@megha_lilly If I don't wake up an hour or more before my children, I feel so rushed.
Premaking dinner and reading a good book before they are awake allows for me to fully embrace them in these "waning days".
@luinalaska Playgrounds these days are mothers either using obnoxious phrasing OR saying "forgive me, I am still learning".
Girl, you don't have to "learn" the phrasing of the other women. Don't be dramatic, but warn your children of their upcoming doom! It is ok.
@megha_lilly If you homeschool most of one's "hobbies" are also educational outlets for children. My 6 year old now does what she has witnessed me do, and her 1 1/2 year old brother is learning boundaries around her "hobbies".
We do house chores together then get creative during toddlers nap.
@simonsarris 2.) We cut the time, it would have taken for him to do the job, in half then he bought us burgers with part of the pay.
We knew on that day, there was no one else that we would want to do house projects with than each other.
He may say - oh it's just a joke. But mothers don't joke about their children this way. Frankly, no father I know does either. It's like making a joke about your kid dying and it shows a tragic absence of familial connection. This baby is a fetish for them. God help this child.
It's really okay to marry someone, stick with them, and raise kids together. No journalist will write an edgy magazine piece about your lifestyle, but you'll have a great shot at a fulfilling and meaningful life.
@bridgietherease Used bookstores, the real eclectic kind that smell a little funny, are the only bookstores now. The others are just advertisements for a lifestyle brand.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that Birth Control pills were given out like candy to Millennial teens and now IVF is over a 30 billion dollar market.
"You shouldn't homeschool. You should let experts educate your kids."
"Ok. And we get bad results, the experts will be held responsible for their failure?"
"Good heavens, no. Outcomes are your responsibility as parents."
"Ok. If I'm responsible anyway, I think I'll just homeschool."
"You aren't smart enough to educate your children. Leave it to the experts."
"But...you just said..."
"You obviously still need to be involved. You need to spend time at home ensuring good educational outcomes."
"Ok. How much time will I have?"
"We'll have them most of the day. After homework and everything else, you'll have 2-3 hours, tops. Far less if they are in extracurricular activities."
"So you get my children for far longer than me each day, and take no responsibility?"
"Yes. We're the *experts.*"
"Well, if those 2-3 hours each night is all it should take to ensure good educational outcomes, I think I'll homeschool and be done before noon everyday."
"..."
"..."
"Why do you spew such hate toward teachers?"
@USW_PR_HONTata@DeptofWar "Extending the deadline to take advantage of reinstatement by 1 year" doesn't need to be "explored", it needs to be enacted. People haven't wanted to reinstate because it has all been a joke. If things are really changing, give them a chance to see that than decide.
@ASDMandRA As it stands those who are currently expressing interest will receive the same treatment as those of us who have been attempting this over the last year. The Force does need them, but doesn't deserve them.
Considering current Military Personnel Policy leadership within the Manpower and Reserve Affairs Office held this position only a few years ago, it is hard to take this kind of outreach seriously.
We need men and women who represent this patriotic spirit, but we will retain the bureaucrats who hold a level of responsibility for kicking them out in the first place.
Classical education is a mind set as much as a methodology.
It is the mind set that you are cultivating your child’s sensual appetites for the higher order: the true, good, and beautiful. You understand that this means curating reading, music, and media/theater for them to do just this…
So that when they grow up they desire to read (and can) the classics over smut, classical over mumble rap,
That you develop their taste and sensibility in a very non instructional, very intentional way.
WARNING: This will make them weird and counter cultural. Prepare the for that too.