Of all the stupid things my kid has done fortunately nothing like this. You’re right in your reaction and to get the police involved imo
Got a shitload done around the house yesterday so that was good. I was fucking beat by the end of the day so I told my kids whoever falls asleep first I'll give $20. My oldest went right to sleep at 8 youngest right after. Both slept till their alarms. Worth it.
Hank Jr. apparently missed the memo about "sleeping in" an hour this morning, coming in our room an hour before his alarm was set to go off and moving around non-stop so no one could fall back asleep.
Said f it and put the kids to sleep last night as if the clocks didn’t change, so 7pm last night. Will deal with later night tonight.
Five year old mentioned 6 7 for the first time this morning. I’m not ready for this pop culture shit.
I've been waiting to hit my kid with this just waiting for the right moment. Up high *slap hands* Down low *slap hands* Up to Heaven *slap hands* You do it right and it might be lame enough to stop it in its tracks.
We are about a month and hold in of my 2 year old daughter denying the crib…switched to a toddler bed. She’s been waking up 1-3 times per night and we have to go assist her to go back to sleep. sometimes between 4-5am if she wakes up she won’t go back to sleep. All of this lack of sleep as turned her into an absolute monster. Do we just keep grinding this out until it passes or do I need to look into a behavior specialist? This is all on top of having a 6 month old who obviously still needs help at night as well. My wife and I are struggling.
We kept grinding and everything worked out, but we both essentially WFH, I’m always home, so it wasn’t as difficult for us.
You’re only a month in? That feels in the normal territory, but I don’t know how much it is impacting everyone’s life. I kept my kids in cribs for as long as possible.
My youngest was having sleep issues so we got him a big bed but he wasn't having that at all. The issues ended up being a temporarily blip so he had a crib and big bed in his room for awhile before he was ready to switch which was nearly four years old. Absolutely keep them in the crib as long as possible. It was actually nice having both beds as we'd wind down and do reading and whatnot in the big bed and then sleep in the crib. Or when he was problematic I would "sleep" in the big bed till he fell asleep in the crib or if it was middle of the night I would just sleep in there. Never became a regular thing.
Having our first real battle of how to handle our 7th grader currently failing a class due to not completing assignments. The general expectation is Bs or better and anything less, extra curricular activities stop until it's addressed in some way. We're currently failing fucking Orchestra of all classes bc of not turning a couple things in, so she was kept home from dance to do the missing assignments. The struggle we're having now is when do we let her go back? She should have an A if the teacher changes her grade , but we have no idea when or even if he will. Mrs. Scorpio is beyond pissed, so I'm having to mediate a bit.
All it was was getting a permission slip signed and participating in an online discussion. What really set the Mrs. off was the lack of accountability when she was asked about her grade. She also had a D in math at the time due to missing like 6 assignments, but that teacher changed the grade almost immediately when she did them.
On a mission to be done with Christmas well before it gets here. If my wife or I think of a good gift, boom order it. Already secured 3 each. Good rule of thumb we are trying to follow this year is go deeper not wider with toys. Trying not to buy all new types of shit but buy more of what they already like.
Middle school is really tough on a lot of kids and I watched several of them really struggle through it figuring out who they are and kind of what they stand for. I get the accountability piece for sure but if she’s done it I’d let her go back. Continuing to hold it against her may make things even harder in the long haul.
Yea we were doing great in the crib until the out of nowhere consecutive nights of her denying going in it resulting in her crying so hard that she would vomit and poop herself and still wouldn’t go to sleep. She’s as stubborn as they get
Same, we got like three things left to get for all kids and we’ll be done. We’re heading out to Colorado for ten days before Christmas so this is some out of necessity but still feels good to be almost done already.
Daughter is a 7th grader. She comes home yesterday saying she was pulled out of class to go to the office. She had no clue wtf was going on. Turns out there was an incident that involved harassment/bullying that she was witness to and they wanted to ask her what she saw. She is a nuetral party and doesn't hang with either group but was named by the kid/kids getting harassed. She cooperated and told them what she saw. Now she's worried about retaliation from the offending party. While I'm glad/proud of her for doing the right thing, I'm a little miffed that we weren't told what was going on from the school and I totally understand her concern. Middle school, man.
As a former kid that had a lot of depression set in as I hit puberty, 7th and 8th grade were absolutely miserable.
anyone have thoughts/opinions on some of these alternate phone/watch type options for kids these days? daughter(turns 11 next week) has a handful of friends with gabb watches or phones so obviously she is wanting one now and is pushing hard for her birthday or xmas
Have not done a ton of research on the subject but wife and I have kicked around the idea of getting our 8 year old a phone that he keeps turned off in his backpack and only uses in situations to communicate with us. Comparing with Bark, Gabb seems like the better option for me.
yea in tx they cant have them on at school at all so would be moreso to communicate in emergency or talk with some of her friends and other family
My son (9) has a Gabb watch and I love getting texts from him. He usually communicates via voice notes though, most which just say "bruh"
My biggest thing preventing me from getting it is being terrified of the grandparents finding out and not leaving my kids alone
Oldest daughter when she was 3 was so excited her little brother was going to get his own special elf and talked about it leading up to Christmas so my wife leaned into it and bought another one.
Last year my 10yo son asked for a Bosa 49ers jersey for Christmas. We are Chiefs/Bears household and no ties to the 49ers but he asked for it so we got it. I pulled it out of his closet yesterday and asked if he wore it in 2025 and he said "no, i'm not a 49ers fan". And thus ends us getting him random sports jerseys for presents.
My kid would wear a jersey every day if we would let him. He wears his kittle jersey once a week and his Schwarber one constantly as well. I know he's getting a Justin Jefferson and Jack Campbell jersey for Christmas from my in-laws and my parents. He loves ramdom players.