so nobody else wonders if they are maybe a sociopath, incapable of relating to human emotion and their children will need one of those Harlow's monkey things for comfort?
:whistles innocently:
I'm here right now after dh and I spent 30 minutes each helping our kindergartener with homework only to have one of the pages disappear. The one Payne cried over and dh patiently cheered him through finishing, of course. We've torn the house apart and can't find it and OMG G totally hid it somewhere and we were both feeling incalculable levels of rage. I feel like a sucky parent at present.
Jesus Christ! That's at least an hour. Is that normal for you guys?
I'm here right now after dh and I spent 30 minutes each helping our kindergartener with homework only to have one of the pages disappear. The one Payne cried over and dh patiently cheered him through finishing, of course. We've torn the house apart and can't find it and OMG G totally hid it somewhere and we were both feeling incalculable levels of rage. I feel like a sucky parent at present.
Jesus Christ! That's at least an hour. Is that normal for you guys?
No. Probably 30 minutes is normal. It's fucking stressful and I hate that he comes home totally exhausted and then has more work.
so nobody else wonders if they are maybe a sociopath, incapable of relating to human emotion and their children will need one of those Harlow's monkey things for comfort?
:whistles innocently:
Sometimes my H tells me I have "a cold dead heart"
Post by coribelle26 on Oct 29, 2014 20:51:57 GMT -5
This is more of a random than a confession, but H and I are watching Psycho and making up songs about what is happening. As in, "Time to get out my blooooooood mop!" And "Gonna push that car right into the lake." Not normal.
And for what it's worth I genuinely hated every sport as a child, and continue to as an adult.
so nobody else wonders if they are maybe a sociopath, incapable of relating to human emotion and their children will need one of those Harlow's monkey things for comfort?
:whistles innocently:
Sometimes my H tells me I have "a cold dead heart"
Oh well!
Umm mine for real tells me this. He tells me about once a week that I'm cold hearted. No I'm just not as sensitive as YOU!
I'm here right now after dh and I spent 30 minutes each helping our kindergartener with homework only to have one of the pages disappear. The one Payne cried over and dh patiently cheered him through finishing, of course. We've torn the house apart and can't find it and OMG G totally hid it somewhere and we were both feeling incalculable levels of rage. I feel like a sucky parent at present.
Jesus Christ! That's at least an hour. Is that normal for you guys?
I could be speaking out my ass, but homework taking this long is against our Board of Ed policy for Kindergarten. Our policy is 10-15 minutes in K and if takes longer parents are instructed to notify the teacher. I tell parents that home is meant to be downtime and if it takes longer to put it away.
Kindergarten homework should really just be teaching the importance of a homework routine - especially because it requires direct parent involvement. Personally, I feel the focus should be on reading at home and worksheets are bull shit. That said, make sure that there isn't a policy your child's teacher isn't adhering to.
One of the things the husband and I are happy about regarding having a girl is the decreased likelihood of videogames entering our house. Neither one of us are gamers, and have zero interest in dropping that kind of $$.
My DD likes video games AND a bunch of "girly" stuff.
I think it's bullshit too, but I don't think it would be any different at any other school. Shit's competitive here. The school he's at brags about being laid back and having a "play centered" kindergarten. We've got him in the tiny podunk Catholic school so as to try to avoid most of the school craziness in the area. Ugh.
so nobody else wonders if they are maybe a sociopath, incapable of relating to human emotion and their children will need one of those Harlow's monkey things for comfort?
:whistles innocently:
Sometimes my H tells me I have "a cold dead heart"
I got an android phone today and I have no idea what I'm doing. I ready miss autocorrect. Stupid meat hands.
Also, I love having a girl. I was hoping this kid was a girl, but oh well. Boys are busy as hell. I always rolled my eyes at my mom because she was always like "just wait, boys are so crazy" when I would complain about how sofia was hard to control. Lol. Lol forever.
I want to run away for a while. By myself with margaritas and the beach. And Mabel. I miss that fucking dog.
I am basically over everything at the moment.
I'm so sorry.
I miss cooper fiercely. You're not alone if that makes you feel any better. Halloween is not helping. Man, I miss my buddy. I've been in tears about him a lot this week.
I got an android phone today and I have no idea what I'm doing. I ready miss autocorrect. Stupid meat hands.
