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Activities & Events & Places To Go

Kids chess online with a friend – Mar 25, 2020 – (2 responses, 1 pending)

Childcare & Preschool Advice

What is your daycare doing during the Covid19 closure? – Mar 25, 2020 – (1 response)

Guidepost Montessori Emeryville – Mar 17, 2020 – (2 responses)

ISO Openings - Daycares and Montessori Preschools – Mar 13, 2020 – (1 response)

Mother Goose School in Outer Richmond? – Mar 11, 2020 – (0 responses)

Any experience with Desiree's Wonderschool / Desiree's Daycare? – Mar 10, 2020 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Advice regarding nanny or caregiver for 10 month old – Mar 8, 2020 – (4 responses)

Chatham School: Feedback from currently enrolled Families – Mar 6, 2020 – (0 responses)

L’Infanzia Daycare – Mar 4, 2020 – (0 responses)

Classes & Camps & Groups & Tutors

Online Piano Instruction – Mar 28, 2020 – (0 responses)

Desperate for Virtual Workouts for Adults – Mar 24, 2020 – (21 responses)

Piano lesson app for kindergartener? – Mar 23, 2020 – (0 responses)

Online yoga for kids – Mar 21, 2020 – (5 responses)

Need help with college apps, especially essay!!! – Mar 17, 2020 – (6 responses)

Soccer for a skilled 12-year-old girl – Mar 4, 2020 – (0 responses)

AP CHEM Tutor – Mar 3, 2020 – (2 responses)

Seeking Social Skills Coach for Young Adult – Mar 2, 2020 – (1 response)

Community & Housing & Work

Traffic/noise around El Cerrito High School – Mar 9, 2020 – (7 responses)

CoWork-CoPlay near Berkeley – Mar 6, 2020 – (3 responses)

Balancing Caring for Child and Career – Mar 1, 2020 – (6 responses)

Family & Relationships

Friend with Borderline Personality Disorder – Mar 26, 2020 – (0 responses)

Advice re non-binary teen – Mar 16, 2020 – (9 responses, 1 pending)

Cost to raise a child – Mar 11, 2020 – (2 responses)

Health & Wellness

Looking for Pediatrician - Oakland Kaiser – Mar 28, 2020 – (0 responses)

Need a recommendation for a psych evaluator for an 11yo ADHD boy – Mar 17, 2020 – (5 responses)

Kaiser therapist recommendations – Mar 10, 2020 – (4 responses)

Pediatric hypospadia repair – Mar 8, 2020 – (2 responses)

Looking for great couples/marriage therapist- San Francisco – Mar 7, 2020 – (1 response)

ACL Surgery//Who should I go to? – Mar 6, 2020 – (10 responses)

Oakland vs WC Kaiser Labor and Delivery – Mar 5, 2020 – (13 responses)

Neuropscyh eval for 7 year old – Mar 2, 2020 – (3 responses)

Labor and Delivery at Eden Medical Center? – Mar 2, 2020 – (1 response)

Excellent Oral Surgeon for Teen with health issues – Feb 29, 2020 – (4 responses)

San Leandro Kaiser Pediatrician & Doula Recommendations – Feb 28, 2020 – (2 responses)

Schools or Programs that Tackle Obnoxious Sex Comments? – Feb 26, 2020 – (3 responses)

House & Garden

Crappy carpet but no budget this year -- options? – Mar 24, 2020 – (0 responses, 9 pending)

House cleaner and COVID-19 – Mar 15, 2020 – (27 responses, 1 pending)

Bathroom remodel - quality fixtures – Mar 12, 2020 – (4 responses, 1 pending)

Looking for a solar consultant – Mar 5, 2020 – (6 responses)

1x/month housekeeper – Mar 5, 2020 – (4 responses)

Parenting

Potty training with two young ones – Mar 26, 2020 – (1 response)

Pregnant During Covid – Mar 20, 2020 – (3 responses)

In Home Parent Coach – Mar 11, 2020 – (0 responses)

Piggybacking on recent career post – Mar 4, 2020 – (0 responses)

Toddler bedtime creeping later and later – Mar 2, 2020 – (14 responses)

Products & Services

Help with Health Insurance – Mar 25, 2020 – (0 responses)

Seeking tax accountant for complex taxes – Mar 11, 2020 – (1 response)

WiFi service while keeping landline – Mar 4, 2020 – (5 responses)

School Advice

Montclair Waitlist Experience?! Decision needed in 48hrs! – Mar 23, 2020 – (0 responses)

Feedback on Sylvia Mendez – Mar 23, 2020 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Yu Ming Charter School - Traditional Chinese – Mar 22, 2020 – (1 response)

Joaquin Miller Elem or private school? – Mar 22, 2020 – (1 response)

Head-Royce Lower School - School Environment Question – Mar 21, 2020 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Distance Learning for Kindergarten – Mar 20, 2020 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Middle school - trying to choose between four schools – Mar 20, 2020 – (4 responses, 1 pending)

Piedmont Ave Elementary TK – Mar 18, 2020 – (1 response)

Are IEPs used at more than Public Schools? – Mar 17, 2020 – (5 responses, 1 pending)

AP World History Tutor - LEQ Feedback – Mar 16, 2020 – (0 responses)

Oakland Tech waitlist – Mar 16, 2020 – (0 responses)

Blended/Online Learning & On-site School for K-8 Students – Mar 14, 2020 – (1 response)

Montclair TK, how many classes? – Mar 12, 2020 – (1 response)

Markham Inclusion (Kindergarten) for 5 year old? – Mar 12, 2020 – (0 responses)

Chances of getting off the waitlist for Yu Ming – Mar 12, 2020 – (2 responses)

Waitlisted #3 at Peralta what are our chances? – Mar 12, 2020 – (2 responses)

Orión Academy – Mar 11, 2020 – (0 responses)

Private school with social support – Mar 11, 2020 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Your thoughts on Ed therapists please – Mar 11, 2020 – (0 responses)

inter-district transfer into Albany Unified School District – Mar 11, 2020 – (2 responses)

OSA High School – Mar 10, 2020 – (5 responses)

Spanish or Non-English Afterschool Program in Oakland? – Mar 9, 2020 – (0 responses)

Latest on Shu Ren? – Mar 8, 2020 – (1 response)

Aurora or Park Day? – Mar 8, 2020 – (6 responses)

Gap year AFTER Freshmen Year of College? – Mar 7, 2020 – (4 responses)

Bullying in Elementary Schools – Mar 6, 2020 – (1 response)

TRIS - Drop-off/Commute Options – Mar 5, 2020 – (1 response)

How hard is it to get into Berkeley High IB program (BIHS)? – Feb 29, 2020 – (2 responses)

Teens & Preteens & Young Adults

Missing teen during COVID-19 – Mar 27, 2020 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Groups For Teens – Mar 26, 2020 – (0 responses)

Seeking teen helper for re-organizing project – Mar 10, 2020 – (0 responses)

Seeking Advice: Teens Driving Other Teens – Mar 9, 2020 – (12 responses)

Outpatient depression help for teen just finishing freshman year? – Mar 7, 2020 – (6 responses)

Parenting Group for Parents of Special Ed/Difficult Teens? – Mar 2, 2020 – (1 response)

Support With Hard Teen Girl – Feb 27, 2020 – (6 responses)