Odd Squad is hands-down the best kids tv show right now.
These white folk be stunting so hard with these Bugaboo strollers. They be paying a G for the fucking INFANT ones. That shit is good for a YEAR, at most.
I think those play-doh and suprise egg video are ISIS recruiting tools. #STAYWOKE
1. "Don't know Odd Squad. Maybe my kids are too young at 4. " In response to Reply # 0
though I had to tone down their Power Rangers addiction. Maybe I need to find this show.
The only thing I really don't mind them watching is Sesame Street, Curious George and Wild Kratts.
What am I going to do about this addiction to Ipads though. I walk through the door and thats the first thing they want and I only allow about half an hour and its the worst fits after.
Boys started a new school for pre-K and I have been impressed that they have several other black kids in the class and a black teacher. Even have Rosa Parks, MLK and Malcom X on the wall. Malcolm X!!
Weird thing is while it is black diverse their aren't many other POCs.
Preparing to interview these after school nannys and for whatever reason we are getting a diluge of pretty women. Wife has no idea why I am rejecting these girls with little explanation. Can't really break it down for her.
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33. "I introduced my son to Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry at 3 or 4" In response to Reply # 2
man he would fucking DIE at Tom & Jerry. Also the Roadrunner, Chicken Hawk, and Speedy Gonzalez were his favorites. But the violence in the cartoons along with the orchestra. They are so perfect.
November 8th, 2005 The greatest night in the history of GD!
4. "RE: General Parent Shit: 2015" In response to Reply # 0
Yaaaaassssss! My 3 year old is on Odd Squad. She binged watch that ish for a while but she's backed off a little. When I was catching Nintendo references watching that ish, I found myself watching it.
PBS Kids has some of the best kid shows on tv.
Oh, and if you haven't put your kid on ABCmouse yet, you are missing out. That shit has my early pre-k student shaming 5 year olds!!!! 😉. Between that, and her mommy working with her on the day to day, she is shocking all teachers and daycare providers😀. Your kids are little sponges. The more we expose them to in these early years, the better. My kid is already doing addition and subtraction!!!!! 😊 (I'm kinda bragging but seriously I will say that all the educational software and working on her Spanish is paying off). Start early. Don't wait until they start school or they will be way behind.
"We don't make mistakes, we just have happy little accidents" - Bob Ross
"I'm wearing a MSU Tshirt because I went to MSU, you are wearing a UM Tshirt because you went to Walmart!" -unknown.
5. "They LOAD that shit with jokes and the kids still get the math concepts" In response to Reply # 4
I'd say 2/3 of the jokes are for parents.
As far as ABC mouse goes, I don't want to over-do the academic stuff. She's already got a full plate with pre-school, sports and Korean school. She's solid with the numbers and rudimentary math concepts, adn she can alread sound out some 3 letter words, so I'm cool. Studies show that kids who tend to catch up to the ones who were really advanced are 3 or 4, so really pushing the reading, writing, 'rithmitic for toddlers hasn't been proven valuable.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
28. "I think for boys, it's easier to come that conclusion...we generally " In response to Reply # 26
gravitate to whatever stands out most in the crowd when it comes to women (and men)....by nature.
For girls, it's just a constant bombardment of whiteness that is very very very hard to counter. It's just going to be an uphill struggle I imagine.... we haven't even introduced the concept of race to her yet.
29. "nah, we haven't really either. " In response to Reply # 28
to him there are light brown people and dark brown people. we told him they're all beautiful and awesome and he shows love for everyone. we can't really get into the "white man is the devil" bit quite yet since, ya know, his daddy/grandma/doodad/uncle/friends/teacher/etc. are white folks Haha. that, and he's not quite 5.
31. "I literally get a pain in my gut when I pick her up from daycare, and sh..." In response to Reply # 29
wearing a Disney Princess sticker..... They give out stickers for successful pottying (really they don't need to anymore, she's been potty trained since early summer, another post there...) and she stay picking out every one EXCEPT Tianna.
She don't even fck with Doc McStuffins too much anymore...she's all about Olivia now...at least she's a pig...
