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They can't even get school to start the day after labor day here.. that's the day teachers get back, and school for students has to start the Thursday after (or even later depending on the holiday schedule).
They would never do a much- needed complete overhaul
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
They can't even get school to start the day after labor day here.. that's the day teachers get back, and school for students has to start the Thursday after (or even later depending on the holiday schedule).
They would never do a much- needed complete overhaul
A complete overhaul is not even scratching the surface. How many parents can just take two weeks off on the school schedule to watch the kid?
I am in the business of saving lives.
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ahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
By the end of Term 3 the primary school kids are bloody exhausted. They have been in school most of late winter and into spring and the year is only 3/4 done and they're just tired.
Term 4 is harder because summer is coming and with added sunlight, energy seems to happen and it's just crazy.
But
All that said, the structure seems to work really well for Ellie. And I'm quite pleased with the school communication overall.
We got a ADHD diagnosis yesterday for our youngest which can hopefully lead to solutions for her really problematic behaviors both at home and at school. It's been a particularly tough autumn this year.
Apparently ADHD when manifest in people with Down Syndrome can result in bolting and elopement and hoo-boy we've been dealing with that her whole life. To find out there's an explanation and solution for it is such a gdang relief.
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Today has been one of those 'children are occasionally just utter bastards ' here, too
I am in the business of saving lives.
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KalnaurI See Rain . . .Centralia, WARegistered Userregular
Mine hasn't been awful, but he has been very non-compliant when he doesn't have something to take all his focus. A little bit more wild than normal because generally he's very placid in temperament until later in the night, so this is unusual.
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Mine hasn't been awful, but he has been very non-compliant when he doesn't have something to take all his focus. A little bit more wild than normal because generally he's very placid in temperament until later in the night, so this is unusual.
That's how I'd describe our son recently.
Just suddenly brimming with extreme amounts of energy and weirdly stubborn about the most minor things. Then the next day he's fine then the day after the cycle repeats...
Athena is 5 years old today. I'm downstairs nibbling on a graham cracker to get enough food in me that taking cold and flu medicine won't make me bring it back up and I feel like someone ordered a Code Red because my entire body aches.
I know I should rest and recover but it just makes me feel like I'm forcing everything onto my wife's shoulders and ignoring Athena, even though I know that's not true.
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ahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
First of happy birthday Athena! How amazing it is that you've come so far!
Second, rest, mate. Tomorrow is another day and just pushing through illness can make it worse.
Athena is 5 years old today. I'm downstairs nibbling on a graham cracker to get enough food in me that taking cold and flu medicine won't make me bring it back up and I feel like someone ordered a Code Red because my entire body aches.
I know I should rest and recover but it just makes me feel like I'm forcing everything onto my wife's shoulders and ignoring Athena, even though I know that's not true.
I'm so damaged as a parent, that I was positive that when this story started it was going to end with Athena coming down stairs to eat your cracker.
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Going fairly well so far all things considered, though she did manage to break the toilet in my bathroom so there's that I guess? No accidents today and only one yesterday morning.
The younger kid has started talking at a younger age than his older brother. Older bro was essentially 0 to 100 over a few weeks. Younger bro is giving us some of that kid-babble we skipped over last time.
So now I’m getting discordant partial-singing… stuff like “… all through…” half-spoken/half-sung, but on the right key. But it sometimes feels unsettling because my mind is like “the town… Finish the lyric. All through the town…. Or mention the wheels on the bus. Something. Don’t just leave me hanging here!”
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Mrs. Red Robe has gone nuts over some bourgeois pajama brand. Gotta admit that Lore has stopped being all sweaty in the morning since we got them though, and they are pretty cute.
Finished Home Alone 1 with Ripley (5F) and tried the second.
Ripley - 'Is home alone 2 the same?'
Me: ' Well, kind of, it's the same but different'
Ripley - 'But the same things happen?'
Me: 'Yeah, more or less. But it's a different story.'
Ripley - 'Does he get left home alone again?'
Me: 'Yes. But it's different'
This is verbatim what happened earlier tonight and I'm shocked with how quickly she figured out movie sequels.
So he's sick and as per usual it's when I'm on nights so my wife is having do everything by herself then go to work in the morning
Fortunately I can take some leave and go home early to help her out.
