Daughter turned 12 yesterday. Took her and her friends to one of those indoor skydiving place. I'm so sore.
Kids games on tablets are legit the fuck worst. My God the ads are excessive and horrible. Half of them don't work and get hung. Is there a trick to these?
Took my kids to the trampoline park closest to us this morning. On Sundays from 900-1100, they offer "Toddler Time" which is kids 5 and under for a very discounted rate. The place is huge and there normally less than 15 toddlers in the whole place. My daughter is 6 and my son turns 4 in two days. He outweighs her by 6 lbs. It hasn't been a problem in the past to allow her in with him, but today it was a hard no. I get rules are rules...so, I didn't Karen on the teenagers behind the counter. But, there were like 5 kids in the entire place and the lack of common sense definitely triggered the shit out of me as we left.
It's hell. Most I've found don't even have the option of a paid premium ad-free version. Best advice is to subscribe to the Apple Arcade and only get games from them.
I figured out a solution to the tablet problem. Just have your kid hulk smash it in anger and break the screen so they can't use it any more. Problem solved! (this is what my youngest did to his brother's tablet last night... now they lost all electronics for at least a week!)
Lil man’s gf rear ended him tonight following him. I got a hysterical call with crying and all that from her apparently immediately after because her airbags went off and she was scared. Even before he called me. Gotta admit I was not prepared to be her first call but here we are.
My son is playing his first year of 8U kid pitch. I've never been a coach before and I never played but between my 3 younger brothers, I've been to hundreds of games, LL through college ball. After a couple of games I somehow found myself helping as our 2 main coaches really don't gaf. We were 0-5 going in to the night. Let me tell you, we got our first win tonight and my boy got the game winning rbi. I couldn't be more proud of this team as they have improved a ton since the first game. Super proud of my boy as he's got all of the physical tools but struggles to put it all together sometimes. Super pumped tonight!
There are a lot of aspects of kids sports I want to experience, but fuck being selfish there s a ton from that culture of youth sports that I want absolutely none of
My oldest just had one of the crappiest experiences with his favorite sport this past spring season and he’s saying he wants to take a break because of it. We are going to support that decision, but man, it’s pathetic how much an 8 year olds experience can be shaped by a clique of 40 year old adults. im proud of him for recognizing the toxicity and asking for a break from it on his own.
Got a whole thread for that https://www.the-mainboard.com/index...l-parents-reliving-their-youth.183386/page-37AHole Parents of Kids Sports: Awful Parents Reliving Their Youth | Page 37 | TMB
Let me also be clear on this. This isn't some traveling comp team. This is a rec league where kids are still learning. We have kids that still sit in the oufield and play with grass. My #1 goal is for everyone to have fun and everyone gets a chance to play wherever they want.
We had pretty similar experiences last night. I'm helping coach my son's 9U kid pitch team and it's been a tough season - have only won 2 games out of 10 going into last night, and we were playing a top 3 team in the league. They had multiple kids with the stupid Hype Fire bats and their coach was A LOT. But anyway, we go down 7-2 after 2 innings and then all of a sudden it's like a light switched on for the entire team. They were doing the things we had been trying to teach them the past couple months and it all came together at once. We were throwing strikes, we threw a couple kids out stealing, made tough catches in the outfield, knew where to go with the ball when it was hit to them, etc. We ended up tied 7-7 after 6 innings and they called the game due to time limit, so it was a bummer to tie but honestly that was the best tie I've ever been a part of. Was really proud of the kids and it was fun as hell to see all their hard work come together.
That's awesome! It was really great to see the excitement on their faces in the dugout after we won. Stark contrast to the dejection it's been after all of our losses. We have 2 games left and then the league tourney in 2 weeks. I'm not sure we'll win another game but I"m really going to stress to the kids to just have fun.
Thank you, they had a blast. 19 kids 10 and under, it was pure chaos. As soon as each kid looked out the patio door when they arrived they freaked out. Levi had a blast.
Just bought some candy bar the size of a keyboard and a giant lollipop the size of a softball from the airport. Time to blow these kids’ minds
My godson jumped into a river today and there was a log underwater and he landed on an underwater branch and tore his nutsack. Tore the skin off it. He’s doing well and has surgery this evening with urologist. He’s 7. I’m absolutely devastated.
