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His Divine Shadow posted:^^^^ It’s funny, everyone always says that it’s good that she reads, but she does it instead of doing anything else. Pooping? While reading, brushing teeth? while reading, Watching TV? While reading. We also got a call from her new school just after she started, that they had to confiscate her book that she had on her lap during lessons.
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I'm gonna give my kid a cellphone at the same age I was given a knife: too young to reasonably expect anything other than him losing it or hurting himself with it.
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Jun 1, 2023 15:16
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Oodles posted:It’s funny, everyone always says that it’s good that she reads, but she does it instead of doing anything else. Pooping? While reading, brushing teeth? while reading, Watching TV? While reading. That was me as a kid and I turned out
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Jun 1, 2023 15:18
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Oodles posted:It’s funny, everyone always says that it’s good that she reads, but she does it instead of doing anything else. Pooping? While reading, brushing teeth? while reading, Watching TV? While reading. This sounds like my wife, from what she's told me, and also a couple of my classmates in fifth grade. My wife ended up with a Master's degree and my classmates are now a nurse and a PHD in chemistry, respectively. I guess my point is, the whole reading thing is not gonna make her stupid, at least.
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Jun 1, 2023 16:22
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"I'm gonna be on the phone for just a minute, so I'll need you to be quiet and not try to ask me anything, okay?" "Okay" *dials phone* "DADDY HOW DO YOU SPELL CIRCLE? C-... HOW DO YOU SPELL CIRCLE? DADDY I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMES AFTER C! HOW DO YOU SPELL CIRCLE?!?"
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Jun 1, 2023 16:36
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Oodles posted:It’s funny, everyone always says that it’s good that she reads, but she does it instead of doing anything else. Pooping? While reading, brushing teeth? while reading, Watching TV? While reading. Our daughter's always reading too! It was to the point we thought she was using it to ignore us, but her psychologist said it's probably part of her ADHD, and it's hyperfocus or seeking more stimulation on top of what she's already doing. We ended up getting her audiobooks- either on cd, or these playaway things from the library, or through the library's app on one of my old phones (I stripped it of almost every other app, and use Google family link to set boundaries on it). She listens while doing homework. It's so much easier for her to pause the book, than stop mid-sentence reading. We also put using audiobooks on her 504 plan with school, so she can listen during busy work.
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Jun 1, 2023 17:04
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Oodles posted:It’s funny, everyone always says that it’s good that she reads, but she does it instead of doing anything else. Pooping? While reading, brushing teeth? while reading, Watching TV? While reading. I used to read as I walked from class to class. I don't know how I wasn't constantly running into people. KirbyKhan posted:I'm gonna give my kid a cellphone at the same age I was given a knife: too young to reasonably expect anything other than him losing it or hurting himself with it. Can you break the tip off a cellphone trying to pry a knot from a plank of wood?
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Jun 1, 2023 17:55
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Pham Nuwen posted:I used to read as I walked from class to class. I don't know how I wasn't constantly running into people. Can you hold a knife pointed upwards, about 24 inches from your face, and stroke the flat side in an upward motion for hours on end?
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Jun 1, 2023 18:44
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Oodles posted:It’s funny, everyone always says that it’s good that she reads, but she does it instead of doing anything else. Pooping? While reading, brushing teeth? while reading, Watching TV? While reading. I just wish my kids would read anything just once... They just want to watch idiots on youtube who talk loudly and annoying and destroy things or fill pools with orbies or whatever they're called, the worst kind of dreck. I've developed such a hatred for these youtube personalities having to listen to them.
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Jun 1, 2023 19:00
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KirbyKhan posted:Can you hold a knife pointed upwards, about 24 inches from your face, and stroke the flat side in an upward motion for hours on end? I think even before phones many teenagers spent hours stroking something ~24 inches from their face.
