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re: I figured out the worst part about raising kids….
Posted on 3/4/23 at 5:58 am to SquatchDawg
Posted on 3/4/23 at 5:58 am to SquatchDawg
It is hard. But you are doing them a disservice if you shield them from reality and don’t teach them how to deal with bad things. They will eventually be exposed to it and won’t know how to react. You can’t hold on to them forever and your job is to get them ready for the world. Even Bobby Boucher had to leave mama
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Posted on 3/4/23 at 6:04 am to LSUfan4444
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Kids are assholes because parents are assholes
Yup. Bullying and racism are 100% learned from their parents.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 6:07 am to BabysArmHoldingApple
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They will eventually be exposed to it and won’t know how to react.
Truly successful people are the ones who can still be successful when they can't do what they want to do. Our paths and circumstances will change and it's inherent on parents to raise children that know this, expect this and welcome this and feel calm in the presence of chaos still capable of making sound, smart and positive decisions.
Shutting down when things get or feel hard is the basis of the woke agenda which expects others to curb their behavior to cater to others emotions rather than equipping the individual to account and deal with the actions, opinions and behavior of others.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 7:03 am to SquatchDawg
I think for many kids, middle schools sucks.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 7:08 am to SquatchDawg
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And yes…I know we all went through it and it’s part of growing up but it’s hard to watch innocent good hearted kids get exposed to this crap.
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Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee
We’re not called to stay locked up at home afraid of the world. The only way to sharpen yourself is to grind. The only way to make a sword is with high heat and a hammer. The only way become a formidable person is to go out into the world and let it kick your arse a little bit.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 7:18 am to SquatchDawg
The worst is when you have teen daughters and her act to have some BroMo frat swoop kid over all the time.
Guess it's better than what they could date in public school.
Guess it's better than what they could date in public school.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 7:23 am to grizzlylongcut
I agree with everything said and know this is just part of hardening them to deal with the world. Still sucks as a parent though from the perspective of watching them lose their innocence.
The story that prompted my post was my wife telling me that a group of girls at my sons middle school were busted for texting each other to meet in the bathroom and then basically harassing a mentally disabled black kid….including calling them the big N. An aide reported them….a few got expelled. My kid wasn’t a part of any of this but still….WTF?
With all the racial shite going on how in the world how would anyones 7th grader think this was a fun thing to do? I get peer pressure but damn.
The story that prompted my post was my wife telling me that a group of girls at my sons middle school were busted for texting each other to meet in the bathroom and then basically harassing a mentally disabled black kid….including calling them the big N. An aide reported them….a few got expelled. My kid wasn’t a part of any of this but still….WTF?
With all the racial shite going on how in the world how would anyones 7th grader think this was a fun thing to do? I get peer pressure but damn.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 7:23 am to SquatchDawg
My wife and I have home schooled almost exclusively. 12, 9, 5 year old.
We did 1 year of public school
No regrets at all my friend.
Their social circles are small, but it seems to be enough so far.
We did 1 year of public school
No regrets at all my friend.
Their social circles are small, but it seems to be enough so far.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 7:25 am to MrWalkingMan
More about kids that age and social media
That’s made it ten times worse
Drama never ends
Good thing is it does settle down once they realize how stupid it is and the older they get
That’s made it ten times worse
Drama never ends
Good thing is it does settle down once they realize how stupid it is and the older they get
This post was edited on 3/4/23 at 7:53 am
Posted on 3/4/23 at 7:26 am to SquatchDawg
Children are like ideas, there are none so great as your own.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 8:34 am to SquatchDawg
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and help them cope with the social structures that these other kids create
You gotta. Protecting them doesn't help, give them the tools to help them cope with modern insanity.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:52 am to SquatchDawg
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The story that prompted my post was my wife telling me that a group of girls at my sons middle school were busted for texting each other to meet in the bathroom and then basically harassing a mentally disabled black kid….including calling them the big N. An aide reported them….a few got expelled. My kid wasn’t a part of any of this but still….WTF
It's 2023. To the extent racism is being "learned", it is being "learned" at home.
A friend of my daughter (high school, so no pics) who is white, went to homecoming with a black football player. He starts on the football team, is in honors classes, really good kid, he's been at my house several times because they are at an age where all the kids just like to hang out.
Another young girl who is friends with some of them was posting stuff on I guess snapchat about how she could never go to a dance with a "N" and that "N" doesn't deserve to date this girl, etc.
A couple of months later I was at a party and this girl's parents were there, and they were dropping "N" bombs left and right... and not in a casual passing rap song way, either.
I was like... got it... know where it came from now.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 10:00 am to RogerTheShrubber
Both of my kids had zero idea what a "black person" was until the preschool started force-feeding them black history month
Now they know that black people are a separate, special group of people because of the color of their skin.
Now they know that black people are a separate, special group of people because of the color of their skin.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 10:03 am to SquatchDawg
School is an indoctrination. You can’t prove otherwise
Posted on 3/4/23 at 10:38 am to SquatchDawg
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it’s hard to watch innocent good hearted kids get exposed to this crap.
I have one of those too and it was tough watching him having to deal with it.
You'll get a lot of crap from certain guys on this site but there is nothing wrong with worrying about your kids and specifically, those who exhibit the qualities that would make this world a better place but that you know are likely to get knocked right out of them.
All I can tell you is to do your best to use each moment to teach them and hope they can maintain that positive outlook those kids usually have.
Mine is 24 now and he is still one of the most positive kids (I know he is not a kid but he will always be my kid) I know but he is not quite the same as he was. Life will always do that I guess.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 11:04 am to SquatchDawg
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I know we all went through it and it’s part of growing up
We didn’t go through what these kids are going through. They can’t even get away from it. Everyone is trying to persuade their opinion on them. There really is no safe place except when they are with you. I know it sounds grim but it’s true.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 11:08 am to SquatchDawg
Wait until they become teenagers and think they are on top of the world.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 11:17 am to pioneerbasketball
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my kid still wears a mask
So now we know the reason no spider boy pics for you
Posted on 3/4/23 at 11:32 am to SquatchDawg
Yep. At some point their peers influence grows while their parents’ wanes. As you say, it’s part of growing up. Some psychologists types say that learning to navigate our complex social structures is the most important thing they will learn in school, though. Best you can do as a parent is just know that it will happen so that you can be there to guide them through it as needed helping them to gain some resilience in the process. Life is going to shite on them, so best to learn how to deal with it while they have a parent around to help them out.
Posted on 3/4/23 at 11:35 am to SquatchDawg
Well it happens. We are in a great public school district. Part of our strategy at that age is going to be no social media. That to me has the biggest affect. They are already into activities and have a good friend group. They develop that and it is the best we can do.
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