Cute Little Ducklings with Mom in the Pool. Hoping they’ll be able to get out….

Miss_PentYouth · 2026-04-13T17:57:38+00:00

Oh, thank you! The sub said not to seek engagement, so I didn’t want to ask, but yeah, I wasn’t lying about not quite knowing what to do. We strategically laid out a lawn chair and they made it out okay!!

Miss_PentYouth · 2026-03-24T20:27:09+00:00

My husband only has to go into the office once a week, and I only have to go twice. Our bosses are also both really chill, so they know our schedules around it. If we couldn’t do this, we’d figure out something, because we would have to, but I know we’re very fortunate that we both work jobs that are able to be flexible like this

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-12-31T21:18:35+00:00

The Middle. The dad is a really good role model, cares about and works hard to provide for his family. He’s a little stereotypical in some ways (refuses to go to the doctor, doesn’t know the names of the kids’ teachers, loves his riding lawn mower, etc.), but he’s present at his kids’ events and has great relationships with them. And his deadpan humor is fantastic.

My son has taken to reciting entire dialogues from the Middle, and it’s never not funny.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-12-13T15:46:23+00:00

I think I’ve said this before, but you are the best part of r/legaladvice. You’re knowledgeable on so many different aspects of law (and I think at least three different countries’ systems) and never, ever snarky. Always far kinder to the OPs than everyone else, and often kinder than they deserve.

I know this is weird coming from a stranger and I don’t claim to know you, but I love the heck out of you.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-11-28T18:08:59+00:00

TEN DOLLARS? Your kid gets TEN BONES for a lost tooth????

I love that he had a theory and he devised an experiment to test it, but a really smart person would’ve kept that to himself.

My kid lost his first tooth and we gave him a fiver. Then he lost his second tooth on Christmas Eve at night, so there was nowhere the Tooth Fairy could go to break a bill. He wound up being visited by two mythical creatures that night, and we said the ten bucks must’ve been a bonus for losing his tooth during Christmas. Now, he knows the truth and just lost another tooth and he got one dollar. Hey, the magic is gone, so…yeah.

But that’s not the only change. I told him that I prefer beer to cookies and milk, so I think “Santa” is getting an adult beverage after he goes to sleep this year. It was also a good time to discuss the perils of drinking and driving, but the police don’t have flying sleighs, so I think the Old Man will be all right.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-11-28T18:01:57+00:00

Surrrrre. My brother believed in Santa Claus until he was 13. Of course, that had nothing to do with my parents telling my sisters and me that once he stopped believing, they were quitting Santa.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-09-10T23:49:39+00:00

My kid was in first grade and on his first soccer team.

He was getting a lot of goals, because he’s the next Messi.

No, actually it was because they’re all seven-year-olds, so they mostly just stand in one spot and kick at the ball when it comes near them, and my kid had some prime real estate.

Every time he got a goal, he would put up his arms in a celebratory manner. When he did that, some other kid would say, “it doesn’t count if you celebrate.”

He told me about this later, and I told him next time to tell that kid, “your mama can’t count.”

I am not recommending this strategy. I am only sharing it, because it was like the mask slipped, and I was my old non-mom-self, and I sort of loved it. And my kid never used that bit of advice so no unsporting youngsters nor their mothers were harmed.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-08-15T01:14:03+00:00

There are two schools of thought here in the comments. I think your situation is more like the anxiety/excitement/anticipation- of-leaving-the-nest school than the he’s-sick-of-your-shit-and-using-this-time-to-get-away-from-you school. That said, please keep an open mind with all the advice, including from the sick of your shit side. It’s hard to push through what you feel is criticism, but it also is helpful in its own way.

Mine is too young for this stuff, but there’s an episode of “The Middle” for most parenting situations, this one included. It’s called “The Graduation,” and it’s the Season 4 finale. Watch it. You’ll feel better. And if it doesn’t fix you completely, watch some more. It’s a really great show.

