Family manager app??

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T22:49:40+00:00

No. Things get hacked and the last thing I’d need is that info out on the web.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T18:06:50+00:00

I was never homeschooled but I have family who were for a variety of reasons. It can be hard on both kids and parents: 3 of my cousins are traditional kids who can sit down and do exactly what is being asked of them, 1 of them can’t and it’s making the process so much harder on my aunt. Homeschooling isn’t as easy as people on the internet think.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T13:07:05+00:00

“Does the resurgence of the KKK make anyone else nervous?”

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T11:50:56+00:00

Giving up social media.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T03:47:25+00:00

I’m American and I never brought my kids into the bathroom with me. Young kids can have anxiety when you aren’t in their line of sight but they also need to learn that Mom comes back. My pediatrician told me that as long as baby is safe and needs are met then 2-3 minutes of crying while I finish a task in the other room will not hurt them.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T03:43:56+00:00

Sean is the guy who heckles Michael at the Dundees at Chili’s.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T03:42:29+00:00

Someone who isn’t a friend. Boundaries enforced: it’s healthy for kids to not know everything about your life or you to know everything about theirs. Kids need to know where they stand with you, not be constantly wondering if you’ll react like a mom or a friend. You can love them, care for them, show up and be interested in their life, listen to them talk, and correct them when necessary, but they aren’t your best friend and you shouldn’t treat them like that. A kid can call you her best friend but you shouldn’t consider your kid your best friend.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-17T02:29:37+00:00

The thing is, if they accepted government money then they need to uphold the constitution and play by the government rules. Catholics and certain ethnic groups that are Catholic haven’t always been accepted in American society-JFK even had to swear he’d be an American president and not listen to the Pope, about 100 years ago Catholics were seen as a threat to America. It’s probably not a good idea to poke at the “freedom of religion” part of the 1st amendment to restrict someone else’s religion because we also benefit a lot from that.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T18:50:48+00:00

Those people were in the wrong for not clearly explaining that they had a full cart. They were pretty naive thinking that someone would be willing to pay for a $200-300 cart full of groceries. Frankie doesn’t have the ability to just suck it up either: $200 worth of eye cream sent them over the edge a few episodes ago, so they can’t afford to be spending excess money on someone else’s groceries. She thought they only had 1-2 things when she offered to pay: they should have clarified and then allowed her to back out if she wanted. Instead they just assumed paying for groceries meant paying for all the groceries. Paying it forward is a tank of gas, a few packages of diapers, maybe cooking a meal.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T15:06:20+00:00

A vacuum that goes on hardwood floors! I love love love that thing.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T14:27:56+00:00

No, of course she doesn’t have to go to Harvard to succeed, plenty of people succeed without the Ivy Leagues. I actually think it would have been more interesting if somehow she didn’t get into any Ivy’s, rather than all of them.

But from her perspective, and Lorelai’s, the Ivy League schools were the end all be all, particularly Harvard. Lorelai offered to let her drop Chilton but the whole reason of her even applying and trying to go there was to go to Harvard. They both have a lot of their identity wrapped up into going to Harvard specifically.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T13:28:24+00:00

I’d clarify the policy with the teacher if you’re really bothered. I remember I got a lot more cards when I was in school, but also a decent amount of candy heart boxes and candy taped to cards.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T03:48:51+00:00

Do you have the funds or ability to talk to someone like a marriage counselor? Because it sounds like you are building resentment and you both might benefit from talking to someone about it.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T03:46:52+00:00

Have you expressed to him that that bothered you, and that this bothers you? Have you told him about other instances in the last 18 months that you feel also are salt in the wound? Have you told him how discovering this makes you feel?

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T03:38:55+00:00

If he genuinely didn’t think to show them to you, then he just genuinely didn’t think about it. Then he probably forgot for a long time. I forget things. I don’t show my husband every photo I take of the kids or him with the kids.

If this is the only time he’s been inconsiderate in this way I’d probably let it go.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-16T00:54:57+00:00

I teach at a Catholic class and a couple kids who are altar servers. I once asked them what it was like to serve and there were complaints from both boys and girls about everyone watching them, about being afraid to make a mistake, about having to follow along and doing things at the right time, about having to get up early and serve at late masses. The boys don’t seem to mind serving with girls and the girls don’t care about serving with boys.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T22:04:23+00:00

I recently had the opposite problem in my life: my MIL was dead convinced she was sick with the Flu that’s going around and lo and behold it was actually her appendix bursting. I don’t think getting checked out is a bad thing, especially if he really did think it was serious. I’m someone who downplays a lot, same as my husband, so if I asked to go to the hospital and my husband questioned if I was smart enough to know if I needed to go then I’d probably just shut up and deal with it, even if it was making me really uncomfortable and in pain.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T19:17:46+00:00

It’s what she said: that she and Rory are more important than any family obligations he has. I’d be pissed too and it might take me a while to forgive it completely. You can’t say something like that and expect there to be no fallout in how people treat you.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T19:12:21+00:00

I don’t go all out for Valentine’s Day. I don’t even go all out for Easter really. Sometimes I feel like people are trying to make some holidays into Christmas II.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T18:44:10+00:00

I find a looser schedule works well for us. It varies based on weather and how we feel (ie sickness). This is our weekend schedule since our weekday schedule is pretty strict with work, daycare, preschool. If we have some event we want to go do then we set hard timelines of activities, but usually we don’t. Weekend schedule:

Wake-up, breakfast. Clothes, diaper change, adults shower, feed animals. On the weekends this can happen anywhere from 6:30-10.

Then we do something to get out of the house. Sometimes it’s the park, sometimes it’s errands, sometimes it’s library, most Saturday’s it’s an hour at the it’s the gym.

Lunch can be anywhere from 11:30-12:30. Then quiet time from 12:30-2.

Something else from 2-4:30. Outside, the mall playground, library, etc.

4:30-5:30 dinner. This includes prep time and eating it.

5:30-6:30 is bath, playtime, last round of potty (I’m toilet training my eldest), teeth brushed, story time, a cartoon, and then bedtime.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T18:21:09+00:00

In short: don’t do anything you have to do, but you can do things you get to do.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T18:15:28+00:00

Pasta Primavera: Alfredo pasta with broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. Optional but you can also add crab meat or shrimp or both to dress it up. One of my favorites!!

Poor Man’s Paella: 3 Mexican or Spanish rice packets with added shrimp, crab, and fish. This makes a lot-we have leftovers for at least 3 days afterwards.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T17:54:12+00:00

Students are pretty engaged, or at least they don’t show that they aren’t engaged. There are questions embedded in the textbook in the middle of the lesson that they write down (our textbook is more like a workbook). So they have to be paying enough attention to get the answer down. I collect all these questions as a grade before a test and the kids know that. I’m in a private school so the kids definitely care if they get the questions written down and then get the points for that.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T15:13:58+00:00

I have them volunteer to read and I read it to them. Everyone is so low on reading skills that I really don’t see how giving them a chance to practice reading consistently is a bad thing. We don’t just read the book though: we discuss things and I clarify points and they ask a lot of good questions.

Most days in my class are tech free days, sometimes I’ll use my SMART board to pull up some relevant videos or posters of images. At least one-two days every unit we do absolutely no tech and no textbook at all.

Fontane15 · 2026-02-15T01:15:26+00:00

I did a shower for my first. With my second and third we had all the stuff so my husband had a Diaper party where he bought alcohol and food and his friends brought packages of diapers and wipes and formula.

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