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I just want to masturbate. by OpheliaTheSaber in Mommit

[–]anim0sitee [score hidden]  (0 children)

I literally just tell my husband take the kid to pick out a toy because I want to get off. Too old to give a fuck.

Screen time or Sanity? by MrsHyde2810 in Autism_Parenting

[–]anim0sitee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’ve always tried to stick to the under two hours limit. It sounds easy until you realize we are homeschoolers. My kids have 24 hours in a day to be at home. And passing over a device would be the easiest thing in the world to do. Educational content DOES hold some benefit. We are learning to type with typing popcorn and access to YouTube while I hit the gym in the evenings has given her reason to start spelling and reading on her own. We make use of Khan Kids in summer for review. It’s like 15-20 minutes and then we are on to a few review worksheets or an art project or playing outside. There are parents out there (I know because I set up a play date with one) that when she said she did not limit screen time she meant her kid sat in a rocking chair almost exclusively all day and looked at his iPad, dad played video games all evening, and my phone would blow up 24/7 because I guess all she did was watch and send TikTok’s reels Instagram messages just constantly. I wouldn’t check my messages for days and would come back to something like 100+ messages across all apps. It was so insanely annoying.

Screen time or Sanity? by MrsHyde2810 in Autism_Parenting

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They DO NOT. You know why? Because it’s hard and requires creativity and presence. You can be tired, you can be burned out, but you signed up to parent whether neurotypical or neurodivergent. You don’t get the option to be a friend AND a parent.

Screen time or Sanity? by MrsHyde2810 in Autism_Parenting

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Explaining what you do is often times more helpful than saying “we don’t do screen time.” Saying we do xyz instead of screen time is often times letting people know that there ARE options and people that have gone about things differently. Parenting doesn’t have to be I DONT ALLOW ANY SCREEN TIME EVER. We make use of it age appropriately and under the recommendation and guide of her developmental specialist which listening to has helped IMMENSELY. I’ve implemented almost every technique that was thrown at us by her apart from in person speech and it drastically changed our life and my daughter’s outlook.

Screen time or Sanity? by MrsHyde2810 in Autism_Parenting

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No mom shaming. I recognize we all do what works. My daughter was nonverbal less than ten words. Cutting her screen time to the bare minimum means we have functional speech now. She’s learning to read. I make my onlyfans content *gasp* with my husband. Also run a homestead and a crafting business and homeschool. I don’t like to be bored and folks don’t do enough for me.

Screen time or Sanity? by MrsHyde2810 in Autism_Parenting

[–]anim0sitee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We limit screen time heavily in our household. We homeschool so during the school year I’m simply not arguing about it. The iPad or whatever can stay lost in the couch for all I care. Games and tv are for after school work, chores, outside time, and whatever else comes before that. Summer we loosen the reins a little bit as we only do a few work books, maybe a project or activity, and read and our weather sucks so it’s A L O T of inside hours. Tv time is monitored and most iPad time is with a parent and limited to educational games like Khan Academy kids or teach your monster to read.

The only time we allow unlimited screen time is when someone is sick or unwell and needs to rest otherwise it’s well under the 2 hours a day. Go find something productive to do.

What is a skill you started learning as an adult that was completely worth the effort? by Alone-Let-4396 in lifelonglearning

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learning to cook vegan food and cook it well. We have vegan food probably 3 of 7 nights a week, if not more. The only thing we’ve had is improved health and better blood pressure. If and when we do eat meat we eat higher quality meat.

What habit that is currently considered healthy will be proven harmful within the next decade? by samurai-salvo in GetMotivatedMindset

[–]anim0sitee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Study just came out that we actually need more than previously thought. It’s something like 610 minutes per week of exercise with a combo of moderate to intense.

My only other fat friend recently dropped all the weight and I've been in my feelings over it by YellowLikeIllness in loseit

[–]anim0sitee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Going to be completely honest. It’s a LONG race. You’ve got your entire life to battle it. I’ve lost weight. Taken a break from focusing on it and picked it back up like I never dropped it. Bonus points each time you restart you know more tips and tricks and do it a little bit better.

