#parenting
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/06/paeds-small-talk/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Australia #Kids #Careers #Medicine #Parenting #Families
5yo: Hey Dad, want to hear a joke?
5yo: Where do cows go on Saturday night?
Husband: Where?
5yo: To the moooooovies.
2yo: (quietly, to self) mooovies.
(And then repeat five times today.)
So we're walking in the Greenwich Village, & we pass a smoke shop with a bunch of clear glass bongs in the window display.
The 6yo stops and runs up to the window, points excitedly to the glassware and says, "Is this what mommy buys??"
I'm very confused, and I'm like, "Huh? Why would mommy buy those?" [Weed gives her a headache]
6yo says, "Because she's a #scientist!"
She thought they were test tubes & graduated cylinders. 😂
A question to the PKU community:
What would you say to parents who have just discovered that their child has PKU?
#pku #phenylketonuria #parenting #parents #lowprotein #metabolic #phenylcetonurie #phenylalanine
I feel I turn into Mrs Doyle at the babies bed time.
'Would you like a wee drop of milk? Ah gwan. Gwan, gwan, gwan... Fine suit yourselves '
15 minutes later. Babies :' how about that milk? '
Swaddling is the practice to wrap infants in tightly restricting blankets that started in the Neolithic Age.
#SocialMedia has swaddled #children
in a dangerous way, just 400 times faster.
It's high time #parents fix end THAT swaddling in the ONLY way that could ever work in the real world.
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/honestly-the-problem-with-children
Today my #actuallyautistic son received the principal's award for academic excellence (all As for 2 years straight) in a gifted magnet program. 4 years ago we were being threatened with being kicked out of school. 10 years ago I was wondering if he would ever be interested in anything besides numbers (which he still loves). #ASD #success #happychild #parenting
Parks and Rec lady: What am I supposed to do with my children [during the summer]? Keep them in my home? Where I live?
Me when I first saw this 7(?) years ago: haha
Me now, with two kids: ...shit.
- Gurlz -
i’m looking all over for my
lipstick
in the morning and found
this
she asked for the barbie
glam
styling head and i said
no
i’m so dang proud of her
imagination!!!
How do you have the conversation about a loved one's death with a young child? I partnered with a pediatric crisis counselor to write a comprehensive guide:
https://theunbotheredfather.com/talking-to-kids-about-death/
#parenting #kids #grief #parents #loss #dadstodon #parenthood
Tfw you are having a loft conversion done, and dreaming of sleeping in the loft, because finally the kids won’t wake you up on Saturday mornings when they play downstairs
Only to be woken up at 5am every morning after moving upstairs by some birds, squirrels, or whatever playing catch on the roof above 😩
Only two children to get ready for school this morning and I'm in a positive Zen-like state. Two are so much easier than three! 🤣 #Parenting
Kiddo's seen #Frozen. Officially hooked. She is Elsa.
I am Elsa.
Those paradise ducks are Elsa.
The honking noise those paradise ducks are making is Elsa.
10yo did not feel great today. I think it's either allergies or a cold. When I asked her to describe specifically how she felt so that I would know what kind of medication (if any,) to give her, she had this to say:
"When I stand up, it feels like my stomach is pouring out of my belly button."
I do not know how to medicate that.
Looking for interesting sites for long reads. Not just #anarchy, but #film, #culture, #art, #music, #parenting, #tech, or #weirdassshit
#Push for #inclusive #parenting #law in #Massachusetts, as #families seeking #assistedreproduction in the state ‘live in fear' of losing their kids.
Massachusetts is the leading state for assisted reproduction in the country, but #legal #experts say the #relationship between those #parents and their #children is not #codified into #law
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Massachusetts #Family #Relationships #Surrogacy
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lgbtq-advocates-push-for-massachusetts-parentage-act/3057565/
It is a special day when you first introduce your child to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
![[a child gives their parent a wrapped gift]
Child: Happy birthday!
Parent: Thank you!
Child: I made it at school. I painted it your fav- (the parent opens the box to find a broken ceramic bowl)
Parent: Oh.
Child: Oh no! It must have broke when I dropped the box on the bus.
Parent: This is perfect. You know how much I love puzzles.](https://assets.toot.cafe/cache/media_attachments/files/110/509/508/359/415/351/small/95d98a95daa8a4e3.png)
Hello all
since there is a very small, but greater than zero probability that this post of mine may save some baby, some day...
thanks in advance for reading and sharing this rant against stupid baby car seat alarms as much as you see fit:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/why-do-certain-baby-seat-alarms-exist
Today my oldest officially graduates 8th grade.
Where does the time go? When did I become a person who said things like that? Oh, when I became a parent. That's right.
Anyway, happy Thursday.
