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Activities & Events & Places To Go

Where to get fresh-spun Cotton candy? – Jul 21, 2024 – (0 responses, 7 pending)

Where and how to try water aerobics – Jul 6, 2024 – (6 responses, 1 pending)

Baby Rave? Anyone Been? – Jun 20, 2024 – (3 responses)

Echo Lake family camp tips and recommendations? – Jun 17, 2024 – (2 responses)

Puerto Vallarta December trip combining families – Jun 16, 2024 – (2 responses)

Drop in classes – Jun 13, 2024 – (3 responses)

Vacation in the redwoods? – Jun 7, 2024 – (5 responses)

Childcare & Preschool Advice

Sonoma/Sebastapol Preschools – Jul 18, 2024 – (0 responses)

Current experience at Bright Future Learning Center? – Jul 15, 2024 – (1 response)

Daycare for 12 Month Old (with August availability 😬) – Jul 12, 2024 – (1 response)

Your experience with Shuren – Jun 25, 2024 – (3 responses)

Tipping and Nanny? – Jun 25, 2024 – (8 responses)

childcare & preschool options – Jun 14, 2024 – (4 responses)

Classes & Camps & Groups & Tutors

Berkeley Touloumne Camp first time – Jul 23, 2024 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

Speech therapy for 18 month old with receptive/expressive delay – Jul 23, 2024 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center Saturday Program – Jul 22, 2024 – (0 responses)

Looking for an OT in the east bay to help my son with Dysgraphia – Jul 19, 2024 – (0 responses)

Mandarin teacher/tutor for kids – Jul 16, 2024 – (0 responses)

Surfing? – Jul 15, 2024 – (0 responses)

Swim lessons for cautious 5 year old – Jul 13, 2024 – (5 responses)

Orton Gillingham tutor? – Jul 8, 2024 – (1 response)

Reading Tutor for 3rd grader – Jul 8, 2024 – (0 responses)

Bilingual (Spanish/English) Reading Tutor in Berkeley/Oakland – Jul 6, 2024 – (0 responses)

Mandarin Tutor for Young Children – Jul 5, 2024 – (0 responses)

Running Group near Rockridge – Jun 25, 2024 – (3 responses)

Private swim lessons – Jun 22, 2024 – (1 response)

Bay Explorers Camp - Feedback? – Jun 21, 2024 – (2 responses)

Info on girls’ gymnastics teams / developmental programs? – Jun 17, 2024 – (0 responses)

Looking For A Swim Teacher For Semi-Private Lessons This Summer – Jun 12, 2024 – (0 responses)

High school English tutor needed – Jun 11, 2024 – (0 responses)

Basketball classes for a 3 year old – Jun 2, 2024 – (3 responses)

Drum lessons for a 3 year old – Jun 2, 2024 – (8 responses)

Community & Housing & Work

Internship opportunities for teen in health/child/social justice – Jul 22, 2024 – (0 responses)

R & S Garage Doors - yay or nay – Jul 22, 2024 – (0 responses, 3 pending)

Moving to Traverse City area, MI – Jul 17, 2024 – (0 responses, 3 pending)

Questions from a potential NYC transplant – Jun 29, 2024 – (28 responses, 1 pending)

Seeking a person to do laundry at my house for my 4 year old an I – Jun 11, 2024 – (2 responses)

Laws around homeless encampments – Jun 9, 2024 – (2 responses)

Family & Relationships

Looking for a lawyer to help with a postnuptial agreement – Jul 18, 2024 – (0 responses)

Looking for couples therapist – Jul 18, 2024 – (1 response)

Learning Language Alongside Child – Jul 17, 2024 – (1 response)

Math job for ND man with BS in Physics – Jul 12, 2024 – (6 responses)

Genealogy of Enslaved People – Jul 12, 2024 – (3 responses)

Spouse didn't get me a gift for milestone anniversary – Jul 9, 2024 – (12 responses)

Geriatric Specialist for Parent with Cognitive Issues – Jul 3, 2024 – (0 responses)

How to introduce new partner to tween & teens – Jun 17, 2024 – (2 responses)

Repair Relationship with Autistic Teen – Jun 16, 2024 – (10 responses)

Seeking Parenting Coordinator Recommendation – Jun 13, 2024 – (0 responses)

Tween Meets My Girlfriend - Tween Unhappy – Jun 5, 2024 – (3 responses)

Health & Wellness

Acupuncture for joints and balance – Jul 19, 2024 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

Looking for a psychologist or psychiatrist who does journey work – Jul 18, 2024 – (0 responses)

Highly Sensitive Child (HSC) Therapist/OT Needed – Jul 17, 2024 – (0 responses)

Trans Teen Support Group – Jul 17, 2024 – (0 responses)

Looking for play therapist for 6 year old child – Jul 11, 2024 – (0 responses)

Cremation alternative "Science Care"? – Jul 8, 2024 – (6 responses)

Newly diagnosed celiac teen - seeking nutritionist/ coach – Jul 8, 2024 – (1 response)

Personal trainer for exercise-shy mom – Jun 29, 2024 – (8 responses)

Need in person autism psychologist, therapist, clinic for 22yr – Jun 28, 2024 – (0 responses)

Doctor for Tinnitus – Jun 28, 2024 – (3 responses)

Plz recommend: beyond organic produce and meat – Jun 26, 2024 – (9 responses)

Clinic for toddler meningitis C vaccine? – Jun 26, 2024 – (1 response)

Psychiatrist (or OB/GYN) recommendation for PMDD? – Jun 23, 2024 – (0 responses)

Dermatologist for grownup – Jun 19, 2024 – (1 response)

2 year old with ARFID – Jun 8, 2024 – (5 responses)