This week has my only Christmas drinks event which I've looked forwards to for ages, my wife will be able to have him but due to her work I'll have to miss half of it.
Then he and my wife are due to fly to Ireland at the end of this week so we're desperately hoping he'll be recovered enough for that.
At least he's not sick over Christmas itself like last year. Though there's plenty of time for him to get better and catch something else beforehand.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
Finished Home Alone 1 with Ripley (5F) and tried the second.
Ripley - 'Is home alone 2 the same?'
Me: ' Well, kind of, it's the same but different'
Ripley - 'But the same things happen?'
Me: 'Yeah, more or less. But it's a different story.'
Ripley - 'Does he get left home alone again?'
Me: 'Yes. But it's different'
This is verbatim what happened earlier tonight and I'm shocked with how quickly she figured out movie sequels.
I've been taking my son to the library near his school now that the weather's turned cold, and the playground isn't as welcoming.
And Fridays they have "board game club", which is just them putting out games for people to try. When we get there, though, most are already taken.
Except the chess set. And boy-howdy, my son has taken to chess. I was hesitant at first, and haven't taught some basics like en passant or castling, because he's 6, and I basically only know the words and am terrible at chess. I was just hoping he'd learn how to move the pieces properly.
And he did. He actually picked that up first game. Now he's actually learning some basic strategy (which is hard, since I am, again, not a good chess player)
I have a feeling he'll need some actual instruction at some point, as he really likes it.
His 1st-grade class is doing math assessments, and his teacher says he got up to the algebra section. Which, yay, but also, like, there's no 2E schools available to him, so he gets no G&T, but he does supports for his Autism/ADHD. I'd rather have the supports for him, as instruction cannot happen if he's overly dysregulated. But at some point he'll get so bored that supports won't matter. They try differentiating in his school, and it is very academically focused. But.. oof.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Great thing about chess is that you can learn together. My son is the same age as yours, but definitely more eclectic in his interests. At Little King's school they have an after school program for chess (called Lemonade Chess, cute name) and there's chess clubs in almost every city. There's a bunch of books on chess aimed at kids, and there's always the books filled with problems. The latter don't really teach anyone how to win matches, but they can be neat puzzles to try and solve together?
IDK, I never took to chess, but do play a bunch of other board games, Little King just loves to play board games and will pick anything that looks vaguely game-like if he can play it with me.
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Great thing about chess is that you can learn together. My son is the same age as yours, but definitely more eclectic in his interests. At Little King's school they have an after school program for chess (called Lemonade Chess, cute name) and there's chess clubs in almost every city. There's a bunch of books on chess aimed at kids, and there's always the books filled with problems. The latter don't really teach anyone how to win matches, but they can be neat puzzles to try and solve together?
IDK, I never took to chess, but do play a bunch of other board games, Little King just loves to play board games and will pick anything that looks vaguely game-like if he can play it with me.
play Risk with him and destroy him
edit: have you played Monopoly and taught him the banal horrors of capitalism?
Great thing about chess is that you can learn together. My son is the same age as yours, but definitely more eclectic in his interests. At Little King's school they have an after school program for chess (called Lemonade Chess, cute name) and there's chess clubs in almost every city. There's a bunch of books on chess aimed at kids, and there's always the books filled with problems. The latter don't really teach anyone how to win matches, but they can be neat puzzles to try and solve together?
IDK, I never took to chess, but do play a bunch of other board games, Little King just loves to play board games and will pick anything that looks vaguely game-like if he can play it with me.
play Risk with him and destroy him
edit: have you played Monopoly and taught him the banal horrors of capitalism?
Why settle for such mediocre games?? If you're gonna teach the horrors of capitalism then Machi Koro is right there.
Up till last Friday I did let him win some times, but he had a friend over to play and he kept bragging about how he won a game against his pal (which the kid had never played before), so now I'm putting in effort. NO MERCY. Annoyingly kids are always lucky, so I still lose games just because the kid will roll only 6s .
It's annoying to me how many games aimed at kids aren't actually games* but are just exercises in who has the best luck. My number one offender in this regard is Uno, which I have a passionate loathing for due to being made to play it over and over and over again because somehow it's my wife's family's favorite game to play together, even now when they're all established adults and ought to know better. It isn't a game! You play the cards you're dealt and that's it, most of the time you don't have any control over the outcome and when you do have a choice you have to base it on no information or strategy! I hate it!