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Jun 1, 2023 19:42
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Not sure how this came about but now when my kid hears a fart she goes "Hahaha a butt! Silly!" I'm so proud
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Jun 1, 2023 20:01
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Reading in class is fine, me and several classmates did this in elementary school. At some point we got it into our head more pages -> higher quality story so we all started reading wheel of time in 4th grade since that was the physically thickest book we could find at the library at the time I am not a big fan of switching them from books to audio books. Being able to parse the written word in a focused, sustained manner is a super critical skill in today's world. Audio books are good for listening to on your commute though Hippie Hedgehog posted:This sounds like my wife, from what she's told me, and also a couple of my classmates in fifth grade. My wife ended up with a Master's degree and my classmates are now a nurse and a PHD in chemistry, respectively. Pretty similar outcome Hadlock fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jun 1, 2023 |
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Jun 1, 2023 20:03
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I’ve had my daughter’s classmates over (3rd grade, so 8-9) and the things they talk about doing to each other with unfettered cell phone access scared me off it to the point where I re-passworded the iPad too. Just constant unsupervised social bullying via text or calls or video calls. My daughter got a kids smart watch - she can text and call but it’s kinda obnoxious, and that’s the point. She also can ask to use the iPad but it’s for limited time and also very limited apps. Maybe we’ll revisit around 11-12.
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Hadlock posted:lI am not a big fan of switching them from books to audio books. Being able to parse the written word in a focused, sustained manner is a super critical skill in today's world. I don't think people are replacing but more as a supplement. Hearing the spoken word does assist with grammar and reading much like drawing helps with reading comprehension and something else if I recall. A lot of experiences are tied together.
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Jun 2, 2023 11:06
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My daughter is like an away team contacting the Enterprise: Uh-oh! What is it? You'd better get down here! Can you explain what's happening...? Because if Netflix froze again I'm mid-poop! I don't know what to call it but trouble! (What in the fu) *sigh* Acknowledged, Riker out. Computer, one to beam down...
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Jun 2, 2023 12:40
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Well what was it?
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Jun 2, 2023 12:49
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Had to explain to my son this morning that "sharing is caring" does not apply to the cane I'm using to walk while my achilles heals.
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Jun 2, 2023 12:56
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Last night while my daughter was changing in to her pajamas and we noticed that she had no underwear on. There were no undies in the bathroom. They weren't stuck in her pants. They were just nowhere to be found. When confronted, she said she didn't know... didn't know where they went, didn't know when she last had them, didn't know if she ever had them. We're not sure if she forgot to put them on in the morning, or if she took them off at some point during the day. So the case of the missing undies remains unsolved. Definitely double checked this morning to make sure she at least started the day with them...
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Jun 2, 2023 12:57
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hallo spacedog posted:Well what was it? She'd tried to get berries for herself and the container opened and berries fell everywhere and several berries rolled under the stove and fridge. I don't know how she did all that so quickly or quietly, nor why she couldn't tell me those details. Guess she wasn't sure where to start?
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Jun 2, 2023 13:00
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Toddler boy is a lil sick and I'm pounding Emergen-C over and over
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KirbyKhan posted:Toddler boy is a lil sick and I'm pounding Emergen-C over and over Same here. I know studies say it doesn’t work but gently caress it I don’t eat enough fruit anyway. I think my kid noticed the sunlight for the first time in his life today? Woke up absolutely insanely furious demanding we “turn it off”. Huge tantrum. He has now tantrumed so hard he is silent and prone in his pack and play, considering the vile and perfidious radioactive explosion in the sky. Man I really hosed up his bedtime schedule on vacation, not looking forward to getting it back to normal. We stuck the pack n play in the same room as us so I’ve been sleeping better than I have in months. Now he simply looks over and is assured we are there rather than waking up in his own room and crying until we come in and stay.
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Jun 2, 2023 14:34
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Looking for some thoughts on this: In a couple of weeks my sister is coming to visit for a week and is bringing her 5 year old daughter. The kid has expressed a desire to sleep in the same room as my 2 year old who she is obsessed with, and they only get to see each other once or twice a year since they live 1000 miles apart. Should I just let them try it out and see how it goes for a couple nights or can this only end in disaster? My toddler has good sleep hygiene so far, going to bed more or less at 7, staying asleep and not getting up till between 7 and 8 am. I really don't want to risk messing that up over a cousin's sleepover for a week but maybe I am over thinking things.
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Brawnfire posted:She'd tried to get berries for herself and the container opened and berries fell everywhere and several berries rolled under the stove and fridge. I don't know how she did all that so quickly or quietly, nor why she couldn't tell me those details. Guess she wasn't sure where to start? She was just emberrysed at dropping them, ok? 