🏷 Tags: #Parenting #MorningMoments
Pacea lumii începe de acasă, spune Julie Gottman, coautoarea cărții #Parenting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrSt7o_gE3Q
Damn, baby teeth are unexpextedly sharp, outch! 😅 👶 🦷
#dreamt my partner wanted to be a surrogate for someone and I was like "stupid idea and whatever they pay you I want half or I'm out."
I'm so fully disgusted and morally opposed to human breeding I want to wake them up and make sure we're still on the same page.
My 4yo learned the continents today in the form of a song. These are her misheard lyrics:
“Orphan-side America” = North and South America
“It’s hard to call Europe” = Antarctica and Europe
#parenting
It's kind of funny how parents will devote hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars on kids sports, that the same kids will most likely *forever* give up playing after high school, but somehow studying art or music or foreign languages is a waste of time without any payoff.
Just your #parenting thought of the day.
Today is the all-hands meeting for our staff. We are having a little baby shower for @gusbova and sharing some of our favorite children's books (the ones which haven't gotten problematic). @justinmiller got this adorable onesie printed. #TexasNeedsAnObserver #JournoLife #parenting
Oh mathematians will wax lyrical about the Grand Hotel but no one talks about the soother in the cot problem.
If you put infinite number of soothers in a cot how come they are all on the floor by morning?
Tez Brooks offers authentic down-to-earth wisdom from one dad to another in The Single Dad Detour.
#nonfiction #parenting #books #promo
https://www.amazon.com/Single-Dad-Detour-Directions-Fathering/dp/0825443601/
How it started:
I high-fived my 4yo daughter before leaving her at her pre-k classroom
How it ended:
I ended up creating a high-five line and almost high-fived her entire classroom.
Today is going to be a great day.
"We have had parents who wanted to have a party, but didn’t have childcare, so dropped off their kids at A&E"
A few years ago, before The Teenager was a teenager, they were getting bored with a piece they had to practice on the guitar.
As some weird form of motivation we recorded them playing & I promised I'd make an animation for it while they practiced.
This is the result, recently rediscovered.
It's kind of cute.
Forcing, or even encouraging everybody to work full time makes #parenting way harder (also for the kids) than it should be, not to mention that full employment is physically impossible in this age anyway. Therefore...
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/the-city-reboot-for-2070-that-we-122
Today our air quality index was off the charts for the first time within my lifetime, my entrance to the 174 was closed, I discovered I forgot to grade four quizzes last night, I struggled with the photocopier, was late to a staff meeting, and also had no evening break what with my daughter invited to a birthday. At least my wife wasn't in hospital as she was four days ago.
June isn't even a week old, with exams still to come, what the hell. #Parenting #Teaching
Children will rebel;
the Illusion of Control:
Parental Fight Club.
#Haiku #Parenthood #Children #Family #Teenager #Parenting #ParentalFightClub #Haikoot #Stress #Childrearing
The 5yo is convinced the “Despicable Me” song my Pharrell Williams has the following couplet:
🎶I’m having a bad bad day🎶
🎶If you take a crescent roll, that’s okay
And now I hear it too. And, dear reader, you might now as well.
#spreadTheConfusion #Parenting
#doesAnyoneStillListenToThatSong?
one of my favorite things to do this time of year is heading into the garden after dinner with my daughters to get dessert.
they're voracious.
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/06/brand-new-little-people/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Families
It’s strange being in my childhood home again. Recovering from the angiogram under the care of my parents while my wife returns to work.
There are so many traumatic childhood memories buried in these walls. It’s hard to feel safe here.
Yet the love and care they now provide for my child, their grand child, contradicts everything I know about my parents. It’s surreal watching them laugh and play. Like a real life mind-f%ck.
how my kids will remember me during all their most formative moments
Tales of listening to #KPop with my kids:
Artist: aespa
Song: I'm Unhappy
Location: Driving in the car with my my youngest (MDMRN Twin 2)
Track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3L1XdqGnyI
-- Me and MDMRN Twin 2 just having a normal conversation while driving when suddenly... --
MT2: I'm unhappy
Me: Oh no, are you okay? Do we need to head home?
MT2: No, that's the song. I'm listening to it.
Me: Oh
MT2: Please play it again so I can hear the whole thing.
Tags: @kpop #Parenting #Music #ImUnhappy #aespa #에스파 #MyWorld
Today’s VentTalk™️ is about Decision Fatigue. Three adults who are moving from a large family home into three small 900 square foot apartments have to make a decision about every single item. Should we:
-give it to one of us
-do we move it
-do we store it
-do we sell it
-do we donate it
-should we throw it
#VentTalk #DownSizing #moving #parenting #children #MNastodon #Minnesota
Microsoft was found to have illegally collected data on children who had started Xbox accounts.
