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Activities & Events & Places To Go

Seeking new moms group – Mar 30, 2025 – (7 responses, 2 pending)

locale for sweet 16 – Mar 12, 2025 – (2 responses)

Looking for a spring break trip for 17 year old! – Mar 4, 2025 – (2 responses)

Childcare & Preschool Advice

Small play based pre-school in Oakland/ South Berkeley Area – Apr 3, 2025 – (1 response, 5 pending)

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

UC Berkeley Early Childhood Education – Mar 27, 2025 – (1 response, 1 pending)

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)

Experience with Pangea Forest School – Mar 11, 2025 – (0 responses)

Looking for Spanish pre-school for this coming Fall – Mar 10, 2025 – (11 responses)

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

Little School on Broadway reviews? – Mar 5, 2025 – (1 response)

Chances of Finding Share Partners – Feb 26, 2025 – (7 responses)

All People’s School/Aquatic Park or Step One? – Feb 26, 2025 – (6 responses)

Kindergarten advice and suggestions – Feb 26, 2025 – (1 response)

Finding afterschool care when starting in BUSD midyear – Feb 25, 2025 – (2 responses)

Seeking Feedback on Spanish/Persian Preschools in East Bay – Feb 18, 2025 – (8 responses)

Classes & Camps & Groups & Tutors

CCA Pre-College Summer Program Quality? – Apr 11, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

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 – (4 responses, 2 pending)

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)

Viola teacher – Mar 7, 2025 – (2 responses)

Summer camp for 2.5yo in Oakland? – Mar 6, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking a Cotillion or enough people to create a class? – Mar 5, 2025 – (0 responses)

social skills group – Feb 24, 2025 – (1 response)

Community & Housing & Work

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)

Finance / Estate Planner recommendation – Mar 10, 2025 – (8 responses)

Know of other programs similar to Oakland Promise? – Mar 7, 2025 – (0 responses)

Family & Relationships

Neighbor's Cigarette Smoke - Both Homeowners – Apr 5, 2025 – (3 responses, 1 pending)

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

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

Seeking MFT – Mar 17, 2025 – (4 responses)

Therapist for navigating aging parent – Feb 26, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Meeting fellow parents of neurodivergent kids (in Berkeley) – Feb 24, 2025 – (2 responses)

Health & Wellness

Temescal Creek Medicine – Apr 8, 2025 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Andrew Giammona (child psychiatrist) reviews – Apr 2, 2025 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

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)

Integrative medicine for toddler anemia – Mar 6, 2025 – (2 responses)

Medicare Options - Advice – Mar 4, 2025 – (3 responses)

Seeking psychiatrist recommendation for a girl teen – Mar 3, 2025 – (2 responses)

Mindfulness-Based Addiction Support Group? – Feb 26, 2025 – (2 responses)

Postpartum Workout Recommendations? – Feb 26, 2025 – (21 responses)

UnitedHealthCare Pediatrician – Feb 26, 2025 – (2 responses)

Medi-cal dentist for family with teens – Feb 25, 2025 – (2 responses)

Looking for an excellent dentist – Feb 24, 2025 – (1 response)

House & Garden

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)

Drug store - Will travel for local option! – Mar 6, 2025 – (2 responses)

Japanese-style soaking tub – Mar 4, 2025 – (0 responses)

Seeking Landscape Contractor – Mar 3, 2025 – (2 responses)

ADU owners or ADU-knowledgeable: Submetering – Mar 3, 2025 – (1 response)

Eating Disorder for a teenage girl – Feb 28, 2025 – (1 response)

Parenting Topics

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)

Support group / resources for spirited baby? – Mar 8, 2025 – (15 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

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)

Speech therapist who will observe at school? – Mar 9, 2025 – (0 responses)

Garage office conversion recommendations – Mar 6, 2025 – (1 response)

Environmental Heating and Air Solutions (EHAS) for Heat Pump – Mar 5, 2025 – (1 response)

Bakery for a Wedding Cake – Mar 4, 2025 – (11 responses)

School Advice

After school programs in Berkeley, specifically MX – Apr 6, 2025 – (0 responses, 6 pending)

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 – (7 responses, 4 pending)

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)

Experience at Lincoln? – Mar 13, 2025 – (0 responses)

What is the San Francisco version of Berkeley Parents Network? – Mar 11, 2025 – (2 responses)

How to help student when teachers are not teaching – Mar 11, 2025 – (2 responses)

Yu Ming Parent involvement – Mar 11, 2025 – (2 responses)

Seeking TK similar to Step One School (Francophone orKensington?) – Mar 11, 2025 – (0 responses)

TK/K public schools w/ quality teachers w/ early childhood degree – Mar 10, 2025 – (7 responses)

Experience with Franklin TK – Mar 8, 2025 – (1 response)

Athenian theater program question – Mar 7, 2025 – (0 responses)

How long for PUSD to respond to inter-district transfer request? – Mar 6, 2025 – (2 responses)

Yu Ming: accept or not? – Mar 6, 2025 – (0 responses)

Yu Ming for high energy & creative kid – Mar 6, 2025 – (1 response)

Fresh reviews on NEA – Feb 26, 2025 – (2 responses)

Teens & Preteens & Young Adults

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

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

Experience of AIMS High School – Mar 12, 2025 – (0 responses)

Crypto/Bitcoin trading scams with teens? – Mar 10, 2025 – (1 response)

Summer Jobs for 16 yo – Mar 9, 2025 – (2 responses)

Trying to find information for my Autistic trans son – Mar 6, 2025 – (1 response)

College Counsellor for a college consulting and prep – Mar 3, 2025 – (7 responses)