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did you all see the Texas thing? they’re going to send CPS after the parents of trans kids.
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Good soup! posted:We took a trip away from the little one and had the grandparents watch her for a weekend and it feels like in the three days we were gone her ability to dash and run has gone up considerably, it's crazy to see how fast they learn the best thing is when you send them off to toddler school and they come home the first day doing all kinds of new stuff that they were adamant was impossible for them the day before, like zipping their pants up and putting plates in the sink
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Feb 23, 2022 21:43
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i haven't not seen my kids from sun up to sundown for two years straight.
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Feb 23, 2022 21:50
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yeah they often need other people to make jumps.
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Feb 23, 2022 21:55
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:i haven't not seen my kids from sun up to sundown for two years straight. Yeah I miss baby school.
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Feb 23, 2022 22:02
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Bar Ran Dun posted:did you all see the Texas thing? they’re going to send CPS after the parents of trans kids. its hosed up and infuriating and it makes me fearful for the safety of my trans friend who is getting married soon and planning to have kids
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Feb 23, 2022 22:07
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:i haven't not seen my kids from sun up to sundown for two years straight. This sounds unhealthy for everyone involved
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Feb 23, 2022 22:07
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:i haven't not seen my kids from sun up to sundown for two years straight. before covid, i had been depressed for years because my lovely underpaid fulltime job had caused me to miss so many of my kids' developmental milestones and i was getting desperate for something to change. then covid answered my pleas like a monkey's paw and suddenly i was never able to get away from the kids ever lol
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U-DO Burger posted:before covid, i had been depressed for years because my lovely underpaid fulltime job had caused me to miss so many of my kids' developmental milestones and i was getting desperate for something to change. then covid answered my pleas like a monkey's paw and suddenly i was never able to get away from the kids ever lol Yeah, I barely got to see my kids when I got home thirty minutes before bedtime, now I get to spend all day yelling at them to shut up so I can work.
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Feb 23, 2022 22:35
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PerniciousKnid posted:Anything my 4yo dislikes "tastes like dirt." my son use to describe multiple things as "spicy" like anything that was hot (temperature not just spice) was spicy and any carbonated drink was also spicy
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Feb 24, 2022 20:32
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Bar Ran Dun posted:did you all see the Texas thing? they’re going to send CPS after the parents of trans kids. they want to kill trans kids and it’s going to work, there’s no way it’s not already working really my kids have never been to my hometown (nothing special but they want to visit) and now i am never going to take them there. likely, i will never go back there myself sans kids LonsomeSon has issued a correction as of 20:44 on Feb 24, 2022 |
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Feb 24, 2022 20:37
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The Nastier Nate posted:my son use to describe multiple things as "spicy" My kids insist on spicy lemonade (sierra mist) whenever we're at the costco food court. It's fuckin adorable and I'll call it spicy lemonade forever.
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Feb 24, 2022 21:56
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The Nastier Nate posted:my son use to describe multiple things as "spicy" The flip is that anything he likes "tastes like watermelon." Edit: man I miss the food court
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Feb 25, 2022 03:40
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remember when a game came out and you could just play it as much as you wanted because you didn't have kids
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Feb 25, 2022 10:37
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that was so sick
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Feb 25, 2022 10:38
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I passed on elden ring for that exact reason
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Feb 25, 2022 12:51
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I'm just now getting to check out Disco Elysium. A half hour a night. 
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When my toddler was just over a year old and barely starting to form words she took a bite of my friend's challah, looked at the room and said "This is good!" Fair enough, he is an ace baker and it was really good and she probably heard one of us say it a bit earlier. She never said it about my baking, but hey, it was a weird one-off. A few months later, getting better at using words but still limited vocabulary and one at a time, says "This is good!" about store-bought bread. Okay, sure, she's feeling out sentences, probably remembers that one from the first time. A bit insulting to my baking, but again, just a weird one-off. Now she's about 20 months, starting to work with basic 2 word sentences and she still hasn't said "This is good" for any of my loaves. She has yet to string more than two words together on any other topic, and she will repeat "Bread bread bread" and refuse to eat anything else after I bake, but I'm starting to feel slighted regardless. The clock is ticking. If she isn't moved to say "This is good" about my bread before she's regularly using coherent sentences anyway my ego will never recover. kecske posted:I passed on elden ring for that exact reason same 
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kecske posted:I passed on elden ring for that exact reason Same but I passed on a buying a ps5. My kid had to dress up like thier favorite character from a book for school today and mine dressed up as Jon Arbuckle. It's hilarious but I need to get this kid reading some better books.
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Feb 25, 2022 18:52
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She's interested in the Ukraine war so I'm wondering if 11 is too young for Slaughterhouse-Five. I think I was about that age when I first read it.