Among other violations, the FTC found that Microsoft failed to inform parents about its data collection policies.
The FTC said Microsoft violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by not properly getting parental consent and by retaining personal data on children under 13 for longer than necessary for accounts created before 2021.
#Privacy #Children #Parenting #Xbox
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65817558
Excited to read Growing Up Powerful with my daughter. Appears to cover so much about girlhood from life/emotional/physical changes to media literacy to bullying/friendships and more. #books #parenting #empowerment #growinguppowerful
How to use #reading to prevent #summerslide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Snl93Ar20U
#parenting #students #kids #books
Grief. Is this what kids’ birthday parties are like now? Why are parents attending? I used to go to parties and my parents would just drop me off and it was always just one set of parents (although I get that’s overwhelming). We’ve never thrown a party for my girl, instead made a family outing to water parks for the last 3yrs. This time we’re going camping ⛺️ Social media definitely can be a curse. #parenting
I knew that part of #parenting was to talk about your baby's poop a lot.
But nobody prepared me to have tons of poop pictures on my phone 😅
Can't wait to get "smart" remember this pic of poop from two years ago notifications 😄
“Pregnancy apps can do better for those who have experienced miscarriages, terminations, and child death.”
#pregnancy #tracking #privacy
#design #parenting
http://hannahhearth.com/2023/06/04/pregnancy-apps-can-do-better-for-parents-after-loss/
Sometimes you have to drop and pick up a kid at a place but driving home leaves little time before you have to return. What the shortest time you would spend at home instead of just staying at the dropoff place? #kids #parenting
I updated our baby stack. Here's the hardware and software we use to care for our nine month old. #parenting #baby https://werd.io/2023/the-baby-stack-at-9-months
"More than 70% of transmissions in households with adults and children were from a pediatric index case, but this percentage fluctuated weekly," the study authors wrote. "Once US schools reopened in fall 2020, children contributed more to inferred within-household transmission when they were in school, and less during summer and winter breaks, a pattern consistent for 2 consecutive school years."
#Covid19 #Covid #Parenting #MaskUp #SchoolSafety #CovidIsNotOver #Schools
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/more-70-us-household-covid-spread-started-child-study-suggests
"I’m at the booth run by the Mama Bears, a nationwide group of #parents of #LGBTQ kids. They stand outside the booth in rainbow tutus, fanny packs, practical sunhats and “Free Mom Hugs” shirts. A group of kids walk by and giggle, then one ducks shyly into a hug, and finally all the kids are hugging a mom, as the moms whisper into their ears (“You are loved” or “We’re so glad you’re here”) until the kids walk away, dabbing at their glittery eye makeup."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/10/26/mama-bears-lgbtq-children/
A little #genderEuphoria to start the day:
Dropping 5yo at first day of summer camp:
Camp Coordinator: Just sign here, Ma’am, oh sorry Sir. Is it Ma’am? Or… ?
Me: who even knows? Feel free to pick one, or to switch as needed.
Camp Coordinator: What does it even matter any more? Maybe we can all be past all this one day. I like your hair.
#parentingWhileTrans #parentingWhileGenderQueer #parenting #transJoy @transjoy
#parenting while sick is the worst. You want to be there as a high energy parent, particularly not to model just watching TV all day, but when are hacking up a lung, playing outside is tough.
Best compromise I’ve found is just going for a walk.
New video out, today we're talking about why kids shouldn't use social media!:
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When you reach out in the group chat with some of your oldest #friends to vent about #parenting a stubbornly independent kid and they gently remind you to look in the mirror ❤️🤣
I don't know how many other parents do this, but we totally regift noisy/messy gifts that our children receive.
Yeah, that screaming battery-operated plastic parrot? Don't open that up, kid. It's going in the closet for the next birthday party you attend. 😂
Had to get a doorknob child safety thing for the smallest one, who keeps unlocking the door and letting himself out into the front yard.
Y'all, these things have *placebo buttons* on them now, to "redirect the child's attention".
It feels delightfully manipulative.
A while ago I was talking with my 13yo about #trans people and gender. After getting the basics out of the way, we quickly agreed that that having just the two traditional (western) genders doesn’t really help us to make sense of the world we see before us.
The kid just shrugged and said “well, everyone’s somewhere in between on most things, aren’t they?”
And that was that.
Good morning, #Mastodon! Today we start potty training our toddler. Please send thoughts, prayers, positive vibes, and whatever else my way as I try to get through this weekend 😂
Quick, call the Pope! I've got a certifiable miracle on my hands. It's the #weekend and both children slept until 07:30 without issue. I'm now just slightly unnerved that they're planning something... #parenting
"If you break into a complete sweat loading the car and/or overhead storage compartment you spent a small fortune on because you thought it was kinda cool, well, that's a trip. If packing the car leads to a fight with your spouse about who has a better "system"... you, my friend, are going on a trip." #parenting
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vacation-or-trip-a-helpful-guide-for-parents_b_7789310
Just realized that I've done at least one video meeting today while literally being covered in oatmeal. #parenting #complexcarbs
9yo has started responding to any request for chores / help / cleaning up after herself with an eye roll and, "It's not the most important thing in the world."
