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"Some students take their $65 college sweatshirts for granted. Others can’t imagine owning one." @dr_ruby_tea @EdSurge https://t.co/NN1A34JkWa

Friendly reminder! IDK about you, but sometimes I just want the children to 'move', 'just do it,' 'stop procrastinating', as they whine away. But...this always has worked for me when I remember it. https://t.co/ED796v0s2k

What parenting trend do you think will be laughed about in the future?

Times change and we always find ourself gasping or laughing about things parents did in the past. I always wonder what I’m doing now with my baby that will be frowned upon in the future. Like the title said, what parenting trend do you think will change, be laughed at, banned, or considered dangerous, decades from now?

Encourage your kids to explore, build, create, or just relax in the outdoors with these fun ideas for your lawn. 🏡 @cvspharmacy#sponsored https://t.co/oQwsDdRwSQ

Most children have a positive experience, but what can parents do if something does go wrong online? Áine Lynch, CEO of the National Parents Council Primary, has advice about practical steps you can take ⤵️ #OnlineSafety https://t.co/ZDppSr3Mcl

Are you ok (US mums)?

With your bodily autonomy being ripped away piece by piece, and for gay women, possibly also your right to being in a same-sex relationship, AND for gay women in an interracial relationship possibly losing the right to be with your partner because of the color of your skin and basically just all women in general losing their rights to live life in the way they’d like to be happy, are you all ok? I posted in antiwork because I thought FOR SURE people would be organizing a mass walkout and I found nothing. I’m so sorry ladies. You all deserve so much better.

I reached 36 weeks!!!

Okay that might not sound like a big deal but it is to me. After 5 years of infertility, multiple ivf fail and 2 miscarriages. I finally reached the 36 weeks milestone and with twins on top of that. It's a relief and the countdown has begun, in 7 days the latest, I will meet my two precious babies!!

Being a parent is SO much more ❤️amazing❤️ than I had imagined…..

I wasn’t THAT passionate about becoming a parent. I thought rationally I would be a good mom, but I didn’t feel COMPELLED like some women. When baby was born I was in awe… but didn’t fall I love immediately. Now, 9 months in, I am stunned by the transformation in my heart. My son fills my whole existence with a simple joy and love I couldn’t even fathom before…. I look at him and just want to cry because I didn’t even know how much I would love being his mom and watching him learn. I had no idea that it would be more lovely and rewarding than exhausting. Or how much personality a 9 month old could have… and how lucky I would be to LOVE his. I’m just completely and totally inlove with my son… in ways I did not know my happily child free self could feel. Today I’d like to celebrate how unexpectedly joyous motherhood has been so far 😌😊 tell me your stories!

Be careful that your child doesn't become a #screentime addict this #summer. Here are some tips https://t.co/K5EXd9jc8e

Starting in elementary grades, nonfiction is usually offered up as resources for research, not leisure reading. But good nonfiction challenges its readers not to accept everything they read, hear, or think at face value. @veronikellymars @sljournal https://t.co/ZJ3qdxQOvh

Son spilled juice on my hair while on a zoom call with 15 coworkers and they saw me naked.

Oh my god. My son spilled a whole Juice on my hair/head/body. I took my shirt off and got in a towel. I was brushing it out and he touched my phone when I put it on the ground, and must have turned on the camera. I put on a towel but they likely saw me naked. I was trying to brush it out and my phone started blowing up telling me to turn off my camera. I’m very mortified and want to cry. I had to wfh with my son this week and it was a disaster and to top it off with this. A few reached out to make light of it. But I’m heart broken and so embarrassed. I’m sobbing.

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Seriously, HOW do you cook dinner?

Every single night is an exhausting ordeal with my LO (15 months) and I am at my wit’s end. I must be missing something spectacularly huge that *every other family in the world* can manage to do this except for me. LO just cries and cries and cries. And cries. (And/or repeatedly tries to touch the oven.) I’ve tried the learning tower, I give her kitchen “things to do”, I empty out every cabinet and drawer for her to play with, we have Magnatiles on the fridge, I bring her toys nearby. I already have to meal prep her lunches & snacks on weekends so I really don’t have time to pre-make dinners. Each strategy buys me 2-3 minutes before she’s crying. Nothing is wrong, she just wants me to hold her or play with her. She plays independently at other times throughout the day just fine. We have #2 on the way and this is an enormous source of stress for me. What am I missing? Why am I the only parent who can’t figure this out? I feel like an overwhelmed failure every single day.

The number of #teens with #mentalhealth issues is on the rise at an alarming rate! Here are 10 reasons explaining why this may be. If you are aware of these when your child is still young, you can help your child grow into a well rounded teen! https://t.co/w6moPbFQE7

Would it be weird to reach out about a playdate?

My son has a friend that he's really bonded with over the school year in kindergarten. Absolutely loves this kid and talked about her everyday after school. He's been to her birthday, she's been to his, and we've run into her and her family at a couple of other functions. So I've got the mom's number from past bday parties. I don't really know many parents from his class. He's been going kind of stir crazy this summer and missing his friends (this one specifically lol) and I thought about reaching out. I just don't know the mom THAT well aside from making small talk at events. Would be normal to send a text about maybe meeting up with the kids at the park or someone? Am I letting my anxiety make me over think this? Idk, I would personally welcome it if someone else reached out to set up a playdate for the kids, but mostly because I don't want to be the one who has to. 😅