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nesbit37 posted:Looking for some thoughts on this: I think this is one of those parenting moments where you make yourself miserable to give your kid (or your sister's kid) something memorable. Their sleep disruption is more of a problem for you at these ages. It might end in disaster for you, but the kids will probably love it... and if they don't, they can just sleep in separate beds. Granted neither of these kids is going to really remember this, but it'd probably be good for them if you want them to have a cousin relationship.
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Jun 2, 2023 15:23
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I just paid my last month of daycare ever after paying it for more or less 10 years straight. The before and after school care the school charges is pennies in comparison.
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Went to register my older son for kindergarten yesterday. As the registrar handed me the uniform policy paper, she also said "oh I need to add the clear backpacks and lunchboxes for next school year." Yep, clear backpacks for kindergarteners because we can't be arsed to solve the actual loving problem. I don't even know where to start this conversation with my kid because he's going to be sad he doesn't get to pick out a rad new backpack and will 1000% want to know why the gently caress not.
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Jun 2, 2023 16:06
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Any recommendations for high chairs? Like should I get a fixed one, or is a clamp-onto-table one good? My boy is still a bit young, but it may be good to get him used to it.
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Jun 2, 2023 18:25
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We have OXO Tot Sprout. It can be configured for a wide range of sizes, and my 3yo is using it without the tray nowadays. It's nice and sturdy, conversions/adjustments are super simple, and steps allow the kiddo to climb up by themselves. I'm super pleased with that choice.
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Jun 2, 2023 18:40
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A bear got into the trash at daycare and that’s been the topic of conversation for all of tonight.
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Jun 3, 2023 01:12
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Our daughter asked us to pause the last episode of Ted Lasso because she had to go potty and didn't want to miss anything. Kiddo, you haven't watched a second of this. Also, who kid's sings when they poop?
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Jun 3, 2023 01:16
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Yeah, my daughter has a poop song
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Lil bee is approaching ten and she still belts out tunes on the can.
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My sister and I had babies on different sides of the country, and the cousins meet tomorrow!! My baby will be 4 months on the 7th and her cousin is 2.5 weeks younger but apparently bigger than her. My sister's family is coming to stay with us on their first big trip and we're going to see how this goes! Additional complications (let's do this on hard mode!) - 1. we live with my father in law who is a 97 year old Orthodox Rabbi, and my sister is married to a woman. My father in law has suggested the children of lesbian couples were illegitimate in the past. 2. My sister's wife is quite particular about things and touchy about vocabulary, like she chewed out my mom for saying father rather than sperm donor.
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While my wife was away for a week on business? Daughter was fine, had a good routine. Literally seconds after my wife comes back? I'm ignored, hit, and basically treated like poo poo by my daughter. I don't know how to describe this discord but ugh is it ever present.
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WrenP-Complete posted:My sister and I had babies on different sides of the country, and the cousins meet tomorrow!! My baby will be 4 months on the 7th and her cousin is 2.5 weeks younger but apparently bigger than her. My sister's family is coming to stay with us on their first big trip and we're going to see how this goes! This sounds like it’s working up to a word problem and I was ready to solve it. Anyway hope the cousins get along! Sounds awesome, I’m jealous they’re so close in age.
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gbut posted:We have OXO Tot Sprout. It can be configured for a wide range of sizes, and my 3yo is using it without the tray nowadays. Your 3 year old will still sit in a high chair? drat lucky
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space uncle posted:This sounds like it’s working up to a word problem and I was ready to solve it. Haha I never sleep anymore. I'm glad you were up for it! And I'm not sure how well a 13 week old and a 15 week old can really get along or even acknowledge one another, but I guess we are about to find out. WrenP-Complete fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Jun 3, 2023 |
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Eeyo posted:Any recommendations for high chairs? We used the IKEA one for all our kids, super easy to set up and tear down. Makes it great and easy for taking on trips.
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WrenP-Complete posted:Haha I never sleep anymore. I'm glad you were up for it! They will probably mostly both just lie there making sounds but it will still be cute anyway
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Some jerk at my 2.5-year-old's daycare taught her to pronounce L-M-N-O correctly. 
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