Parenting issues

Bob, you really do not know anything about me, but it is nice to know that I am in your thoughts.

SideBurner wrote:

bob72 wrote:

hutch wrote:


cookie monster metal

is that a thing? I bet killsaly knows a lot about it.

he only does house shows and it gets announce via smoke signals at dusk

huh? that was SideBurnt and Bob72!

Oops!  I apologize.  It must have been because you were part of the conversation and I did not pay attention to who was being quoted…

I corrected my post.

killsaly wrote:
Bob, you really do not know anything about me, but it is nice to know that I am in your thoughts.

not an insult, just a reference to some of the death metal sub-genres you post about, cause I don't get death metal.

bob72 wrote:

killsaly wrote:
Bob, you really do not know anything about me, but it is nice to know that I am in your thoughts.

not an insult, just a reference to some of the death metal sub-genres you post about, cause I don't get death metal.

killsally is very sensitive.

Yada wrote:

bob72 wrote:

killsaly wrote:
Bob, you really do not know anything about me, but it is nice to know that I am in your thoughts.

not an insult, just a reference to some of the death metal sub-genres you post about, cause I don't get death metal.

killsally is very sensitive.

veeery

Not really. 

Question. What do you guys think about this idea?

My 12 year old wants to walk alone over a half mile to the grocery store and buy a bunch if things using cash.

She has never walked to the grocery store alone. She has never shopped alone. For the past two weeks she has proclaimed "COVID is over." She got this from the internet, not her parents.

Her mom said this was fine and was going to let her go without even asking me. But I got wind of it, and nixed the idea.

Now my daughter is slamming doors, throwing things, and cursing me out.

Is the idea of her going grocery shopping on her own for the first time in the middle of a global pandemic a good idea? Or am I being a bad dad by squashing her independence?

two issues
1. She is probably going to have to wear a mask, regardless of her opinion of covid. 
2. Let her out of the nest.  age isn't the factor, it's the maturity/street smarts of the kid.  She seems like she's got a lot of Moxy, so she'll probably be fine.  Just tell her 'don't go in the van unless they have candy'

You make it sound like 1/2 mile is a big deal
I can't believe she's never gone to a store on her own?  Not even when you guys are on vacation?


Although, not you are in a pickle as you said no and your wife said yes


oh and get used to this

Now my daughter is slamming doors, throwing things, and cursing me out.

Bunker wrote:
two issues
1. She is probably going to have to wear a mask, regardless of her opinion of covid. 
2. Let her out of the nest.  age isn't the factor, it's the maturity/street smarts of the kid.  She seems like she's got a lot of Moxy, so she'll probably be fine.  Just tell her 'don't go in the van unless they have candy'

Although, not you are in a pickle as you said no and your wife said yes

This is why you discuss parenting issues as a team rather than trying to be sneaky and letting your kid do it "since he's downstairs and won't notice."

Now my wife is telling me to suck it and fuck off.

Space wrote:

Now my wife is telling me to suck it and fuck off.

I didn't know you were that flexible

Bunker wrote:

Space wrote:

Now my wife is telling me to suck it and fuck off.

I didn't know you were that flexible

There are a million funny replies to that one, but I'll let you be the comedian today!

I’m with you Space but nobody cares what I think

So for those of you with kids in school K-12, what are your options next year and what are you planning on doing?

MCPS is hosting a webinar at 3:30 today on this very topic.  My youngest will follow the county program.

Heilung4eva wrote:
MCPS is hosting a webinar at 3:30 today on this very topic.  My youngest will follow the county program.

Fairfax County is giving parents the choice between:

1. Two days full time in school, with two days of canned asynchronous learning and homework time at home.
2. Four days of full time synchronous, online distance learning, with no days in school.
In either scenario, every Monday is a teacher workday.

I imagine MCPS will be simliar?

Space wrote:

Heilung4eva wrote:
MCPS is hosting a webinar at 3:30 today on this very topic.  My youngest will follow the county program.

Fairfax County is giving parents the choice between:

1. Two days full time in school, with two days of canned asynchronous learning and homework time at home.
2. Four days of full time synchronous, online distance learning, with no days in school.
In either scenario, every Monday is a teacher workday.

I imagine MCPS will be simliar?

If this approach leads the next generation to put question marks at the ends of sentences, I'll be considering homeschooling.

Heilung4eva wrote:

Space wrote:

Heilung4eva wrote:
MCPS is hosting a webinar at 3:30 today on this very topic.  My youngest will follow the county program.

Fairfax County is giving parents the choice between:

1. Two days full time in school, with two days of canned asynchronous learning and homework time at home.
2. Four days of full time synchronous, online distance learning, with no days in school.
In either scenario, every Monday is a teacher workday.

I imagine MCPS will be simliar?

If this approach leads the next generation to put question marks at the ends of sentences, I'll be considering homeschooling.

Haha. I know I will have between 20-25 vacation days i need to burn between September and December. No matter which choice we make, our kid's going to have a parent with a master's degree in education available for many days as a tutor.

So my kid went over to her best and only friend's house yesterday. It was her first in-person contact with another kid since school crashed in March.

They were hanging out, and my daughter made a disparaging comment abut Trump, and her friend told her that both of her parents voted for Trump in 2016. Apparently the reason was "because he's better for the military." My daughter's position on the military is "I hate the military."

She didn't really want to talk about it much more than that. It actually doesn't surprise me that much, her friend's parents are white and i know their work is somehow connected to Defense stuff. And I'm fine with that, it's not like I'm trying to have a connection with my friend's parents.

So what advice do i give my kid? I think she's pretty disgusted by the parent's action, and by extension is troubled about he friendship.

Fuck living in DC. :If we lived in Colorado or Vermont this wouldn't even be an issue.

At that age aren't kids just regurgitating what they hear their parents say? I'd encourage her to be accepting of people who have different ideas. A bit too early to get hung up on politics.