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Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago
Or for the potential glitter you neither have or really want. Just in case.
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KittyGaming 10 months ago
I keep mini Nutella jars for my dolls, when save them for when your kids are older to use for their own dolls
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NapQueen 10 months ago (edited)
I laughed way too hard at this! It kind of reminds me of an old colleague that got another colleague a hamster for secret santa.....just pure inconvenience lol!
Deborah 10 months ago
Big difference, bagpipes won't die if you neglect them. Don't give animals as gifts.
Load More Replies... Hmmm hmmmm 10 months ago
Sounds like if son ever has kids it's time for years of kazoos, drum kits and mistuned guitars
Since the holiday season has already flown by, kids everywhere are likely restless, talking their parents' ears off with phrases like “I’m bored” and “What are we going to do now?”
Winters are usually harder for families because they spend more time indoors due to weather conditions. In warmer months, children can freely play outside, which is a great outlet for pent-up energy. Whereas, in winter, decreased physical activity can make children restless.
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Fellfromthemoon 10 months ago
Accurate. Mass increases with speed, so, if your scale shows a larger number that must mean you're going faster.
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UKGrandad 10 months ago
It works. I often fry smoked bacon with the onions when I make chilli.
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The lack of sunlight can affect everyone, including kids, which disrupts their circadian rhythms and impacts their mood. Without even realizing it, winter blues can make children feel sad or cranky. They might also cry and get upset easily, while their energy levels plummet, leaving them unmotivated. This means that kids and teens may sleep a lot more and be less enthusiastic about getting up for school.
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Child of the Stars 10 months ago
When my kid was about 4, her grandparents took her to the zoo. In the reptile area, they were watching the crocodiles and one just chomped the f.uck out of a turtle. Most people there just kinda gasped in shock. My kid, however, laughed herself silly and says loudly, "That was AWESOME!"
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YakFactory 10 months ago
Let him be in charge of naming things, and see what other imaginative names he can come up with. Could be fun.
cj be like 10 months ago
"Have we digested that pizza yet, brain?" "Sorry mouth, it's just started to go through the meat lines so we could be here for a while"
Being cooped up together for an extended time can increase sibling conflicts. Without getting a break during outdoor play, small petty fights can happen more often. Meanwhile, parents might also struggle to regulate their own feelings. After having to juggle demanding schedules and dreary days, it can be hard to emotionally regulate in moments of chaos at home.
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TruthoftheHeart 10 months ago (edited)
Yeah just go to the thrift store buy some gently used perfectly good baby clothes because every day you wake up they're going to be outgrowing some outfit or shoes or whatever.
Lila Allen 10 months ago
People who buy fancy new clothes for infants are out of their minds. It's just gonna get pooped on anyway.
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WhatEvenIsLife 10 months ago
I feel like I changed my babies' clothes more often than every 5 hours anyway just because they spit up or get food/milk on them, the diaper leaks, etc. constantly.
Child of the Stars 10 months ago
My friend had another friend who was expecting last spring. She asked me what she should get for her. I told her to avoid the cutesy stuff and get a bunch of onesies and footed jammies in a couple of different sizes bigger than newborn and a big box of size 1 or size 2 diapers. Her friend now thinks my friend is a genius gift giver 😂
Rose the Cook 10 months ago
This is why you don't buy the first size when gifting baby clothes.
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rorschach-penguin 10 months ago
Why do people clean their kids' rooms? I was in charge of cleaning my own room starting at like age seven.
Lila Allen 10 months ago
I'm gonna need to know exactly which hypnotist your parents used
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Ann Kapoxeet 5 months ago
I don't understand why I should care if my kids' rooms are messy...unless they have moldy pizza under their bed or something like that.
Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago
Once got tired of my wife and daughter asserting dominance over each other. She kept after her about her messy room. The mistake was to involve me. Took all her s^^^ , threw it in a garbage bag and tossed it up in the rafters of the garage. Couple days later, "where is this shirt, those pants?" ."You refused to pick them up, so they must have been abandoned, threw 'em out" Ohhh the drama, worked though. I eventually gave them back. "Trust me, you do NOT want your Mom to involve me".
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Nice Beast Ludo 10 months ago
Awwww let him stay home and watch weather documentaries with you
The good news is that there are ways to restore calm and peace during challenging season changes. One strategy that can help is to include one physical activity a day. Movement is important for both kids and adults as it helps to regulate energy and emotions. Activities that require gross motor skills, like obstacle courses, hopscotch, or playing catch, can calm and organize the brain. These activities could be organized indoors or outdoors without much preparation or tools.
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Steve Robert 10 months ago
And with a dead worm in the brain antivax psychopath running the Health Department, expect more kids dying from preventable illnesses.
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Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 10 months ago
For me, it's 'what would happen if' and then something absurd. Usually fandom-related, too.
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zims 10 months ago
Yes there is. It's me, wanting to be first in Girl Scout cookie purchasing.