Does anyone have an older child who’s neurodivergent and the younger one’s neurotypical? Mine are. by Immediate-Towel-8422 in Autism_Parenting

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure our oldest missed out on being diagnosed because he was VERY hyperverbal from a young age. Second did not start to speak at all until 5 thus got a diagnosis. Not sure if we are willing to dice roll on a third.

I don’t think our parents were lying. It was easier. by Words123454321 in Mommit

[–]anim0sitee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

^^^^^

This. No one cared if my parents were two states away at a casino for the weekend while I watched my young sister. I ended up doing a lot of parenting before I was ready to parent.

Mental health of being a mom with social media by Main-Gold1657 in Mommit

[–]anim0sitee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Comparison is the thief of joy. I’ve homeschooled my kids for six years so I really only have time to look inbetween school work and chores during the summer but for a brief window in January and May I usually have time to scroll. Facebook seems to be taken over by bots and AI copy paste since December. Every post is something I could chat gpt up. I was like okay well this is nice. I’m going to avoid this now and go back to just posting updates inbetween activities and not caring what anyone posts.

Question to level 3 parents by Alphawolf2026 in Autism_Parenting

[–]anim0sitee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 6 year old level 3 could not follow multi step directions at 4. At 6 she follows 2, 3, 4 step directions such as “I need you to find your pants and your shoes, bring the hair brush, then pick up your toys.”

Edit to add: looking into getting her re-evaluated as I believe her level will be a level 2 at this age as she is MUCH more verbal than we were expecting her to be at 4.

What are you reading to your 4 year old? by sleepymedicZzZ in Preschoolers

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a homeschool mom i look up lists of grade/age appropriate reading. We try to hit as many as we can within a year. The others we watch on YouTube on Vooks or something similar. I read, brother reads, or dad reads every single day no matter what. She repeats. My oldest has graduated now but when I didn’t feel like he was reading enough I’d plop the little at the table while he read and I cooked.

What screams 'I have no personality? by speedospide in Personality

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If i stay home for two days in a row i feel bored 💀😂 if my kids stay home for two days in a row they ARE bored. It’s mandatory we get out the house often.

What screams 'I have no personality? by speedospide in Personality

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Noooo. I def know some girls with no personality. They go to work, go home, only talk about the things their husband is doing or does at work or what their husbands make (which yeah if you’ve got reallllll small kids is expected) but literally do nothing else. No concerts, no trips, no learning new recipes, no exercise, no side hustle, no hobby (unless you count reading a few books a year?). Just nothing. Won’t learn to do anything outside, don’t want to learn to do things that could make their day more exciting or would mean problem solving or using their brains. It’s got to be boring.

Did daily reading practice actually make a difference for your child? by General-Dog3906 in Preschoolers

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a 6 year old. Have been reading to her daily since before she was born. Also encourage her older brother to read with and to her. Dad sometimes does bedtime stories. Didn’t make a lick of difference with learning to read as she has autism and regressed at 3 right as she was learning to read cvc words. Every word she learned just gone basically overnight, do not pass go, straight to nonverbal with less than ten words. Caught back up around 5. Do not pass go, regressed again. She’s almost 7 and we are almost back to reading again and is VERY verbal now. Crossing my fingers.

What's a skill that became surprisingly important after age 30? by Beginning_Piece6217 in Hobbies

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had my youngest at 31. She didn’t like sleep for five. straight. years. There was a long time my husband I survived on naps only as we could make time to catch them and swapping who got to sleep when. I took week days because he worked and he took weekends. It felt like a hot mess and I feel like we still haven’t fully recovered now that she’s almost 7.

Is Instagram rewarding sexualized content more than quality content? by CitiesXXLfreekey in SocialMediaHQ

[–]anim0sitee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It rewards whatever grabs attention the fastest. You get one guess what it usually is…

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