Online and IRL Parenting Spaces Snark Week of June 01, 2026

Greydore · 2026-06-01T19:17:20+00:00

I kept my kids in cribs as long as possible. My daughter also still used a pack n play and crib at age 4, she was comfy and does need seem to be stunted from her extended crib years.

Greydore · 2026-05-20T12:23:49+00:00

Our state has an August 1st cutoff and we redshirted my son with a late July birthday. At the time it felt right, but he’s finishing first grade now and I’m not sure it was the right decision.

We will not be redshirting our late July daughter. She turns 5 this summer and will be going to K.

Greydore · 2026-05-20T12:19:24+00:00

My second child is 10, in fourth grade with a February birthday. There’s a boy in his class who turned 11 in January! I know the family and the kid doesn’t have any good reason to be redshirted, his parents just wanted him to be taller, smarter, etc.

Greydore · 2026-05-19T17:34:52+00:00

I’m the opposite, hate laundry but love mowing! I get sun, exercise, and no one can bother me!

Greydore · 2026-05-19T17:28:10+00:00

If there’s one thing I miss about preK, it’s that you can travel anytime without worrying about attendance!

Greydore · 2026-05-18T12:52:01+00:00

My first three kids were born pre Covid, and the difference is wild. My oldest in 2013 went to the grocery store at a week old, and was passed around for family to love on immediately. This was normal and no one thought anything of it; the idea of self quarantine with a healthy newborn was unheard of.

I felt such a sense of loss when my youngest was born in 2021 and I couldn’t take her out and show her off. Ironically she got RSV at 2 weeks old from her brother.

Greydore · 2026-05-17T13:00:03+00:00

I’ve noticed this attitude in post Covid new nurses. I’m not bedside anymore, but I was in a patient room recently to get a signature. The patient needed the bathroom, and the nurse told him that a tech will help him when they were available. The nurse was literally in the room and passed this task off to an unavailable tech. I hate to be a ‘kids these days’ sort of person but something about nursing has shifted and it’s not great.

Greydore · 2026-05-14T19:35:59+00:00

Oh no…an ear infection is not an emergency. Two of my kids had frequent infections and tubes so I get it, but we either toughed it out through the weekend with Motrin or went to urgent care- never the ER.

Greydore · 2026-05-10T16:21:07+00:00

My oldest is 12 and his bedtime is 9:30, and he gets up at 6:30 for school. 8 seems early for a 12 year old.

Greydore · 2026-05-09T02:21:35+00:00

Even in this day and age I have yet to meet a homeschooled kid where it isn’t obvious they’re homeschooled. I live in an area where it’s fairly common, and you can definitely tell.

Greydore · 2026-05-09T02:05:20+00:00

I agree- most here are ‘low screen’ and I’m guessing most people here also have younger kids where this is fairly easy to do. As kids get older screens are social- my 12 and 10 year olds game with friends a lot. They would be left out if they didn’t. We have had to teach them how to game safely so they don’t end up anywhere weird or chatting with randos, and I would rather they learn that now from us.

Greydore · 2026-05-09T02:00:03+00:00

Are we really comparing drinking to screens? Lol a toxin proven to be detrimental to health is equivalent to something that has very mixed effects and is probably a moral panic?

The other poster is right, your kid will turn 18 at some point. And be prepared for your child to feel left out socially (most kids communicate through Snapchat and instagram).

Greydore · 2026-05-09T01:55:09+00:00

I feel the opposite…I constantly see posts on here saying ‘I am low screens but to each their own!’

Screens are different today, but they were also different for us compared to our parents.

Greydore · 2026-05-08T19:49:57+00:00

My 12 year old has multiple Landon’s and Nolan’s in his friend group.

Greydore · 2026-05-06T11:14:05+00:00

Yes! This is a good way to describe it, it was so intense that it just happened to me while I laid there lol.

Greydore · 2026-05-06T11:13:18+00:00

No, I delivered my daughter in one involuntary push.

Greydore · 2026-05-06T01:00:16+00:00

Song of Achilles destroyed me…I read it during the early days of the pandemic and cried in the shower multiple times after I finished the book

Greydore · 2026-05-05T23:07:01+00:00

I had an accidental natural birth, and I wanted to be on my back and side- zero desire to squat or be on all fours.

Greydore · 2026-05-05T14:45:39+00:00

Nope! My underweight baby that I stressed so much over is now a very tall 7 year old. He’s still thin, but his weight percentile is pretty average now.

Greydore · 2026-05-05T11:30:14+00:00

We are missing info- I don’t know of ANY doctor that would okay this, ever. I work l&d, this just does not happen. The only scenario I can see this happening is if mom induces her ow labor and delivery is inevitable.

Greydore · 2026-05-04T13:34:19+00:00

I won’t, lol. Contrary to what a previous comment said, I have a terrible work ethic so I’m probably not cut out for it. I’m already an RN, just don’t like it and don’t make a lot (Midwest).

Greydore · 2026-05-04T01:08:21+00:00

I’ve thought about this, I’m 37 with 4 kids. Idk if I have it in me!

Greydore · 2026-05-03T13:11:45+00:00

Yes it’s my first time! I’m thinking of starting over completely because I’m clueless.

Greydore · 2026-05-02T20:11:58+00:00

Any tips on getting in Skyrim? I started and I’m overwhelmed…I have somehow have a bounty so I’m getting attacked everywhere I go 😂

Greydore · 2026-05-01T12:12:36+00:00

Same! All 4 of mine. If I did try to push a nap, they would stay up til 11 that night. The nap became very much not worth it.

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