As someone who wrecked their ankle and ruined what could’ve been a legendary baseball career by jumping in a river and hitting something just below surface, this one hits home.
I’m so upset and I can’t imagine what they’re feeling and going through. We were supposed to go up there on Friday and it’s their other kid’s birthday weekend and people were coming in. I told them anything we can do to help we are there but I feel so bad for them right now. When I say it’s my godson I’m talking about as he’s my own. That’s how close we are and how we are with each other’s kids.
way behind on this thread, but shit that sucks. sending good vibes that the wife comes around sooner rather than later
If any thread can appreciate this, this one can. My grandfather passed away about 2 weeks ago. the 4 year old is extremely observant so we knew we had to tell him so next time we went to their house he wouldn't run around looking for his great grandfather and then have the crashing realization in front of my grandmother. So we told him that g-grandpa was called to heaven to be an angel so thats where he is. Fast forward to the next day at school, he told all his friends that his g-grandpa went to Kevin's house. Fast forward to the first visit to my grandmother's house and he immediately goes to g-grandpa's chair and says, "XXX isn't here" Then he turns to g-grandma and asks if he is still at kevin's house. First audible laugh in that house since he passed. Kids have a way of making bleak moments better.
always is. I try to remind myself that when the wife throws a grenade at me without realizing it. I throw just as many at her feet.
Finished It Takes Two with my son, awesome game. Kind of weird playing as a married couple but game was a 10/10. He couldn't have cared less for the cutscenes/storlyine but loved the gameplay. Bought Backyard Baseball the other day on Switch and holy nostalgia. I got a weird chill when it booted up. Played the shit out of that game on PC and Gameboy Advance growing up. More and more he feels like an exact clone of me. It rules.
kevin is persona non grata in our house. shortened story (but still not short): my wife and i went on a vacation two weeks ago and my MIL watched our kids for four days. as part of the planning process, my wife and MIL discussed what activities they'd be doing (and not doing), who was going to be around to help, etc. It is harvest season so my MIL was explicitly told to keep the kids away from the combine (or similar farming equipment) and MIL said she'd already requested the help from a high school aged cousin who lives down the road. we called them on the third day and my MIL says that my oldest (6) got to take a lap around the field in the combine, and one of my kids said that mr kevin was there (kevin is my MIL's kinda boyfriend and was never discussed as someone who would be around or allowed). MIL says that kevin helped out that day, and also watched them while they were napping and she had to do a 10-15 min errand down the road. we also found out later from the kids that our middle child (3) rode in the combine, which i confirmed with my brother-in-law. we asked "hey what happened to <cousin> helping?" and MIL says "<cousin> is busy and never came by to help." we ask the cousin and she says MIL never called to let her know when she needed help. when we got back in town and went to pick up our dog from MIL, we asked her "hey we had a plan why was it blatantly ignored, you ignored explicit instructions, we don't know kevin, etc" and MIL turns it into a big situation where she's being accused of felony child endangerment, says "i won't beg people for help, i'm glad kevin came by because you don't know how tiring it is to watch 3 kids." She's a professional victim. a day or two after getting back, my oldest says that mr kevin was watching a show about people shooting and killing each other and she was worried people were gonna come kill us. I asked MIL about what my daughter said. she's extremely indignant, says she and Kevin dont know what my kid is talking about. MIL suggests daughter is being manipulative to stay up later at bed time, or is picking up on anxiety from me/my wife. i asked if she was watching (fox) news at all and she says yes they had it on (when we bombed Iran). Huh, maybe that was it... currently gearing up for battle of wills between myself and my MIL because i'm not just sweeping it under the rug -- like everyone else does in that family -- and there will be consequences for no apology and contrition.
Well if you send Kevin to My kid's kevin's you won't have to deal with him anymore. Also, TIL that you are a farmer. What you got growing?
I am not a farmer. My wife's family farms (but also have other full time jobs). I dont know what they were harvesting this time (looking at crop planting guidelines, probably corn) but they'll grow wheat, soy, barley, sorghum, corn, etc depending on the season. .
Genuinely good on you for actually holding a bunch of stubborn snowflake boomers' feet to the fire on boundaries. If they agreed up front and reneged then they deserve to have a moment of being uncomfortable for the first time in probably years.