*my very loose definition of a game is one where your skill or play can influence the outcome, I'm honestly not that picky, but Uno sucks.
My son loves chess. We also have a ton of fun with forbidden island, the kids catan, labyrinth and (if they're mathy) zeus on the loose. Blockus is also a favorite of most of the house (though my son hates it).
My son also loves Uno
My husband loves board games, and is chomping at the bit for both kids to be able to read well enough to play games with. Best thing about Kids Boardgames is Learning How to Lose. But for less luck-based games, we've been doing more cooperative styles.
We recently got Eldritch Horror, which my son found and started putting together. So we've been playing that...
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
I've written at length before about board games for little kids, but yeah a lot of them are just tools to teach concepts of board games to children, without offering any kind of actual challenge. It's one of the reasons why I recommend Carcassonne Junior to so many people: it's one of the rare "kids version" games that rewards clever play. There's also the complete catalogue of https://www.dreimagier.de/home.html but I don't think those are easily available outside of the EU.
My son also loves Uno
My husband loves board games, and is chomping at the bit for both kids to be able to read well enough to play games with. Best thing about Kids Boardgames is Learning How to Lose. But for less luck-based games, we've been doing more cooperative styles.
We recently got Eldritch Horror, which my son found and started putting together. So we've been playing that...
Uno is not a game I agree to play unless we have like 45 minutes to burn as it's so damn endless.
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At 6, my eldest's favourite game was Machi Koro. He's diversified now he's 10, and 5 Minute Dungeon seems to be the current fav of the games he knows. Although he also got Payday from his grandparents and I had to force a smile when it entered our house. But they're old and know the rules and play it with him, so the social purpose of common play is being fulfilled.
My youngest at 6 quite enjoys Smallworld, although mostly for the silliness than the strategy.
At 6, my eldest's favourite game was Machi Koro. He's diversified now he's 10, and 5 Minute Dungeon seems to be the current fav of the games he knows. Although he also got Payday from his grandparents and I had to force a smile when it entered our house. But they're old and know the rules and play it with him, so the social purpose of common play is being fulfilled.
My youngest at 6 quite enjoys Smallworld, although mostly for the silliness than the strategy.
I think that's exactly how Smallworld should be played, though. The strategic planning of it can be a bit flimsy.
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KalnaurI See Rain . . .Centralia, WARegistered Userregular
Uno is a game I'll play, but I feel like it works best with kids or when no one wants to think too much. And especially with family, so everyone is on the same skill level: luck.
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ahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
I like playing Uno with Ellie.
But I am a no mercy parent. She will eat that Draw 4 and accept it.
I also carry a pack of genetic cards in my purse for when we go out to eat and we play either Tug of War or a crazy eights (basically Uno but 8s are wild).
While I don't go full asshole mode in board games, I definitely still play fully competitive. It's fine though, they're both quite capable of challenging me at the more straightforward games.
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They would never do a much- needed complete overhaul
A complete overhaul is not even scratching the surface. How many parents can just take two weeks off on the school schedule to watch the kid?
Term 4 is harder because summer is coming and with added sunlight, energy seems to happen and it's just crazy.
But
All that said, the structure seems to work really well for Ellie. And I'm quite pleased with the school communication overall.
It's just end of year is madness. Madness I say
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He has YouTube kids on his iPad and has figured out how to search simple things he likes.
Today while my wife was in the study sewing, Bean was in the living room on his iPad and she heard him say "HEY PISANOS!" and she almost died laughing
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Apparently ADHD when manifest in people with Down Syndrome can result in bolting and elopement and hoo-boy we've been dealing with that her whole life. To find out there's an explanation and solution for it is such a gdang relief.
Today has been one of those 'children are occasionally just utter bastards ' here, too
That's how I'd describe our son recently.
Just suddenly brimming with extreme amounts of energy and weirdly stubborn about the most minor things. Then the next day he's fine then the day after the cycle repeats...
I know I should rest and recover but it just makes me feel like I'm forcing everything onto my wife's shoulders and ignoring Athena, even though I know that's not true.