Maisey Myles 10 months ago
I buy a case of Thin Mints and freeze them so I have them all year- well, maybe a couple of months. Funny that they don’t make me thin. Girl Scouts are diabolical
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Sarcastic Panda 10 months ago
Especially if they're doing all the work because they forced their daughter to be in Girl Scouts and she's getting bullied by her troop so she refuses to do any of it. Not that I'm speaking from experience.
Katie Gray 10 months ago
My 2nd grade Brownie is selling them right now. She’s happy to be 153. My 15 year old sold for years before that. So over that level of crazy. It’s like a part time job for a month selling cookies.
Dawn Marie 10 months ago
I wanted to get rid of my kids sister for one week during the summer so I went out and sold all of her Girl Scout cookies so she would win the campership.
MotherofGuineaPigs 10 months ago
I worked as a scheduler for a manufacturing plant. My office was always open to get the shop orders. Put an order form on the file cabinet. 3 shifts 30 people each - we sold 500 boxes.
Building in a physical activity daily could also mean embracing outdoor activities whenever possible. Bundling up in layers and going for a stroll around the neighborhood might be just what the kids and parents need. “Even if it’s for five minutes, step outside to go on a treasure hunt or watch for big trucks,” said mental health specialist Linda Horwitz. “Do something simple that makes the mundane a bit more exciting. Adults need to take a little breather—and kids need that too.”
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Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago
...and they get to fill you full of sugar and send you home.
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 10 months ago
I firmly believe that kids need at least one non-parental adult in their life that spoils them silly. That way, the parents can focus on providing the basic needs, but the kids still get fun stuff.
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Even though children thrive on having a routine, the one that worked for warmer months might no longer be suitable for the family now. This means that it might be time to revamp it and implement some changes. It doesn't have to be major, but rather something that children can look forward to every day, like introducing new foods, toys, and fun crafts. Making Fridays a movie night or Wednesday hot cocoa and story time night can switch up the routine and give something to be excited about during the week.
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ILoveMySon 10 months ago
TBF, there is a lot going on during those years.
Load More Replies... DrBronxx 10 months ago
I like it. No dirty dishes, and it's practically the easiest thing to do in the kitchen.
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Little Bit 10 months ago
My youngest daughter is the same. She can play the same game online on three devices at once, all while video calling her friend at the same time, yet it took her ten minutes to figure out how to get the microwave door to open.
Austzn 10 months ago
That's so funny cause just the other day one of my teenagers complained about it nuking their food so I told them to cook it for a longer time at a lower power duty %. Blank stares preceded and followed my explanation of why this is and how to set it in 2 simple steps.
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It’s also important that parents take breaks and time for themselves, as out-of-whack caregivers can’t help dysregulated kids. To reset their mindset, they can use positive intentions, assuring themselves that while this patch might be hard, it’s not going to last forever and they can remain calm. So when their children get upset, they can do the same with them by offering a hug or taking deep breaths together.
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TruthoftheHeart 10 months ago
Nope, if they ate dinner before falling asleep then that extra sleep from 6-normal bedtime is just bonus sleep now. tell them go back to bed, the breakfast team doesn't work till after sunrise
Lyoness 10 months ago
I was wondering why they left the kid on the floor and went to bed.
Load More Replies... DrBronxx 10 months ago
I literally did this last week to myself. Trying to get the child down, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I went downstairs, took a shower, then went to the kitchen to make breakfast for everyone. I thought it was around 6:30am, but it was actually 12:30am. I went back to bed, grateful for the "extra" time I had to sleep, but the shower had woken me up, so it took me another hour.
Lastly, parents should try to not overdo it and instead embrace simplicity. Overly packed schedules can easily overstimulate and exhaust family members, which increases the likelihood of meltdowns. Besides, there’s no shame in allowing some space for rest and connection. ”If you like to slow things down, honor that as well,” said Horwitz. “Be kind to yourself because there’s no perfection in parenting—especially now.”
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rorschach-penguin 10 months ago
You have to dress like you're 100? When I was in kindergarten I just had to collect and present 100 of something.
Lila Allen 10 months ago
Was there some class I missed at teacher college about this?? Why is this a thing? Maybe it's just the elementary teachers.
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Becky Scherer 10 months ago
We never did anything special for 100 days of school. I'm only 43 years old.
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Khavrinen 10 months ago (edited)
"Inch by inch, row by row; gonna make this garden grow. All it takes is a rake and a ho-ho-ho, and a piece of fertile ground..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3FkaN0HQgs
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rorschach-penguin 10 months ago
I can't believe anyone thought that was a good idea. Seriously.
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Lila Allen 10 months ago
Penguins even offer engagement rocks. So that's a thing
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Susan Reid Smith 10 months ago
I catch myself saying or thinking that, and ask myself how old I am. The grey hair might be an indication.
