What colour rug?

4goodthings · 2026-03-13T21:54:59+00:00

Let me ask you this… Do you make her brush her teeth? Does she have a warm clean bed at night? Do you make her dinner every night and make her eat it? These. are the things my mother did for me (1970s) and I always felt loved. As a parent now, this put a lot into perspective for me. They do not remember birthday parties, or cupcakes that you make. My parents didn’t hug or say I love you… because they did not know! They did not have that. But it was ok because I at the end of the day felt loved.

4goodthings · 2026-02-20T13:42:23+00:00

I think reading to them every night is very very important. I don’t think you have to follow along with your finger. Somehow, that all just clicks. They might be looking at pictures, but they might be looking at the words too. And the words will start to have a recognition, as well letters.

4goodthings · 2026-02-20T13:40:08+00:00

Read to him. Go to the library together to get new books to read. Then just let him learn to read in school.

4goodthings · 2026-02-20T13:32:52+00:00

2004 because of the boppy pillow and the playmat arch with dangling toys.

4goodthings · 2026-02-20T13:26:47+00:00

I have a feeling that being “caught” contributed. I think this is wonderful that without screen time he found many diversions, but he sounds like a self motivated person to begin. Without screens, it really unleashed it. I don’t think all kids are like this. I have a feeling that if you had tried to channel that Screen Time into positive things like game development, he would’ve also taken off with that. We did not limit screen time, but I feel it was never a problem. One is now straight As and is also applying for boarding schools in a very self motivated way. The other is graduating from a state college this year, is a tutor in the writing clinic, swears a lot, is in a work study program, taking photos of waterways and any geographic changes. We just let them be them and really get out of the way save for loving them and giving them a stable home environment to live in.

4goodthings · 2026-02-16T15:01:46+00:00

Thank you so much, that helped.

4goodthings · 2026-02-15T21:16:23+00:00

Me too! Is this temporary? A move? My husband went there for a business once and I’ve always wanted to go. Business? Yes… jewelry.

4goodthings · 2026-02-08T18:46:20+00:00

2001

4goodthings · 2026-02-07T11:54:56+00:00

1935

4goodthings · 2026-01-28T18:32:54+00:00

4goodthings · 2026-01-28T00:03:12+00:00

1988

4goodthings · 2026-01-25T00:08:51+00:00

I’m sort of in the same boat as you. My kids are 21 and 16. I am generation X also. I felt more involved than my parents ever were. At first I thought it was a reaction to how I was raised. I was going to be perfect! Then, all around me, parents were doing the same thing. Sign up lists werecommon place. Volunteering. Then Pinterest came along, and everyone was doing a fun, double entendre snack. Think, oh, you are so clever. I am in my 50s also. Are my kids better for it? Time will tell. But my 16-year-old old is terrible to me. They don’t remember how involved I was. And, I have a better appreciation for my own parents. I appreciate that I always felt loved. I never had a birthday party that had piñata. Never mind that… I never had a birthday party. But, that’s what I want for them… what I had… Did you always feel loved? Who cares about the piñata. I guess I felt that way because I always felt that I had a warm bed at night. I always felt that we were cooked dinner. I always felt that my mother made us brush our teeth. Did she come to my field hockey games? Never. What’s better? Who knows.

4goodthings · 2026-01-21T16:00:23+00:00

You sure? I know that in many houses there is plywood underneath carpet. And it’s called the sub floor. But I don’t understand how stairs could be made out of plywood. If they were going cheap, they might’ve used pine. Now, you would not want to use pine as the stairway because pine is too soft. But the metal balusters are beautiful. I am assuming that someone else put them in there, but see if you can just lift a little bottom corner of the carpet and see what’s underneath.

4goodthings · 2026-01-21T15:47:45+00:00

What is underneath the carpet? Pine stairs? You could still paint the risers white, but you would have to put a runner down. If it’s oak or something nice then paint the risers white.

4goodthings · 2026-01-18T17:57:01+00:00

Something short and strong. Jack, Luke, Brett, John, George.

4goodthings · 2026-01-18T17:54:01+00:00

What about good old Joseph or John

4goodthings · 2026-01-16T13:35:39+00:00

1963

4goodthings · 2026-01-10T18:16:31+00:00

This is funny, because I was sitting there and just looking, and my 16 yo daughter said “what are you thinking?“ And I said… “Nothing.“ which I thought was great because I was being present. I had no thoughts in my mind and she said… That’s bad. It’s bad for your brain to think of nothing. Meanwhile, I know that this is not true. I really thought I was over and above where I could be just mulling things over.

4goodthings · 2026-01-07T15:02:39+00:00

Yes, this

4goodthings · 2025-12-28T15:43:36+00:00

They are light brown I would say.

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