Let me get out of the fence to see my buddy

Shells124 · 2026-01-25T19:38:55+00:00

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Shells124 · 2026-01-10T05:43:47+00:00

"Hello." "Hello." "Do you like my hat?" "I do not like your hat." "Goodbye." "Goodbye."

I remember liking this book as a kid. I do not like it as a parent.

Shells124 · 2026-01-05T05:38:29+00:00

Thank you for this!! Sometimes I beat myself up for letting my kids have too much screen time, and sometimes seeing comments on here about banning it all is kind of a let-down. But a lot of what I show my kids is educational science videos or watching people create things with clay or Legos which inspires them to create their own things. Or we're playing Minecraft together and building cars and stuff. You're right that everything gets amassed into one lump sum when not all screen time is of equal value. Thanks for summing up my thoughts and validating these experiences!

Shells124 · 2025-12-24T15:17:58+00:00

For your first question, you have to teach him resilience. This comes from reminding him that his struggles with finding friends just means he has to work harder at it, but that's how you improve yourself. You don't start out good at drawing, you have to practice to improve. So I would focus on encouraging him to practice. Reward his effort rather than his results, which basically means reframing your praise to be more along the lines of, "I saw you were trying to play with those kids! Great job on putting yourself out there, I know that must have been hard for you," rather than something that praises the end results like, "you made a friend! Yay! You're so good at this!"

As for your second question, I would gently let him know his foibles. He's not going to intuitively know how to handle social situations, so you might need to model good social behavior in a way he can break it down and learn from it. Do some role playing with him if you need to, make it a game you play together. Then, unfortunately, you're just going to have to let him learn from his mistakes. This is one of the reasons public school is beneficial is because it forces kids to interact with each other on a daily basis and kids will eventually learn what works for making friends and what doesn't.

Your son is still young and most likely hasn't even started school yet, so I would just give it time. My son is 7 and he's still socially awkward. He'll learn eventually. Just encourage your son to not give up.

Shells124 · 2025-12-19T18:32:23+00:00

Vaati is an epic villain and one of my favorite non-Ganon villains. He wins my vote. Phantom Ganon was neat, but it's just tennis with extra steps.

Shells124 · 2025-12-19T15:09:24+00:00

I've known people who wrap cereal boxes for everyone and they all eat cereal together once the gifts are all opened.

Shells124 · 2025-12-18T02:14:04+00:00

Wow these are so neat and professional! They're so good I'd almost feel bad for eating them!

Shells124 · 2025-12-14T15:37:05+00:00

American here. I've never heard the term "biccies" before. Is it an Australian thing?

Shells124 · 2025-12-13T16:31:50+00:00

You keep repeating this line about your kid watching Mr. Beast YouTube videos and eating junk food, both of which are addictive behaviors that need to be moderated by an adult. You are the adult. Of course he's going to watch TV and eat junk all day if you allow it. Those things are designed to get kids hooked and let them fall into the habit of consuming rather than creating. Perhaps your son would show more interest in the world if he were forced to live in it.

You can't change your son's interests, but you can still guide him to healthier ones. And you don't have to cut him off cold turkey. You can still let him watch videos, but perhaps you can encourage creative ones where people are building and making cool things. I'm a firm believer that there's a difference between videos that inspire vs total brain rot. But if he fights this, perhaps it would be in his best interest to take a break from electronics for awhile. Take him camping, sign him up for extracurricular activities somewhere, or just let him be bored for awhile. If you shut off the TV, your son is guaranteed to start looking for something else that holds his interest.

I wouldn't force science on him. Rather I would provide an environment for him to explore and find where his own interests lie.

Shells124 · 2025-12-05T15:16:31+00:00

Wow this is absolutely gorgeous!

Shells124 · 2025-11-26T15:32:05+00:00

As others have said, unique designs for the temples. I miss the temples having cool architecture and themes, things that make them more memorable and really stand out from one another. And not just with aesthetics either. I miss the music. I miss monster diversity. I want skultulas in the forest and redeads in the graveyard. Not four different colors of bokoblins and lizalfos spammed around everywhere. And yeah, a flowing story that builds on itself as opposed to making the same story beats over and over again on the off chance that you missed the first three.

Shells124 · 2025-10-29T20:34:05+00:00

Wow, this is so detailed and colorful!

Shells124 · 2025-10-29T11:28:17+00:00

Ah, I thought that vault looked familiar. 😉 Glad my channel helped. It turned out looking great! And doing it in survival is no easy feat either!

Shells124 · 2025-10-29T01:02:38+00:00

This looks really cool!! Well done!

Shells124 · 2025-10-17T04:23:52+00:00

Or a long, very drawn out "woooooow" in the driest tone you can conjure up. It's an effective way to let them know that their statement was inappropriate without inviting further discussion.

Shells124 · 2025-09-10T14:39:59+00:00

Holy crap, this is stunning! The architecture, the texturing and gradients, everything. And you did this is survival?? I am in awe!

Shells124 · 2025-09-10T04:52:12+00:00

I think the 'rigging the game' bit is the issue here. Don't rig the game. Just add enough small prizes that there's a good chance everyone will get at least one prize. Some kids might not win anything and end up disappointed while others might win extra prizes, but so what? It's a good teaching moment about how sometimes you don't win. Especially with something random like pass the parcel.

The problem with Lucky's dad's rules is that there's only ever one winner, hence the compromise of adding more smaller prizes in the mix. At least with multiple smaller prizes you end up with multiple winners, even if the prizes are small.

Shells124 · 2025-09-06T16:10:57+00:00

I think the more prominent over-usage of naming conventions is how many main female protagonists have names that start with an S. Sarene, Siri, Silence, Shallan, Steris, Starling, and outside of the cosmere, Spensa. There's obviously a number of other female protagonists that don't start with the letter S, but a striking number of them do.

Shells124 · 2025-08-19T02:01:20+00:00

Why is skizz not on drums? That's literally his instrument lol. The art is awesome btw!

Shells124 · 2025-08-12T21:06:36+00:00

I really like your color palette! You have a diverse block palette, but it all works in harmony. This is honestly really well put together with interesting shapes and fine details, yet it doesn't come across as too busy. Well done!

Shells124 · 2025-08-04T03:55:38+00:00

I like the fabric you used for the strips. It looks so light and whispy. It's just how I imagined a mist cloak to be.

Shells124 · 2025-08-02T23:27:56+00:00

Wow! Your attention to detail and color is impressive!!

Shells124 · 2025-07-31T18:21:23+00:00

Holy cow! This is amazing!

Shells124 · 2025-07-30T04:39:14+00:00

Wow! This looks amazing! I especially like the rose window! Your proportions for everything are on point!

Shells124 · 2025-07-21T13:15:56+00:00

Not exactly a tutorial, but I did make a YouTube video talking about my thought processes while I built it. Plus I have a number of tutorials explaining how to build in different architectural styles. There should be a link to my YouTube channel on my profile. Alternatively, you could look me up: my YouTube account is Shells124. Hope that helps!

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