So... that's fun.
On pickup in the nursery the children were playing on the swings, and Child B (who can't swing themselves) was pushing a slightly older child and earnestly telling them to swing their legs "forward and back, forward and back" at the correct timings. A born #Manager #parenting
Having a 5y/o is just like having a shitty roommate.
Stomping in and out of rooms, leaving a mess wherever they go, occasional emotional outbursts.
Made a big #parenting change that has drastically improved my kids' senses of responsibility. And nearly eliminated the 'nagging' I was having to do constantly...
The new rule is, that they get zero screen time by default. None.
At the end of each day... if the house is tidy, their stuff is put away & homework done, & they did their chores without nagging & reminders, etc... then they earn tomorrow's screen time.
Oh boy has their motivation completely turned around. #Zelda may be a factor. 😆
The #6yo celebrating her birthday by dropping her dinner on the floor and acting like a complete asshole to her brother.
LIKE A BOSS.
i'm at a playground with my two daughters and we went to sit in a gazebo to get out of the sun.
where i see a pile of rocks, my daughters are very excited.
look at the *beautiful* rocks, they say. there are sparkly ones and spotted ones. someone made a decoration.
they're now busily augmenting the interior design with their own master strokes.
From the milk crate challenge to the Tide pod challenge, social media challenges have grown ever more dangerous, leading to serious injuries and occasionally deaths.
Here’s some tips from clinical psychologists, including what you can do to protect kids from these trends:
#socialmedia #parenting
https://theconversation.com/teenage-brains-are-drawn-to-popular-social-media-challenges-heres-how-parents-can-get-their-kids-to-think-twice-204686
LIVE TONIGHT, at our house: World's Slowest Pea Eating Championship. Child B in the red corner made a good show, taking 20 minutes to eat their veg, on a promise of dessert. But the winner is child A, who took 30 minutes, with detours into detailed questions on the nature of clouds and the human cardiovascular system, with bonus material on which sauce bottle makes the funniest squirting noise! A true champion! #parenting
After my first son was born I was working at an alternative newspaper in AZ. Every Wednesday I drove to Phoenix to proof the press.
On those drives I listened to a lot of music. John Lennon’s song “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” got a lot of spins. It felt really sentimental to me at the time. I would listen and reflect on raising him to be a good man.
This is a good parenting memory. And he turned out great, so, perhaps we did well.
Seeking #legal advice: My wife is away at a conference for a few days, and I'm at home looking after the children. This means it's lawful for me to eat her chocolate stash now, right? #parenting
I bought this for #soldering but it's 100% guaranteed to become a toy for my kids. I mean, *I* can't stop playing with it..
@ottocrat Tag me in if you remember as I would have to buy one FOR MY SON #Parenting
@jfparis Apparently so. I shall run trials and share results once I’ve completed the build. #parenting
Child A to Child B after wildly waving a self built Lego vehicle around: "Sorry the car hit you, but the driver had pressed the crazy button. Look when he presses here it goes Woooarghhhhweeneuamwoosh!" #Parenting
I have some tendencies that make #parenting small children harder. For example, when my kids ask, “can we do X?” my first instinct is to say, “Yeah, I bet we can! Let’s make it work!”
And then they expect me to make it work again and again, but I just wanted to prove that something was possible 😆
7YO: So how long have you been working, Mom?
ME: Uh, around 18 years, I think.
7YO: Wow. Doesn't that make you old?
Ay, grabe, TGIF. 😆 #parenting
There were 3 slices of cheesecake this morning. I started out by taking one, which meant there would be only 2 to be shared among the 3 children. I want you all to know that, as someone with a kind and loving heart, I took it upon myself to eat the last 2 slices, so that my darling children would not have to squabble and fight over them.
#parenting #NeedAMedal #FatherOfTheWeek #sacrifice #altruism
I have to keep reminding myself that I won't *always* feel this exhausted all the time forever. #newborn #parenting
When hanging laundry and having a cup of tea is considered a relaxing break.
Tell me you're a parent without telling me you're a parent. #parenting
I realized today that after working in several restaurants years ago and raising a kid who's now 16, there's NOTHING that can gross me out anymore. I've seen and smelled it all. If you want to desensitize yourself to gross stuff, do one or both of these things.
#parenting #kids #restaurants #FoodService #RestaurantJobs #GrossStuff #GrossJobs #desensitized #desensitization