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Lost Panda 10 months ago
My 17 has to have this specific coconut lotion, shampoo, conditioner, body wash... I love coconut, but my nose can't take much more before it packs up and leaves my face.
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on second thought.... 10 months ago (edited)
Absolutely relatable, I get a similar sensation each time I ditch my bra
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Little Bit 10 months ago
When my youngest daughter was about 6 we were walking home from school one afternoon when all of a sudden she said, "Will you be old when you die?" I replied, "Yes I hope so." She said, "When you die, I'm going to get a cat."
OneHappyPuppy 10 months ago (edited)
I've shared this story here before - when my sis was a kid, she told grandma that the wanted her gold tooth when she passes. Grandma obliged by replacing her gold teeth at the dentists, selling the gold and giving both of us the share on our respective wedding days besides the actual gift. What changed since the last time I wrote this is that she passed last month. RIP grandma, I miss you terribly
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Little Bit 10 months ago
Last week, my youngest daughter decided that 9pm was a great time to make herself a bowl of noodles and eat them using chopsticks.
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Lost Panda 10 months ago
Your phone? The phone you had in your hand when you walked out of this room? The phone that was not in the same room as me when you set it down? Yeah... It got tired of being used and ran away.
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Rodney Bowie 10 months ago
Golden opportunity to completely nerd out and drone on and on and on about knitting techniques.
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Child of the Stars 10 months ago
And too many of them are not parents, doctors, or early childhood specialists.
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Austzn 10 months ago
My mother claims when I was quite young they took me to a speech therapist because I didn't really talk much. Mom claims after only like 5-10 minutes the therapist came back out and told my Mom, "Oh he can talk just fine. He just doesn't often have anything he wants to say."
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The Cute Cat 10 months ago
Ah, the girl on 500 days of summer is a mom and a doctor right now.. I feel old..
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Mike F 10 months ago
And Scholastic book fairs. My mom found out early on that the investment in Cat in the Hat books was priceless on down the road.
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Leonie Löwenherz 10 months ago
Depends on the graphic novel/comic. I gifted many comics to 3-10year olds and they take a while to get through and are reread a while. Most (adult) graphic novels I own also take more than an hour to read.
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Mike F 10 months ago
Yes! I have a small drawer set that I keep Sadie's bones in, she can hear me open one of the drawers from across the house.
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TruthoftheHeart 10 months ago
Cats do it too, mine know exactly what snack it is by the sound of the bag, they have different favorites.
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Huddo's sister 10 months ago
That reminds me of a book I read when I was a kid. Mum has one kid in a pram and another walking ahead who gets to the door first, goes in and locks the door. The rest of the book is the mum trying to get the door open. I can't remember the title.
rorschach-penguin 10 months ago
Mmm. My cat learned that trick. Luckily, just with privacy locks you can pick with a binder clip.
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M O'Connell 10 months ago
On a whim I bought some sort of mango juice beverage that had been imported from Pakistan, of all places. That stuff was divine!
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Huddo's sister 10 months ago
To be fair, it's not as common as it used to be, which is good for me since I'm allergic to it.
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Mike F 10 months ago
Winter break in my day was sledding, snow forts (the backyard was peppered with them), ice skating (aka how many times can you fall on your @ss without breaking a bone) and coming in just in time for dinner. Then complaining that we couldn't go back out after dinner because it was dark. I don't know who to feel more sorry for.
James016 10 months ago
So last night my son said something completely innocent but very inappropriate if it came from an adult. So he was playing a game called Going Balls on his iPad which involves guiding a ball round track navigating obstacles, gathering coins etc. Lives in the game are depicted by a column of balls. So he is playing and it gets to his bedtime. ME: “OK time for bed” HIM: “After the next level.” ME: “No, it is your bedtime now so switch the iPad off.” HIM: “When my balls are empty.” ME: 😐 For a child with speech and language issues he does come out with some blinders.
Steve Robert 10 months ago
Another evil pitch by BP to make money off of stolen material. Time to leave the site!
Mike F 10 months ago
Winter break in my day was sledding, snow forts (the backyard was peppered with them), ice skating (aka how many times can you fall on your @ss without breaking a bone) and coming in just in time for dinner. Then complaining that we couldn't go back out after dinner because it was dark. I don't know who to feel more sorry for.
James016 10 months ago
So last night my son said something completely innocent but very inappropriate if it came from an adult. So he was playing a game called Going Balls on his iPad which involves guiding a ball round track navigating obstacles, gathering coins etc. Lives in the game are depicted by a column of balls. So he is playing and it gets to his bedtime. ME: “OK time for bed” HIM: “After the next level.” ME: “No, it is your bedtime now so switch the iPad off.” HIM: “When my balls are empty.” ME: 😐 For a child with speech and language issues he does come out with some blinders.
Steve Robert 10 months ago
Another evil pitch by BP to make money off of stolen material. Time to leave the site!
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