b.

who cares

[b. @bcuzbsaidso]

Hey, me in 20 years..

[yimika| @yimikaaaa]

Whenever I catch myself not reading things completely, I remember anti-intellectualism is on the rise, literacy is in decline, and I don’t want to be a VICTIM!

[Jah 🇺🇸 🇨🇼 @KyleMcCordMuse]

I was told that this was a made up holiday that didnt exist until 2021

[jezz @JezziiB]

Ok so here’s how it works
Dads with daughters: Women’s restroom.
Moms with daughters: Women’s restroom.
Dads with sons: Men’s restrooms.
Mothers with sons: Women’s restroom.
Hope that helps.

[͏b͏l͏a͏n͏c @dqveed]

Literal murderers get more grace in life than women who used to do porn lol

[Liza @Li33aaa]

she was raped at 11 and developed severe headaches. started singing with james brown at 17. he was 29, initiated an abusive relationship w/ her and beat her within an inch of her life. she left him, went to med school, then found success with Motown and Marvin Gaye

[Mela Yela @_melayela_]

🗣️ Happy Juneteenth!

[yimika| @yimikaaaa]

You MUST by all means develop a strong opinion of yourself so you don't end up internalizing the beliefs others have of you.

[solé @layxsnv]

A whole lot of yall didn’t get raised like this so I get it‼️

[Lyn🦋 @_ayandamay]

I overheard a girl saying yesterday ‘worrying is such a terrible use of your imagination’ … and I audibly gasped.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

In a new video, Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, warns that some modern parents are hindering their kids’ independence by choosing short-term convenience over teaching basic life skills.

The Instagram post featuring the video is filled with comments from teachers agreeing with her that it’s a growing concern.

@Jo_Frost

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it.

The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state.

What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it.

Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure.

In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.

[May✗ @Mayham_H]

my house of june 21st:

[ɴᴀᴅɪ.🤍 @luvblessingz]

We didn’t realize it then, but kids’ shows used to be this calm on purpose.

[Matt Stamper @Sneketoshi]

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

[Apex @Apex_willye]

The look on Rhaenyra’s face after Cole asked her to abandon the Iron Throne and run away with him will always be funny to me 😂😂😂

[May✗ @Mayham_H]

viserys refusing to take any pain killers just to stay awake and drag his corpse to the throne to defend rhaenyra one last time. the crown falling. daemon crowning him. the soundtrack. REAL CINEMA

[b. @bcuzbsaidso]

@mslisaaa_ 🫡

[b. @bcuzbsaidso]

I want my desire to love and be loved romantically to be eradicated.

[🪽 @moonlighba3e]

if you’re a sensitive woman, you better involve yourself in charity work or helping/working with children. pour all your love and nurturing into the poor, the weak, and children. it’s better than feeling motherly toward evil people just because you see the child in them.

[Wow, He’s Tsonga! @_aboihasnoname]

If someone at work tries to micromanage you, micromanage them back.

Send them too much feedback, ask them a lot of questions, do follow ups when they go quiet or even when you know they are busy don’t let them rest.