Are there talk sites similar to cc available to the parents of primary school kids?

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<p>A younger friend recently asked me what I thought of a discussion he had had with one of his kids teachers. Basically, he thought the homework assignment was not age appropriate, not clear and of dubious value. He also asked me some other questions pertaining to child rearing. I searched the web to see if there was any similar forum for parents of elementary/pre-school age kids where they could seek the advice and input of other parents with similar issues.
Do you know if there are any? Thanks.</p>

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<p>There are certainly general parenting discussion sites all over the place. There are also sites specific to the parenting concerns of parents of gifted children. Which one your friend might like best is hard to say, but try searching for “parenting discussion” or “elementary school forum” or “gifted issues site,” etc. on your favorite search engine (mixing up all those combinations of terms) and see what turns up. </p>

<p>My family homeschools, and homeschoolers were early adopters of online discussion technologies of all kinds. I met lots of parents in online discussion in 1992 (just when my oldest son was born) on the old Prodigy online network. These days I much like the discussion email lists for member families of the Davidson Young Scholars program, as those lists are very focused on the concerns I have. But there are lots of other choices.</p>

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<p>Try <a href=“http://parenting.ivillage.com/messageboards[/url]”>http://parenting.ivillage.com/messageboards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I used to post on this one when my son was in elementary school. Mostly about elementary parents organizations: <a href=“http://www.ptotoday.com/cgi-ptotoday/ultimatebb.cgi[/url]”>http://www.ptotoday.com/cgi-ptotoday/ultimatebb.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You also can look at Yahoo groups. It allows you to search for groups using certain terms. I’ve participated in groups there that are for parents in certain geographic regions or particular school districts, for gifted kids, for special needs kids, for different categorizations of homeschoolers (using certain curricula or approaches, for certain ages, etc.), etc.</p>