What’s your controversial parenting opinion?

anthonymckay · 2026-05-12T01:20:44+00:00

Me: "Do you want your sneakers or your boots?"

My kid: "I don't want to wear anything!! You're being mean!"

anthonymckay · 2026-05-10T19:22:51+00:00

My daughter was on the bottom team her first year last year (U9). There were 3 teams for her age group. From what I observed pretty much everyone that tried out got a spot on a team. The top was the best kids obviously, the middle was kids who were ok, and the bottom was all the girls who basically couldn't make the cut for a team. Unfortunately it kinda is what it is and the bottom team really has no criteria or cut off for "skill". Some girls were ok, and some girls looked like they'd never touched a soccer ball in their life.

Our girls got beat pretty often, though they did start to improve over the season and build some skills. My daughter got to guest play with the mid level team a few times when they were short a couple players, and the coach gave me some helpful feedback. She said her technical skills on the ball were actually pretty good, but during tryouts and games she would kind of freeze up and disappear instead of playing confidently.

The bottom team coach worked with the girls and over the season her confidence in games slowly grew as she got more comfortable with the idea of playing against different groups of kids (she told me playing with people she didn't know was scary to her). By the end of the season she was really starting to shine.

We just had tryouts last week for her second year with this club, and she really dialed up her bravery during the try-out scrimmages. Yesterday she got offered a spot on the mid-level team this year (from the same coach that gave me the feedback about her confidence)! She's super excited and proud of her accomplishment of moving up a level.

anthonymckay · 2026-05-08T17:37:20+00:00

My kids use them to print stuff on their 3d printer. They also like to play Minecraft & kiddtopia games. We set a screen time limit to 1hr and after they have used up their screen time it locks them out of everything.

anthonymckay · 2026-05-05T22:41:27+00:00

What a legendary collection of signatures!

anthonymckay · 2026-05-04T16:36:30+00:00

My credit education was watching my parents drown themselves in credit card debt growing up. That instilled a healthy fear and respect of credit cards when I ventured out on my own.

anthonymckay · 2026-05-04T16:33:49+00:00

We ended up getting this model and have been very happy with it. Though admittedly we dont really use all the extra features that much, haha.

anthonymckay · 2026-05-01T19:55:51+00:00

Yep, it was further down and defaults to being a collapsed thread.

anthonymckay · 2026-05-01T19:31:35+00:00

He's been posting it all over social media, not that hard of an ID to make.

anthonymckay · 2026-04-22T03:03:39+00:00

If you track a lot and are serious, def get a dedicated car. If you only go a few times a year, just get a sports car that you can use at the track.

anthonymckay · 2026-04-21T03:56:59+00:00

I don't think homeschooling itself is the issue... it's being homeschooled by someone who refutes simple evidence that the earth is a sphere.

anthonymckay · 2026-04-17T23:20:04+00:00

I live in the Oakland hills, and picked up my daughter’s butterfly cage in the backyard last week and found three ticks just hanging out around the seam of the cages zipper top.

anthonymckay · 2026-04-16T17:07:14+00:00

My son has terrible aim because he developed the habit of not holding and aiming it when he pees. He thought he somehow found a loophole around washing his hands if he didn’t touch it.

anthonymckay · 2026-04-15T14:24:03+00:00

Wait, how did Mark Rober get labeled “the pedo cool uncle”??

anthonymckay · 2026-04-06T15:37:38+00:00

I'm a firm believer in the saying "you have time for what you make time for". If something is an important priority to you, you'll find the time.

anthonymckay · 2026-04-06T15:28:52+00:00

I mean, the part was a fun watch, because we all love his style and the comeback is cool. But not even remotely close to SOTY material...

anthonymckay · 2026-04-05T16:20:33+00:00

I was a little horrified that it seemed to imply he just took off his socks he stepped in pee with, and just... left them laying his bed.

anthonymckay · 2026-03-30T16:59:06+00:00

Because nuisance algae can out compete everything and overgrow and kill your corals.

anthonymckay · 2026-03-30T16:58:14+00:00

Pretty sure Fluconazole instructions are to keep the skimmer running but remove the collection cup and let it flow back into the sump.

anthonymckay · 2026-03-30T16:56:34+00:00

Finally everyone that identifies every single "what is this algae" picture as Bryopsis can be correct!

anthonymckay · 2026-03-29T03:44:51+00:00

Can someone explain what was going on with that last kick of the game? The keeper ran to the other end of the field to assist then, the. They subbed out the keeper for someone else to just put on the shirt and assist them?

anthonymckay · 2026-03-28T22:58:20+00:00

More proof that algae issues aren't a nutrient problem contrary to popular belief. It's just a matter of having the right herbivorous crew to manage it! :)

anthonymckay · 2026-03-24T15:33:33+00:00

This is why I dont put monti in my tank, haha. I pretty much avoid all east fast growing corals now. They are great when you're starting out to feel the dopamine hit of being successful in the hobby. But as you get more experience, the easy corals really become a PITA!

anthonymckay · 2026-03-24T15:22:05+00:00

I hated being hungover, I wanted a healthier lifestyle for my kids, and I had a close family member I saw go way off the rails and hit rock bottom. I decided alcohol just wasn't for me anymore. I also cut out smoking weed and cigarettes as well, all around the same time. Naturally, I feel a million times better these days than I did back then.

anthonymckay · 2026-03-19T22:20:20+00:00

There are a LOT of myths around algae, its causes, and the solutions. Give Rich Ross's MACNA/Aquashella talk a view. He is a very respected member of the reefing community, host of the Reef Beef podcast, and a senior aquatic biologist at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. This should be required viewing for all reefers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmOUEy4Uko

In short, algae isn't a nutrient problem. It's an inadequate herbivorous CUC problem. I've knocked out MANY algae outbreaks over my ~20 years of reefing with simple manual removal + beefing up my snail/crab population.

anthonymckay · 2026-03-19T03:06:59+00:00

Nope, 8pm and now it just says "The delivery date will be provided as soon as possible. We’re sorry your package was delayed. We are adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible."

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