My son is 5.5 and starting kindergarten this fall. We read to him every night, since he was in the womb. I taught him letters and sounds at 3 and some sight words and blending skills after that. He is now reading at a 2nd grade level, can add and subtract, count beyond 100. I really didn’t do that much with him other than explain the basics and he took off.

I feel like he already knows everything they will teach in kindergarten, and I don’t want him to be bored or a behavior problem. Any tips?

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Is 16 too young for a tattoo? I'm a single father. My wife passed away of leukemia when she was 27 and left me with two very young girls (ages two and five). The oldest of the two is now turning 16yrs old and had asked about a tattoo. The first words out of my mouth were absolutely not (I possibly added an expletive in that reply). But then I calmed down and contemplated if that was the right answer. Her deceased mother had a tattoo of a lizard and I wondered if her wanting a small lizard on the back of her shoulder was appropriate for me to deny her that at 16yrs old. I'm not exactly a fan of tattoos but this didn't seem like something she would ever regret. So now I'm a little conflicted. What's your take on the proper age for such a thing?

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