Talking to Gen z mom friend at school pickup, we remarked how furbies are now a thing yet again. She said "oh yeah I heard they went away at first because everyone was afraid they were spies from China"
Had to correct her, "no I was there. They were simply annoying. Kids didn't even like them bc they were just annoying AF that's why they went away"
No one even had cell phones in 1999 let alone spyware from China hidden in toys. Twas a simpler time. Tamogachis were lit tho.
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Latest thing baby is doing: when set down on the floor to play, but he wants to be held, will fold in half, head between knees, and WAIL pathetically. I know it's dramatic bc he stops immediately if you pick him up. I guess it's effective so he keeps doing it 😂
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Everyone is so excited about the flying tesla roadster but I am just pissed. Where is the tesla minivan that can fit 6 car seats in the back rows with endlessly reconfigurable chairs for all stages of a family?
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My personal style is now dictated by what I think my kid would get a kick out of. Yes, I ordered glow in the dark frames for my new glasses.
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Absolutely floored when I looked up the school supply list for the public k-5 school in our district and one of the items was wired headphones. Looked it up and indeed, kindergarteners are issued a device.
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We really lost something with the removal of grass fields in favor of artificial turf for kids sports. I can't explain how refreshing it was to go to a grass field for volunteer coach training 😭
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Nothing more jarring than to be hanging with other moms and then one starts talking about her kids like they're a burden, she wishes she stopped at 1, gender disappointment with a boy, referring to kid as "an accident." all in earshot of said kids!
Maybe it's just the infertility talking, but I cannot imagine feeling this way about my children, let alone saying it out loud to other people. I guess some ppl think it's funny or edgy? Just comes across so wrong to me. Esp if your kid can hear you! Wtf.
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On a similar note. I'm glad I became an engineer and it's been great for me and my family in a lot of ways. But I'll likely steer my own daughter away from it if she wants to get married and raise kids.
I have a theory as to why primary and secondary education in the the USA has become garbage.
There was a time in America where the smartest, most capable women really could not expect to hold jobs in high ranking positions in industry, or government, or medicine or the law.
So really intelligent, gifted women became primary or secondary school teachers. This worked well because teaching at that level also implicitly acknowledged motherhood, and those women could impart their knowledge to school children while being successful homemakers.
Thus, for much of the 20th Century, America's children were trained by some of the nation's best and brightest brains.
Today, however, really intelligent women have unlimited opportunities in many professions, and they choose the more lucrative paths like medicine or the law.
Thus, in many cases (not all), today's primary and secondary school teachers are the intellectual dregs of society, drawn to the profession because it's all they can do and because it enables them to brainwash generations with the Karen/Marxist activism that inevitably accompanies the low IQ, socially aware brain.
The only fix I can see to this is to pay teachers a great deal more money but also establish meaningful competency/IQ tests as a gating item for the job.
That, plus charter schools and all other programs that provide meaningful school choice to parents.
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Is jalepeno cheddar sourdough the best substitute for unavailable passion sourdough? No. Will I be editing the tip for the grocery delivery? Also no.
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Must be so lame coming from a country with a 3 bar flag. Like that's the best you can do as a country, a flag with just 3 bars of colors. Indistinguishable from several other nations using the same colors but in a different order. Yikes.
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Took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that I can start a feeding in football hold then switch sides to cradle without flipping the baby around. Perfect for dream feeds.
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Almost started crying at the pediatrician office checkout desk bc that part of encanto was playing where the abuelo sacrifices himself 😭
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I hate dementia. I will see ppl older than my dad in much worse physical health but with mental faculties fully intact and just think to myself, how is this possible? It's not fair that he's younger and able bodied, but he's not himself and never will be again.
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