Apr 3, 2025 – (2 responses)

Math acceleration in Oakland high schools? – Mar 31, 2025 – (2 responses)

Experience with Korematsu MS and child with IEP – Mar 30, 2025 – (0 responses)

BUSD TK Round 2 Notification? – Mar 27, 2025 – (0 responses)

BPC vs The Academy – Mar 24, 2025 – (10 responses)

The Berkeley School or St. Brigid Academy for Dyslexic Student? – Mar 22, 2025 – (1 response)

Bentley School - Elementary – Mar 20, 2025 – (1 response)

Private middle school for child with learning differences – Mar 20, 2025 – (1 response)

Kindergarten at The Berkeley School? – Mar 20, 2025 – (2 responses)

BUSD kindergarten school assignment letter – Mar 19, 2025 – (5 responses)

Teens & Preteens & Young Adults

Preteen teen Online/Homeschool Support & Community – Apr 22, 2025 – (0 responses)

Mentoring recommendations – Apr 21, 2025 – (1 response)

What has been your experience at Berkeley Independent Studies? – Apr 21, 2025 – (2 responses)

Seeking soccer and/or volleyball team for a middle schooler – Apr 21, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking Recommendations for in-Person OCD Therapist for ASD teen – Apr 14, 2025 – (3 responses, 1 pending)

UC to UC transfer - seeking paid counselor – Apr 13, 2025 – (0 responses)

Keeping adhd meds safe in dorm – Mar 24, 2025 – (1 response)