13. "My daughter always wants me to talk like DJ Lance Rock" In response to Reply # 11
I look at her like she's nuts. then acquiesce at times
<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up... __________________________
Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect. Game: Like Gladys Knight. Jay: Aretha Franklin. Game: Word, I like her too. Jay: Nigga...
Franchise holder had roughly $1300 of our cash, and we had nowhere to send our kid come Monday. My wife was freaking the hell out.
Fortunately a) we live across the street from another place, and got him in by Tuesday afternoon. My kid wound up liking it much better, and made some friends that are in his kindergarten class starting this fall. $300 more/month though . b) Franchisor wound up making good on all cash within a month. Not bad.
30. "That blows. Our day care shut down over the summer" In response to Reply # 15
Fortunately we had a week to come up with contingency plans for the rest of the summer. Since she's in school it won't be that much a problem, but the days school is out we need to figure out
<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up... __________________________
Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect. Game: Like Gladys Knight. Jay: Aretha Franklin. Game: Word, I like her too. Jay: Nigga...
23. "We had the Marathon for my daughter. " In response to Reply # 22
Now that my so. Has outgrown the infant seat, we're going with the Diono car seats. They're narrower, so we can get a very skinny adult between the two car seats.
35. "if anybody ever needs advice on strollers or carseats get at me" In response to Reply # 0
the wife is a general manager of Buy Buy Baby store. They put them through pretty extensive training on all the products. Especially car seats and strollers. She is definitely an expert on baby products,
November 8th, 2005 The greatest night in the history of GD!
42. "got our Britax car seat for like $150 off" In response to Reply # 39
her discount is shit. But every month something goes on employee incentive. Its basically a huge discount straight through the manufacturer. That is when the getting is good.
November 8th, 2005 The greatest night in the history of GD!
49. "My son goes to a Jewish school" In response to Reply # 44
They start at 6 months old and run through 5th grade, the kids there are smart as hell. Its expensive as crap though, but its worth it. He's not even 2 yet and knows a lot more than some of the same aged kids in the neighborhood that do other options. We had considered a nanny until we came across this school, his class is small and has 2 teachers so he gets a lot of individual attention.
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51. "My son is in this new school 3 weeks, I was gone a week. I come back" In response to Reply # 0
and little man sounds very different to me. Like lost all the bass in his voice already. It's a weird generic white toddler voice and I am not having it!
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57. "I am going to have to fcuk up a parent at one of these good private scho..." In response to Reply # 0
So my wife called me up in tears!!!! I was out of town and she took the boys to this event at the school.
She was talking to one of the parents from our boys pre-school class who we happened to know socially before they started together (friends of a mutual friend). Anyone my wife was all "hey we got to get the kids together for a play date" because one of my twins (Kid B) is besties with her son. Then she got serious and was "like yeah I've been meaning to talk to you". Can we talk? Then she proceeds to break down that her kid doesn't like my OTHER son (Kid A) and that she was at a party for another kid's party and the children were discussing how they don't like my other son.
All came as a shock. We just had a PTC and we probed alot about how the boys are getting along. What the teacher told us is that Our kid A was very popular particularly with the girls. They did say that he bumped heads with THAT woman's son because A.) they were both "Alpha" types and B.) they compete for the attention of my Kid B. The teacher says it was fairly normal and they weren't concerned.
So you could see how my wife was upset by it all. I was kind of heated that this mother would see fit to insert herself into pre-school social politics (she admitted that her husband didn't see the big deal and didn't want to make much ado about it).
My wife was at this social event for the kids ballin about it to the point people were coming up and saying what's the matter?
The other mother has been apologetic and has been texting my wife offering to "help Kid A anyway she can". Offering to have play dates so the boys can socialize and what not.
I'm all fcuk them ain't nothing wrong with my boy. Went to the teachers today to see if we were missing something and after telling the story the teacher said they didn't see anything like that.
I am telling my wife that this chick is on some means girls offering of help and is projecting her own issues on the issues about our kids conflict.
It just kind of sucks because we are the new folks at the school and it feels clique-ish already and we feel like this mother is trying to establish some narrative that nobody likes our kid.