Also, I love having a girl. I was hoping this kid was a girl, but oh well. Boys are busy as hell. I always rolled my eyes at my mom because she was always like "just wait, boys are so crazy" when I would complain about how sofia was hard to control. Lol. Lol forever.
I haven't read them all yet, but mine is that I went four years without a microwave. We moved to a house where the only appliance built in was a microwave and we had to use that and a crock pot for two weeks. Now I don't know how how I functioned so long with out one.
I want to run away for a while. By myself with margaritas and the beach. And Mabel. I miss that fucking dog.
I am basically over everything at the moment.
I'm so sorry.
I miss cooper fiercely. You're not alone if that makes you feel any better. Halloween is not helping. Man, I miss my buddy. I've been in tears about him a lot this week.
To both you and @tatos ... does your local humane society offer pet loss support groups? They truly are helpful if you can find the right one. So much love to you both.
You know what? The two of you can fuck off. My kid isn't doing well and I'm stressed and lost it tonight and EVERYTHING IVE SAID has been about how I think this isn't good and y'all are trying to make it sound like I'm bragging.
You know what? The two of you can fuck off. My kid isn't doing well and I'm stressed and lost it tonight and EVERYTHING IVE SAID has been about how I think this isn't good and y'all are trying to make it sound like I'm bragging.
So, yeah. Enjoy yourselves.
WHOA. I"m sorry he's having trouble, but you came off as very braggy.
stellas, an hour or even 30 minutes seems excessive to me, competitive or not. Is it an attention span issue, or does he really have that much work? I would plan on discussing it at his parent-teacher conference if you haven't had it already.
Emily is in first grade and has one math worksheet and two writing worksheets a night, and those take her 15 minutes max, even accounting for distractions. She is exhausted after school and wouldn't be able to handle much else (aside from reading, which she finds relaxing).
I hope you find the missing sheet!
I have to hold myself back from buying my girls shoes to coordinate with every outfit. Last winter they each had boots in three different colors. Ridiculous. Especially considering Kate insists on wearing her sneakers every day, and not even her new ones, but her ones from last fall! I don't know why I bother sometimes.
I fell asleep on the couch at 9:30 and am now wide awake. If only I could get the baby to go back to sleep with me in the morning after the girls go to school. That's probably how I'll spend my free mornings when he starts preschool next year. Living the dream!
My first grader has 5-10 mins of homework a night. 30 minutes in K is some bullshit.
OK I agree 30 min of homework in kindergarten is BS.
Homework duration is relative to the child's attitude problem here. My first grader has two pages of homework a night plus reading, plus sight word practice plus spelling word practice. This can take up to an hour depending on her mood.
I hate homework. SS is failing PE because he's not doing homework. When I was in school I never had this much homework! I never had PE homework wtf
My first grader has 5-10 mins of homework a night. 30 minutes in K is some bullshit.
OK I agree 30 min of homework in kindergarten is BS.
Homework duration is relative to the child's attitude problem here. My first grader has two pages of homework a night plus reading, plus sight word practice plus spelling word practice. This can take up to an hour depending on her mood.
I hate homework. SS is failing PE because he's not doing homework. When I was in school I never had this much homework! I never had PE homework wtf
Yeah, David's actual writing stuff takes him 5 minutes, 10 at the most but then he has to read me three books a night (that she packs with his homework) and sight words on top of that. It's not really an issue since the books are usually pretty short but we've had one or two night that it may have taken 30 minutes. It's usually about 20 minutes total. Yesterday's homework was writing our phone number and reading the books. That took under 10 minutes.
My confession: I hope my son's football team loses tonight. The coach is awful and has told a group of 9 year old boys that he is only playing his best 11 kids for the whole game. When the kids were like "Whyyyy?" He said "because don't you want to win" wtg coach. way to build up the kids. so if they lose a.) the season is over and b.) I can tell off the coach.
We have had some pretty shitty coaches thus far and I am so over it. Youth sports shouldn't be like this
Well he's fucking stupid then. If the same 11 kids play offense and defense for the whole game they will burn out by the 3rd quarter and be completely useless.
I hate coaches like this. If my kid was in a league without mandatory playing time requirements we wouldn't have played for 3 years. And they wouldn't have gotten thousands of dollars from us.