@DebRN1953@Cernovich This makes me so sad. I am the mom of a child with profound autism in California and it feels like an impossible battle to get help for him. The fraud surrounding Autism is especially disheartening. What a dream life he'd be living if that money was actually going to citizens.
I’ve been wondering for a while how I’m going to be able to fill this void every morning, and it came to me right after Shelly signed off
I’ll be listening to @akirathedon Almost Anything Could Happen Today to start my day from here on out. Scott’s debris 🙏🏼
Thank you for everything, Scott ❤️
@reverendwtf@jeremykauffman Just a reminder that we are talking about two year olds, not teenagers. There isn’t a toddler on gods green earth that doesn’t long for their parents to pretend to be bunnies with them.
In my experience, if a parent takes this approach consistently, the child will rarely refuse unless they are sick/tired/some other underlying issue.
I don’t work with children professionally, but have vast experience working with children of all ages in various volunteer settings, as well as having three of my own.
If you are with a two year old whose first reaction is to instigate a power struggle, they are likely modeling their own parents style. In this case I would try a gentle approach a few times (maybe 5min? Not four hours lol), and if they start running away or it was causing them to become hyper, I would scoop them up and use a hand over hand method to quickly pick up the carrot together, toss it together, give major praise, and let them be on their merry way.
That way they know they still have to do what you’re teaching them, but doesn’t spiral into a power struggle.
My parents, and the circles we ran in, were pretty authoritarian, but even as a kid I can remember thinking it all felt backwards and unnecessary.
Parents aren’t meant to break their children’s spirits, but to build them up. I’m going to be the voice in their head their entire lives, and all I know is I want that voice to be full of joy and positivity
The thing I'm going to miss the most about CWSA besides Scott himself, is the little tapping of his notes he'd do right next to the mic. Forget the sip, that was always my dopamine hit of the day.
I don’t have any impressive stories of accomplishments or fortune, but I did have a faithful friend. When you started your Periscopes, I was a young new wife, and now a decade later I’m a graying mom of three. We experienced elections and a pandemic, assassination attempts and outright murder. Wins and losses. A time for sipping and a time for swaddling.
And this friend didn’t want to cause me outrage or anxiety, but to help me learn to view the world and all its happenings through a useful filter. To give a sense of peace and thoughtful understanding of the many things we experience in life, whether good or bad.
And I have found myself over the last year or two turning to this friend less. Missing a simultaneous sip here or there, cutting an episode short when the day is too busy. And not because this friend’s wisdom is any less potent or important, but because my mind has been trained and I know the filter already.
Please rest in knowing that you will live on for generations to come. My children are young, but even now I am planting the seeds of a useful life in them. We, your listeners, are the mega computer you always wanted your brain uploaded to, and we are more powerful than anything a mere man could create.
I love you, Scott. Thanks for sharing your life; it changed me forever. ❤️
@ScottAdamsSays I’ve been playing this for my son who is autistic and can’t speak. He’s so smart and his first eight years of life have been rough. It’s his time! The universe owes him!