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I have two kids. The older one has dyslexia, dyspraxia, motor coordination disorder etc. Took a very long time to get the diagnosis because they, also, have a high IQ. Pushed them hard before I knew, which was not helpful. Super disheartening to watch your child not be able to do the things they want, struggle with what comes naturally to others, and worry for their future. But !!! Now that my child is in their 30s, I see that they're doing fine. Looking back, I wish I had invested all that worry and stress into helping them find work arounds, exploring everything possible until they hit their stride, etc... it was bull that I kept fighting reality instead of accepting the limitations with a positive, even comical, attitude and looking for every way to have their back, to encourage them, and not make the problems the focus.
Your boy is 10, playing football... that's what my younger one does. His team is all over the place physically...some of those guys are late bloomers, some early, many on target. The team is a team though and even the boys who don't start or get much field time get something out of pushing themselves and hanging with the guys.
Maybe your boy can learn to kick, running back, or transition to track since he has good legs...but if not, there's plenty he will be good at. Gotta keep exploring, gotta have his back.
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Put my boy on vitamins, really good variety pack sold in a canister with each pack wrapped for the day.
Do protein powder w/ a frozen banana, peanut butter, full fat milk, coco powder, honey as a shake everyday. Used to add yogurt or ice cream etc for the calories but now we do way more food... so much meat and potatoes/pasta/ etc.
He eats what used to feed a family of four. The amount of calories they need is huge but you do not want him to drop weight...he can't grow or put on the gains without enough protein heavy calories. Some of his team are taking creatine but it's not for him.
Your kid is going to find those things he excels at, help him to have a sort of lighthearted devil may care attitude to imperfections and always have his back.
Don't think I would want to be haunted by the questions that would come up.

re: Ben Shapiro

Posted by ironwood on 9/12/25 at 10:27 pm to
This is the worst possible idea
He is absolutely repulsive to anyone under 30
On a gut level. He is not persuasive nor an educator. He is not America First
Funny is that within his call for nonviolence, he continues to make his point.asserting his "argument" after the assassination, he just has to get that in and sights the "news" validating his count and, further, makes reference to his field of study (math).
To that I can only say denominator and numerator... the trans ideology and cultural contagion has only come to the fore in these past several years. Yes there have always been transvestites but the cultural phenomena is new. I would use a demarcation of around 2013 for calculating the percentage, not all mass murderers in American history. It's ridiculous but that was actually his "point" the call to nonviolence was the candy wrapper of his position and a bit of cya because he is experiencing questioning of his interaction and the timing.
Perhaps he is just a kid but I see someone who, after exposure to a shocking event, still refuses to question the premises of his beliefs even when based on spurious calculations.

re: Divorce Prep

Posted by ironwood on 9/11/25 at 4:00 pm to
Attorney
Fraud alert and freeze on your credit and your children's credit
Run a check, she may have been advised to open lines
Freeze credit cards
Assume everything is being recorded at all times
It's about the kids now
Be the example for them
Stay calm, do not bad mouth her
Remember, this is like surgery with her now but for the kids how you act and maintain what is true and good about your love and true care for them will make all the difference
I understand the sentiment but I wouldn't want to symbolically associate the constitution with Trick or Treating, scary images, and gluttony.
You're much better off buying quality used books, putting Constitution copies in them, and placing them in the Little Free Libraries.
This is it exactly. He was very good at doing what needs to be done. Like it or not, want to turn away and let them burn but he went on and on with patience and restraint telling them truth and helping them think. These kids have been cheated by being presented a false and damaging set of lies as reality, they have been duped by thinking they are becoming educated in an environment that provides no opportunity to truly test "their" ideas, which are slogans and lies. He was saving them by giving them a taste of education with humility and courage.
He was killed because he was effective at helping lost children.
Trump Jr. called him a little brother but to those kids he helped, I'm sure he was like a big brother that loves you enough to call you on you bull without trying to destroy your soul.
He was a truly gifted educator. He was, also, unique. Hyper intelligent and able to restrain discourse from devolving into name calling. From bits and pieces of his interaction, it appears that he wanted the youth to get it, the better path.
This is so sad. His wife and children must be really hurting.
The highs and lows of humans never cease to amaze me.
Thank you everybody
Good honest feedback

I don't know how to edit the original post but I appreciated the feedback
Not good at adulation, not wanting to be to sappy, do want to be "congratulatory" ... Wrote the thing below...is it better just to say congrats and good luck simply and not do something like I wrote?


I know you can spot the snakes and the blueberries, learn karate and boxing, be a teammate, captain and solo champion, that you can hold up the ships mast, that you can play a tune and sing with a striking voice, that you can soothe the crazy animals, gently save lost bugs, that you can grind down hard and get it done, that you can take aim at targets on paper and in reality, that you can face the wild trail and seek recharge when needed, that you can stare down chaos and argue with near invincible wit, that you can build fires and put them down.
All these phases of you, milestones on a journey, taking you into a great beyond.
Fair winds and following seas, my son.
These add on classes are useful. To rewire a lamp, fix a leak, balance a checkbook or even, apparently, make a phone call have become lost arts like Roman cement.
My oldest had a 132 iq but, also, dyslexia.

A separate charter school would be fine if it actually worked but having an "f" is absurd because dyslexic students should have accommodations during standardized testing.

I would not allow an intelligent child to go to such a school. It will be a warehouse that will drain their soul.

There is so much tech that dyslexia can pretty much be a nonissue out of school. Got to keep them out of places like that.
If insurance wasn't so high, someone could make a a tidy side hustle out of offering these classes. I'd say it's been a few decades since these classes were widely offered.
I find the public apologies people give these days so canned... i don't have an opinion on this incident specifically but it's so odd how they all follow the exact same formula
Went to vegas within the past year, hadn't been in a very long time, was shocked by the sad, filthy, dystopian hell I saw. Everything expensive and non sensical. Not for me
"agriculture, restaurant, and hotel industries"

Sad...although already filled with illegals these are industries that allow the unskilled to enter employment; so, these become near impossible jobs for a native to get.... healthcare is stuffed, tech glutted with H1Bs.

Anymore talk of no tax on tips??? Then tell all the illegal immigrants they won't be deported if the work in the primary tipping industries: hotel and restaurants. And all those workers with be covered by some form of tax funded medical aid etc