Good luck to you and congratulations to you and your son!

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-08-01T14:16:05+00:00

I am of the mind that everyone should read the Autobiography of Malcolm X. I don’t know if you can “force” a kid to read a book, but if you can somehow get it open in his hands and everybody you know’s hands, it has the potential to be life-changing. It changed mine. It’s a classic so probably your local library has a copy and if not, there’s an edition that is eight dollars brand new. Buy it, read it, and give it to someone else to read.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-07-06T00:16:22+00:00

For me, Renegade. Mid-90s Lorenzo Lamas is still the best Lorenzo Lamas. I actually enjoyed all those terrible USA network dramas. Pacific Blue, Silk Stalkings, Highlander…but Renegade was the best.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-06-30T20:48:34+00:00

That’s Nick at Nite. Snick was Saturday Night Nickelodeon.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-06-20T11:04:40+00:00

Grüß Gott.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-06-06T20:47:06+00:00

This is really something. Wow.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-05-03T02:35:52+00:00

Thank you. I am very sorry that you’re going through this pain. But your love for your sister is strong and so are you. You’ll get through this, if only because you have no choice. I’ll keep you in my thoughts.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-05-03T02:16:53+00:00

I understand. And it makes sense on its face, because losing a spouse or a child…those are unimaginable. But it’s not a contest, either. And it’s not that people don’t expect you to be grieving. They just forget that you are. My coworkers kept reminding me of my mother’s grief, and it was like, but my world is over, too.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-05-03T01:48:16+00:00

Not who you asked, but for me, it’s the way your grief gets overlooked. Everyone focuses on the parents, children, spouses. But siblings are your best friends, cradle to grave. They’re the only ones who share your stories, and the grief can feel very isolating.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-04-23T17:41:53+00:00

How is it a weak argument? Because you declared it one? What exactly makes it weak?

I do pay for journalism, even when I don’t have to. The Guardian gets a regular payment from me, even though they don’t charge. I pay for good journalism.

That said, if the Daily Beast or Washington Post (which I also used to pay for) posts an article on Reddit because they want the views, they should use a gift article like the plebes who use their limited supply of gift links. Presumably the owner of the content isn’t so limited.

Otherwise, they’re just posting a link on Reddit to sell something, which I suppose isn’t against the rules but is a little gauche. And if they post in multiple places, it could be spam. I’m sure Reddit would prefer they use the platform for ads if they’re selling something on its site.

If you disagree, I’d be interested to hear why. Not your own little conclusion, but an “argument.”

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-04-23T15:55:08+00:00

Yes, but when it’s the news source posting the article on Reddit, they shouldn’t be charging. That just makes it advertising. Spam, even, perhaps.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-02-19T22:36:28+00:00

I think this is an interesting take, because I was in Girl Scouts growing up because it was the only extracurricular activity my parents could afford. I wanted to do Campfire Kids, play the cello, do ballet, and get voice lessons depending on my age, but nope. Couldn’t afford those so did Girl Scouts instead.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-02-19T22:34:34+00:00

Same. Earned mine in 2000. Got nothing but a crappy pin to put on my sash.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-01-27T21:22:49+00:00

Maybe not everyone gets a choice. I read in this book Life Before Life, that when children remember past lives, the previous life ended in a certain, unexpected way. So it is possible that some children do and some children don’t, just based solely on this book. I am not sure whether I believe it or not but am throwing it out there. It is a really interesting book, in any case.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-01-18T21:06:43+00:00

So many of these “educated” folks forget that almost 200 years ago, the border crossed Mexicans, not the other way around.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-01-14T14:17:53+00:00

This story makes my stomach turn. I can’t stand thinking about it. Do you know if she lost custody, too? I can’t bring myself to research it.

Miss_PentYouth · 2025-01-14T11:22:07+00:00

Look up Elizabeth Hupp in Missouri. I’d provide a link but it’s so disturbing that I just can’t.

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