2curlydogs - I hear you. My 8 yr old wears a size 12 and a size 8 (adult) shoe.
So I friend of mine came in from NY and spent the weekend commenting on how kids here (which would be mine and then another friend of ours she stayed with) are so much more immature than kids in the States because the German kids play with simple toys that would bore her children and the television they watch isn't nearly as mature. She didn't mean it as a judgment, but then I couldn't help thinking about it the last 2 days. How slow things are is actually one of the few things I like better about living here, but it still gave me inklings of "am I doing this right?"
Let me just say, yes, you are doing it right. Believe me, I wish things were slower... a lot slower... on this side of the pond. My DSD is 12, watches The Walking Dead and plays with nothing but violent video games at her mom's house, has been caught about five times now talking in adult chat rooms with grown @$$ men and this latest time, my H also found some really abhorrent p*rn (sorry, I'm at work. LOL) in her phone's browser history. This ALL happens at her mom's house. We don't have a gaming system and we don't let her have her any access to the internet, she can't even bring her phone to our house. We have plead with her mom on multiple occasions that she doesn't need ANY phone, let alone a fully functional smart phone, tablet and Xbox 360 that they've given her all since this whole thing started. It just falls on deaf ears. My H won't do anything more about it because he's afraid of p*ssing BM off. I'm at my freakin' wits end.
I don't even know what to say except "Whaaaaa?" Holy moly, that is a lot.
Let me just say, yes, you are doing it right. Believe me, I wish things were slower... a lot slower... on this side of the pond. My DSD is 12, watches The Walking Dead and plays with nothing but violent video games at her mom's house, has been caught about five times now talking in adult chat rooms with grown @$$ men and this latest time, my H also found some really abhorrent p*rn (sorry, I'm at work. LOL) in her phone's browser history. This ALL happens at her mom's house. We don't have a gaming system and we don't let her have her any access to the internet, she can't even bring her phone to our house. We have plead with her mom on multiple occasions that she doesn't need ANY phone, let alone a fully functional smart phone, tablet and Xbox 360 that they've given her all since this whole thing started. It just falls on deaf ears. My H won't do anything more about it because he's afraid of p*ssing BM off. I'm at my freakin' wits end.
I don't even know what to say except "Whaaaaa?" Holy moly, that is a lot.
yyyyyeah. Sorry for the rant. Guess I needed to vent. LOL
Uh, what? I don't know what kids are watching over in Germany, but in what universe are Paw Patrol and Dora the Explorer mature? And if she's referring to shows like Jessie, she can GTFO with that because I hate the stupid, back-talking, disrespectful, obnoxious brats on those show with a passion.
My random is that I downloaded "Seasons of Love" after all the Rent talk here a few days ago, and I heard SST singing it. She thinks it goes "measurement love" instead of "measure in love" and for some reason that just cracked me up.
Both kids are sick. SST has been throwing up for four days straight now, BBT for two. I haven't slept a full night in...a while. And H is out of town.
My 8 year old and her 8 year old friends who came over were watching (and dressing up/playing) Sofia the First, and then they were playing some unicorn/witch game. I figure, they all can read, write, dress themselves and get on at school, so I'm assuming they are fine in the grand scheme of things. But it got into my head. The toy thing was because her friend's kid was 7 and was fine playing with one wooden toy for hours and that would have bored her children after a second. It reminded me of my mom who gets annoyed when she wants to give the children some new "in" gift but when I ask them what they want they say stickers, or markers, or a whistle or something. Then she gifts whatever she wanted anyways and it either terrifies them or gets thrown into a corner.
The funniest was when my mom bought DD a Christmas book where she could record her voice reading each page. When DD opened it and grandma's voice came out of it, she threw it across the room like it was covered in spiders.
LOL I just got a mental image of that and literally laughed out loud.
Post by 2curlydogs on May 10, 2016 20:37:09 GMT -5
Does anyone have a recommendation on factual space movies or such that are good for kids? I've been listening to "The Astronaut Wives Club" and B has listened to parts of it with me and is really interested. We've talked about the space program and early missions, but he's interested in seeing more about it.
All I can think of is Apollo 13, which is probably still too old for him, even editing out some parts.
Does anyone have a recommendation on factual space movies or such that are good for kids? I've been listening to "The Astronaut Wives Club" and B has listened to parts of it with me and is really interested. We've talked about the space program and early missions, but he's interested in seeing more about it.
All I can think of is Apollo 13, which is probably still too old for him, even editing out some parts.
Any ideas?
At our house we just watch Ready Jet Go, but I've heard good things about the IMAX space collection.
I recently had to buy my 17 year-old daughter new bras. She's now wearing a 34DD. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find 34DD bras?!? She's 120 pounds dripping wet, and sporting 34DDs. Today is Hawaiian Day at school, and the only shirt that is evenly remotely Hawaiian is a button-front shirt that is a couple of years old. Yeah, it has the "button-bulge" familiar to large-busted women everywhere.
That's what size I wear and I found a million the other day at Nordstrom rack. I was happily surprised! Do you have one near you?
summer, my oldest daughter got into a German immersion School. It is a public school, but they have four different languages at the school and each language is a different lottery process. She got into the German one. I would love for her to learn German because my mom can understand it, and I have cousins in Austria. But I was a bit nervous because I thought that determine teachers would be more strict than typical American teachers. What would you think?
I'm not sure exactly how German immersion schools work exactly as far as curriculum and school culture overseas. Sounds fascinating though. PM me any specific questions and I can tell you what I know!
Post by meshaliuknits on May 10, 2016 23:45:49 GMT -5
Tonight I looked up BabyLiu's birth stone because I had no idea. She got peridot. She wanted pearl. Sad faces were made. BoyLiu was VERY ANGRY he has Ruby and not amethyst. (I feel it proved Ruby was appropriate.)
Steven Universe has forever changed how we look at gemstones.
I recently had to buy my 17 year-old daughter new bras. She's now wearing a 34DD. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find 34DD bras?!? She's 120 pounds dripping wet, and sporting 34DDs. Today is Hawaiian Day at school, and the only shirt that is evenly remotely Hawaiian is a button-front shirt that is a couple of years old. Yeah, it has the "button-bulge" familiar to large-busted women everywhere.
That's what size I wear and I found a million the other day at Nordstrom rack. I was happily surprised! Do you have one near you?
Not that I know of, but now I have to go searching. Thanks for the tip!