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"In the last decade, there has been … just an enormous vault forward in understanding how we learn." The challenge, though, is getting those insights to teachers in ways that fit into their practice, but the stakes are high. @jryoung @EdSurge https://t.co/E1tnWzWjX3

There's something to be said for simplicity! https://t.co/X1NGVTuLWV

They change daddy- daughter dance to just “daughter dance”

My daughter goes every year and has a friend who doesn’t have a dad and she doesn’t go. Today they were talking and her friend was beaming saying she’s so happy they changed it. She says she’s going with her mom. And began discussing what to wear, how they will meet up etc. I’m really glad they changed it to include those girls who don’t have daddies.

Can companies please stop relying on voice responses to route phone calls?!

I’ve got two toddlers and if I’m trying to make a phone call to the bank or doctor most likely the tv is on and they’re yelling at me for something because they like to be extra loud while I’m on the phone. Just let me press the damn buttons while muted please 😭

I hate my daughters hair

My daughter is 9 years old and is a beautiful child inside and out. She's very strong willed and has a style all her own (or so she thinks). She doesn't wear dresses or anything girly. I never push her to wear things she doesnt want to, I let her express herself completely. But her hair - I hate it so much. The last year and a half she's been wearing her hair parted in the middle as flat as flat possible. Its long, she hates brushing it, it gets stuff all in the front because she gets food and whatever else in it. There's usually a knot in the back half way through the day. She won't wear it up or pin in back in any way. The last 2 years of school picures her hair totally ruins the photo. I don't comment, I just brush it for her every day. Sometimes I suggest a different look to no avail. I don't know if theres anything to suggest, I'm just venting here...I will have to wait it out I guess. Ugh

The AUDACITY

We are selling our home. I have posted before that I would rather burn my home down than clean it so suffice to say it needs some work. We send the kids to the in-laws for the day so we can really get to it. When it comes time to start, husband decides he is tired and takes a 3 hour nap and then when this fucker gets up, he has the audacity to look at my work and say "huh, looks good but I thought with 3 hours you would get more done." Y'all, I will sell this house at a discount if you promise to take the husband too.

Parents of teenagers - who knew it's actually a day? https://t.co/SdFMORdF7M

Always the recorder

I wish I never had my kids

That’s it. That’s the post. I love them more than anything in my life but fuck I wish I’d never had them. You know when people are like ‘you have to pass a test to drive a car but people will just let you pop out other people with no thought what so ever’? There should have been a test. I would’ve taken the test, I would’ve failed and then I wouldn’t feel like this. They’re not awful kids. They’re not demons. They’ve not got notable difficult neurodivergence like ODD or whatever. They are two perfectly ‘normal’ developmentally appropriate toddlers / kids. In fact - on the whole they’re lovely. They’re actually both pretty fucking sweet. It’s me. I’m the problem. I cannot stand either of them. They make me want to crawl out of my skin. I don’t think I can go a single day without losing my shit on them and I fucking hate it.

How often does your child do "chores"?

My 8yo is assigned 2 chores a day. Unload the dishwasher and feed dogs. He does not do always do them daily but I am interested in the frequency that chores are being done in other households if at all.

Parental Burnout

FTM to a healthy 6 month old baby. It's been such a joy to nurture and watch my baby grow and hit her milestones. I love her more than anything in the world, but I'm feeling so burnt out from the day to day care. She's at the stage where she's more alert and requires more attention and I feel so guilty because I don't have the energy to give her attention all of the time. Every day feels the same, and the crying is wearing me down. We try to go out for walks, but other than that there's nothing much going on. My family helps here and there but I'm with her basically 24/7, the house is a mess, and all of my friends have their own lives going on. It's been really tough as a new mom.

BLW meals for 8mo on a tight budget?

Money is very tight this month (£40 to last us the next 3 weeks), so I need to think up some meals that I can make in bulk that are not too expensive. So far I have: Cheese and tomato pastry swirls Quinoa balls Porridge fingers Sweet potato and brocolli pastries Omelettes Also, do UK food banks give nappies? TIA for any advice you can offer

I tricked my son and I don't even feel bad

My son is 2 and getting this kid to eat vegetables or really anything that's not carbs has been a struggle. Recently he's expanded his "safe foods" to include white rice with a bit of soy sauce, so I wondered if I mixed some cauliflower rice into the rice if he would eat it. He's sitting here (well standing) right now going "mmm mmm mmmm" and eating his cauliflower rice/rice mixture and I'm just happy this kid is eating a vegetable at all. Hopefully I won't have to sneak them soon and he'll start eating some voluntarily but I'm happy to have found something I can get him to eat in the meantime.

How do you keep your dining area clean?

FTM 6mo. We’re just starting solids and we have a nice rug under our dining table. How do we keep it clean? Do people just buy a cheap rug? Or is there some other product people put down? A tarp???

Picking a formula

I’ve been breastfeeding for 9 months but my husband keeps formula on hand when I go on work trips or he runs errands with the baby. Usually we use pumped milk though, so we never spent time researching this topic pre-baby. We’re in the US How do you pick a formula brand and type? What criteria is important to you? Is there *really* a huge difference between US formulas and the UK formulas offered here like Kendamil? If baby reacts to it, how did you determine what to switch to?