Lyme disease specialist recommendation – Jun 6, 2024 – (3 responses)

House & Garden

arborist for dying/fire hazard backyard tree – Jul 22, 2024 – (3 responses)

Contractor for retaining wall/electric car outlet – Jul 21, 2024 – (1 response)

Solar panel, flat roof and HVAC recs? – Jul 15, 2024 – (2 responses)

Irrigation system repair – Jul 12, 2024 – (1 response)

Looking for designer in Berkeley who can draft plans in 1 week – Jul 11, 2024 – (2 responses)

Washer/Dryer Small house/Small family – Jul 6, 2024 – (4 responses)

Seeking irrigation specialist – Jul 5, 2024 – (0 responses)

How much for an architect? – Jul 4, 2024 – (2 responses)

Good Gardener Needed – Jun 25, 2024 – (2 responses)

Exterior House Painting Rec for Small Job – Jun 17, 2024 – (4 responses)

Fence builder – Jun 16, 2024 – (3 responses)

Berkeley ADU Kitchen Requirements – Jun 15, 2024 – (2 responses)

Raccoons in crawl space – Jun 11, 2024 – (8 responses)

Parenting Topics

Mom of toddlers struggling to do it all – Jul 19, 2024 – (32 responses)

Help for 3.5yo with anxiety/aggression/compulsions – Jul 19, 2024 – (3 responses)

Kid’s embarrassing comments to strangers – Jul 9, 2024 – (14 responses)

Potty training - diapers or pull ups during naps? – Jul 8, 2024 – (1 response)

ISO couples or family therapist who has experience with ADHD kids – Jul 7, 2024 – (0 responses)

Potty Training Troubles – Jul 5, 2024 – (1 response)

Moving from 2 naps to 1 nap for 22 month old – Jul 5, 2024 – (3 responses, 1 pending)

Is my child snacking too much? – Jul 4, 2024 – (14 responses)

PDA or FND support group? – Jul 1, 2024 – (4 responses)

How to keep Spanish language going – Jun 26, 2024 – (6 responses)

Pregnancy, Childbirth & Breastfeeding

Breech Baby: Acupuncture or Chiropractor Recs – Jul 24, 2024 – (0 responses, 10 pending)

Due in Sept: Seeking cat sitter who can be flexible about dates – Jul 10, 2024 – (0 responses)

Kaiser Maternity Hospital - Oakland – Jul 3, 2024 – (19 responses, 3 pending)

Products & Services

Drycleaning for silk sarees – Jul 26, 2024 – (0 responses)

19 year old looking for an ADHD coach as she heads to college – Jul 23, 2024 – (0 responses)

New Tires – Jul 19, 2024 – (20 responses)

Kaiser arbitration - your experience? – Jul 18, 2024 – (0 responses)

LG oven repair recommendation – Jul 18, 2024 – (1 response)

Snoo Repair Advice – Jul 17, 2024 – (2 responses)

Dog Behavior Training – Jul 11, 2024 – (6 responses, 1 pending)

Double oven repair service near Albany/Berkeley – Jul 10, 2024 – (0 responses)

Need NYC estate/wills lawyer? – Jul 5, 2024 – (1 response)

Searching for Mandarin Tutor for young children – Jul 3, 2024 – (2 responses)

looking for retirement advisor – Jun 30, 2024 – (1 response)

Current Recommendations for Hairstylist Good with Non-Binary Cuts – Jun 22, 2024 – (6 responses, 1 pending)

Bar Mitzvah DJ – Jun 21, 2024 – (2 responses)

Leiya Health – Jun 21, 2024 – (2 responses)

Air Duct Cleaning Company – Jun 20, 2024 – (3 responses)

School Advice

Alternatives to the OUSD school-partnered after school programs? – Jul 23, 2024 – (0 responses, 4 pending)

How critical is school selection for a gifted child? – Jul 21, 2024 – (1 response, 8 pending)

Rainbow clubs ousd – Jul 20, 2024 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Piedmont Ave Elementary updates? – Jul 19, 2024 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

Willard clubhouse afterschool reviews? – Jul 11, 2024 – (2 responses)

College counseling recommendations – Jul 10, 2024 – (2 responses)

Canyon Elementary School Current Families – Jul 9, 2024 – (1 response)

Yu Ming after school options – Jul 8, 2024 – (3 responses)

Moving to Piedmont or Lamorinda from out of state – Jul 8, 2024 – (3 responses)

Anyone have experience w/Community School for Creative Education? – Jun 28, 2024 – (0 responses)

Claremont Middle or Longfellow? – Jun 26, 2024 – (4 responses)

Private School Administration Altering Letters of Recommendation? – Jun 24, 2024 – (9 responses)

Seeking Recommendations for Specialized Schools for My Autistic – Jun 21, 2024 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

Kids with Learning Differences/Neurodivergence at Yu Ming – Jun 21, 2024 – (1 response)

Oxford afterschool programs? – Jun 13, 2024 – (5 responses)

Interdistrict Transfer from Contra Costa to Emeryville – Jun 11, 2024 – (3 responses)

Albany High or El Cerrito High – Jun 9, 2024 – (4 responses)

Peralta Kindergarten Aftercare options – Jun 5, 2024 – (1 response)

Teens & Preteens & Young Adults

Live music concert at a stadium or arena for a 12 year old? – Jul 16, 2024 – (2 responses, 3 pending)

Non-selective colleges in red or purple states? – Jul 5, 2024 – (9 responses)

Tech help for kid's devices? – Jun 26, 2024 – (2 responses)

Athletic scholarships – Jun 15, 2024 – (2 responses)

Financial literacy / counseling – Jun 15, 2024 – (0 responses)

Family Photographer for Teens – Jun 9, 2024 – (1 response)