Trying to figure out my next move. I am thinking of calling the husband and asking him to check his wife. I am lightweight mad at my wife for falling for this mean girls reverse psychology projecting bullshit.
Can you believe this bullshit???!?!?
It also sucks because these other parents are POC.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
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I'm heated at the lady for saying that shit and heated at your wife for balling in public.
she shouldn't let a woman push her buttons like that...
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
I keep telling her they boys. They will work it out and if they don't it's okay. They don't need to be "liked" like that. I wasn't liked like that.
The other mother is playing damage control because all sorts of people saw my wife crying and she wants to contain the story that she told my wife that nobody likes our son.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
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63. "yeah..i bet that womans husband is like "see, i told you to stfu"" In response to Reply # 60
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
67. "yep your wife did the.most....crying in public" In response to Reply # 57
who does that?..i get it..WE love our.kids... she's protecting/worried about her little cubs . but u cant be overly emotional...if anything my kid may see me go upside some parents head in public.one day..but not cry in public
& kid stuff isnt worth indulging in..kids like each other one day..hate each other the next..r best friends the day after that..then r mad at each other the next day...
if someone told me their kid(s) dont like my kid ..my reply "what was the point in sharing that? do u know how.many friends my kid will like,& unlike in his/her life time?...im not worried about that"...
i dont think its worth discussing further w.the other lady &,her husband...its.kid ish & unfortunately his wife is childish...let.it go(c)frozen
74. "You are doing too much right now. " In response to Reply # 67
>who does that?..i get it..WE love our.kids... she's >protecting/worried about her little cubs . but u cant be >overly emotional...if anything my kid may see me go upside >some parents head in public.one day..but not cry in public > >& kid stuff isnt worth indulging in..kids like each other one >day..hate each other the next..r best friends the day after >that..then r mad at each other the next day... > >if someone told me their kid(s) dont like my kid ..my reply >"what was the point in sharing that? do u know how.many >friends my kid will like,& unlike in his/her life time?...im >not worried about that"... > >i dont think its worth discussing further w.the other lady >&,her husband...its.kid ish & unfortunately his wife is >childish...let.it go(c)frozen
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
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70. "1) A parent talking bad about a kid or defending kids talking bad about ..." In response to Reply # 57
ain't worth shit.
(for the record though i've been there and the real issue was i ain't like the parent and how they was raising the kid. i kept my feelings about the kid to myself (and my wife) and told the parent i ain't like they ass)
2) don't even matter because if you're at one it ain't worth dealing with them in the first place because they petty talk shit behind your back and on the low don't think you're shit anyway.
3) but that don't give you the right to be anything to they kid and if you're in a school social setting you have to do everything you can to mediate good interactions between they kids.
4) if one is really true all your efforts in three will be for naught because they petty ass will find a way to project a problem that will result in distancing themselves.
5) but put that on them. do not be that one talking about you can't play with kid x or kid x moms this kid x moms that.
6) 5 is probably the number one cause for problems between kids today.
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66. "its like ...2 different ways to play it" In response to Reply # 65
My daughter likes to just build houses and stuff.
But when I play with her, the world she built for me has all of the monsters and "creepers" and stuff, so I can have something to do instead of just building clear floors in a house on a mountain
78. "Scheduling parent-teacher conferences... hassle" In response to Reply # 0
actually the elementary school was super easy this year, with an online signup and clear communication about when signups could start and plenty of availability. Great.
Middle school, though.
We get a letter home that starts with 'communication between parent and teacher is an important contributor to each student's achievement in school.'
It then goes on to say that conferences are 15 minutes each and are available on Tuesday the 24th between 12:55 and 2:50 pm, then again on 11/30 from 1:00-835 pm. We can only meet with one core teacher. So each teacher can meet with a grand total of (I'm assuming a few rest periods or something since those aren't even multiples of 15 minutes) 37 parents max.
On top of that, to schedule we had to call today only for my kid's grade between 8 and noon (or between 1 and 2:30 pm). I got through around 11. My first pick teacher was already full, and my kid's IEP advisor was already full as well.
Pretty lousy system for getting set up for 'an important contributor to each student's achievement in school.'
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