Second, rest, mate. Tomorrow is another day and just pushing through illness can make it worse.
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I'm so damaged as a parent, that I was positive that when this story started it was going to end with Athena coming down stairs to eat your cracker.
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Going fairly well so far all things considered, though she did manage to break the toilet in my bathroom so there's that I guess? No accidents today and only one yesterday morning.
So now I’m getting discordant partial-singing… stuff like “… all through…” half-spoken/half-sung, but on the right key. But it sometimes feels unsettling because my mind is like “the town… Finish the lyric. All through the town…. Or mention the wheels on the bus. Something. Don’t just leave me hanging here!”
Edit: Oh my Lord look at this shit:
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Ripley - 'Is home alone 2 the same?'
Me: ' Well, kind of, it's the same but different'
Ripley - 'But the same things happen?'
Me: 'Yeah, more or less. But it's a different story.'
Ripley - 'Does he get left home alone again?'
Me: 'Yes. But it's different'
This is verbatim what happened earlier tonight and I'm shocked with how quickly she figured out movie sequels.
Fortunately I can take some leave and go home early to help her out.
This week has my only Christmas drinks event which I've looked forwards to for ages, my wife will be able to have him but due to her work I'll have to miss half of it.
Then he and my wife are due to fly to Ireland at the end of this week so we're desperately hoping he'll be recovered enough for that.
At least he's not sick over Christmas itself like last year. Though there's plenty of time for him to get better and catch something else beforehand.
Parenting! Woo!
No, he becomes lost in New York.
Satans..... hints.....
And Fridays they have "board game club", which is just them putting out games for people to try. When we get there, though, most are already taken.
Except the chess set. And boy-howdy, my son has taken to chess. I was hesitant at first, and haven't taught some basics like en passant or castling, because he's 6, and I basically only know the words and am terrible at chess. I was just hoping he'd learn how to move the pieces properly.
And he did. He actually picked that up first game. Now he's actually learning some basic strategy (which is hard, since I am, again, not a good chess player)
I have a feeling he'll need some actual instruction at some point, as he really likes it.
His 1st-grade class is doing math assessments, and his teacher says he got up to the algebra section. Which, yay, but also, like, there's no 2E schools available to him, so he gets no G&T, but he does supports for his Autism/ADHD. I'd rather have the supports for him, as instruction cannot happen if he's overly dysregulated. But at some point he'll get so bored that supports won't matter. They try differentiating in his school, and it is very academically focused. But.. oof.
IDK, I never took to chess, but do play a bunch of other board games, Little King just loves to play board games and will pick anything that looks vaguely game-like if he can play it with me.
play Risk with him and destroy him
edit: have you played Monopoly and taught him the banal horrors of capitalism?
Why settle for such mediocre games?? If you're gonna teach the horrors of capitalism then Machi Koro is right there.
Up till last Friday I did let him win some times, but he had a friend over to play and he kept bragging about how he won a game against his pal (which the kid had never played before), so now I'm putting in effort. NO MERCY. Annoyingly kids are always lucky, so I still lose games just because the kid will roll only 6s .
*my very loose definition of a game is one where your skill or play can influence the outcome, I'm honestly not that picky, but Uno sucks.
My husband loves board games, and is chomping at the bit for both kids to be able to read well enough to play games with. Best thing about Kids Boardgames is Learning How to Lose. But for less luck-based games, we've been doing more cooperative styles.
We recently got Eldritch Horror, which my son found and started putting together. So we've been playing that...
Uno is not a game I agree to play unless we have like 45 minutes to burn as it's so damn endless.
My youngest at 6 quite enjoys Smallworld, although mostly for the silliness than the strategy.
But I am a no mercy parent. She will eat that Draw 4 and accept it.
I also carry a pack of genetic cards in my purse for when we go out to eat and we play either Tug of War or a crazy eights (basically Uno but 8s are wild).
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Incidentally, I hate that when the kids are acting up I catch shit because it's "safe" to be mad at me instead of being mad at the kids.
Just now, Thea piped up from the couch "I heard what you said earlier. That Grandma is sick. Is she gonna die?"
PUMP THE BREAKS, THEA, IT'S A COLD!
So we got two dual citizens in our little family!
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