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Feb 25, 2022 18:54
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Big Mad Drongo posted:The clock is ticking. If she isn't moved to say "This is good" about my bread before she's regularly using coherent sentences anyway my ego will never recover. Disown that little tyrant
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Feb 25, 2022 19:36
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Event better, put her up for adoption
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Feb 25, 2022 19:37
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yesterday my kids were wrapped in a blanket watching tv with each other and my older one says to his brother "brother, I love you" out of nowhere and it's so striking how affectionate they are with each other compared to my siblings growing up.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:yesterday my kids were wrapped in a blanket watching tv with each other and my older one says to his brother "brother, I love you" out of nowhere and it's so striking how affectionate they are with each other compared to my siblings growing up. Well our generation also doesn't need commercials every night at 9pm to remind us to check and make sure we know where our kids are, and to not hit our kids. Unlike those who raised us. Millennial households seem way more attentive and caring.
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Feb 25, 2022 23:46
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Another Bill posted:She's interested in the Ukraine war so I'm wondering if 11 is too young for Slaughterhouse-Five. I think I was about that age when I first read it. first, I insist you get the Ryan North graphic novel interpretation second, it’s based on Nazi propaganda about Dresden or whatever, so don’t let it sink in too deeply
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Big Mad Drongo posted:
excited to hear about this ego death trip! Organic Lube User posted:Well our generation also doesn't need commercials every night at 9pm to remind us to check and make sure we know where our kids are, and to not hit our kids. Unlike those who raised us. Millennial households seem way more attentive and caring. our kids are fully comfortable talking about their own mental health, and are aware that they have options for seeking more help if they are struggling, mentally or emotionally i was pretty loving old before i finally worked all of that out for myself, and had made some very bad choices in the meantime. my kids are growing up into a hellworld, but well before their brains are developed they have a range of tools at their disposal which make the kind of mistakes i made a lot less likely for them. it's a good start, i think. there are still a few years left, before the teenager is done with high school, so plenty of time
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Feb 26, 2022 08:33
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it helps to that you describe your feelings while they’re young
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Feb 26, 2022 14:23
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sonatinas posted:it helps to that you describe your feelings while they’re young My daughter is much more emotionally articulate than I ever have been, although sometimes it's just "I don't know why I started crying automatically." I've always stuffed my emotions into my toes.
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LonsomeSon posted:they have a range of tools at their disposal which make the kind of mistakes i made a lot less likely for them this is basically my goal as a parent. it is so awesome to watch my kid navigate things with more clarity and grace than I did when I went through teenagehood
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Feb 26, 2022 18:21
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Struensee posted:Event better, put her up for adoption I was gonna take this as an opportunity to improve my craft by perfecting my old staples and learning new recipes but this is a way better idea. Thanks!
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Feb 26, 2022 21:54
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Another Bill posted:She's interested in the Ukraine war so I'm wondering if 11 is too young for Slaughterhouse-Five. I think I was about that age when I first read it. I don't think 11 is too young for that book. Go for it!
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Ryan North’s graphic novel adaptation of Slaughterhouse Five is good too.
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Feb 27, 2022 01:43
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Speaking of literature, the three year old has really glommed on to the old book of fairy tales we got at an estate sale. Why yes I'll read the next one... Oh. Oh no. 
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Speaking of literature, the three year old has really glommed on to the old book of fairy tales we got at an estate sale. Why yes I'll read the next one... Lol. We've got a translation of Grimm Bros, and it's pretty dark going sometimes. Familiar stories suddenly derailing into weird revenge deaths (looking at you, Snow White) makes it hard to pick safe stories. For nihilist fairy tales, I'd recommend The Death of the Little Hen from Brothers Grimm. Hint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ3aiM8K6D0
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go away job, child: elden ring
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on the nights when my wife is too exhausted to do bedtime with the kids it's actually faster and easier than when we both help. both kids want time with "mom cuddles" but neither of them are at all interested in my bony rear end in their bed so I just read a chapter from a book then kill the lights and they go to sleep. like it's sort of insulting that they don't like "dad cuddles" but I'll take it I suppose.
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Every night in our house is a fight over who gets to have momma put them to bed. Definitely doesn't cut deep when it's shouting match about "no you have to go with Daddy tonight!"
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My son always screams and cries when the answer to the nervously asked question "who's tucking me in tonight?" is dad. All I'm good for is roughhousing and pushing on the swing, it seems.
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Mar 4, 2022 19:10
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having your own kids innocently diss you is one of the great joys of parenting
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With me it's the opposite where my daughter tends to want dad for comfort. Plus I'm the one who can and will hoist her increasingly heavy rear end and carry her for a while. Having a screaming 18 month old yell NO at my wife and run at me with her arms out has definitely stabbed knives into my wife's soul a few times.
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