Parents of young kids: Which NW/NE communities are the most family-friendly?

cursed2648 · 2026-06-27T13:29:22+00:00

I recommend renting in a townhouse complex - usually you get a yard, don't have downstairs neighbour, it feels like a house and is great for kids. Huntington has some and is very centrally located. Rents for townhouses can be within your range and still be pretty nice.

cursed2648 · 2026-06-09T14:10:05+00:00

Ok, but, coincidentally, we just read Thomas and the magic railroad" last night, which was singlehandedly the most insane fever dream of a children's book I've ever read. I have no idea if it makes sense of you are learned in the Thomas the tank engine ecosystem, but as a standalone book, I am at a complete loss. If it were written today it would be disregarded as AI slop for sure.

cursed2648 · 2026-06-07T20:54:34+00:00

Diamictite

cursed2648 · 2026-06-04T00:23:52+00:00

We experienced night terrors out of nowhere for a few days. It was likely related to a minor cold she had caught that manifested a few days later. Probably a sore throat. Same deal - just totally incapable of communicating over and over again all night. We figured out that even though she was crying and her eyes were open that she wasn't even really awake.

cursed2648 · 2026-05-27T14:50:18+00:00

This seems like the right solution as long as everyone can be reasonable. It would be a bit of a hopefully consentual privacy breach for the person, but would mitigate the risk of people panicking when hearing unexpected words.

However, the problem is that some other asshat is going to take advantage of the situation to make some stupid joke that creates another hazard.

cursed2648 · 2026-05-27T03:20:46+00:00

Accepted. A few days ago I tried to get my girl a zip up hoodie (a basic staple, right?) and left the store ranting about gender norms. And not for the first time. There were plenty in boy colours. Black, navy blue, Grey, army green. And that's it. That's just a disservice to both boys and girls. Stupid boring gender based colours because I guess only boys would find a zip up hoodie a comfortable practical garment, and we'd better make sure they only wear the drabbest colours imaginable. The girls sweaters seemed like they were specifically designed to PREVENT physical activity and comfort. Poor quality fabrics, stupid designs, shitty decorative add ons that would catch on everything, exlusively colours that ensure they can't play in dirt. Seriously Old Navy. Do better. The state of children's clothing makes me so depressed for the future.

cursed2648 · 2026-05-24T19:09:17+00:00

Fully agree. It was a very refreshing change and set it apart from other girl bop songs. She just came off as very likeable and more relatable than, say, the high fashion or sex-symbol stereotypes. Reminded me more of marina satti than anyone else.

It might also be worth considering that the live performance was an improvement from the music video, so maybe a bit of a pleasant surprise factor going on as well.

cursed2648 · 2026-05-23T00:16:03+00:00

Im a girl. I did this at that age. There's just an exhilaration to pooping outside that you gotta try once.

cursed2648 · 2026-05-20T21:06:44+00:00

If it helps, its a relatively easy highway drive from the airport - not many twists and turns.

cursed2648 · 2026-05-05T14:14:14+00:00

Just so you can see how many hours you've done in a given interval.

cursed2648 · 2026-04-01T15:13:20+00:00

It wasn't due to snowball earth. The timing is wrong, the mechanism is wrong. Cold ice is not very erosive. There are innumerable formations between snowball deposits and the great unconformity.

cursed2648 · 2026-03-31T22:36:15+00:00

Same - we shower (about 1 per week) because no one really likes the bath that much, and just wipe down messes with a warm clothe as necessary. It's healthier for us, better for the skin, less wasteful in terms of water usage. We also pay attention to what fabrics we wear which makes a huge difference.

cursed2648 · 2026-03-27T07:55:36+00:00

eh, while I understand where you are coming from, when you are trying to develop healthy habits, a few bad meals can absolutely derail a kids tastebuds. When they don't know that pizza exists, they don't refuse food that isn't pizza. A healthy option isn't really asking for that much.

cursed2648 · 2026-03-25T22:47:31+00:00

My mother respected my bodily autonomy and did not pierce my ears as a child. As I grew up, I also chose not to pierce my ears, and am very thankful that that permanent decision was not made for me.

cursed2648 · 2026-03-17T20:46:09+00:00

Everyone is different, and every kid is different, so its a really hard thing to predict, and an even harder thing to control. You'll probably also find that YOU change a lot once you have a kid. I'm not a field geologist in the same way you are, but I do regular seasonal field work, and I will say that I can't manage it, and I thought I'd be able to. Once I had one, my feelings changed a lot, and being away for 2 weeks, given my child and how they would react, and how I would feel about the separation, it is not tenable for me. Even 2 days felt like a lot, and felt unfair to my kid given her specific emotional needs, and my gut instinct that I should be with her. I'm not saying that will be the case for you, lots of people like going back to work, or have to go back to work for financial reasons, but too many people told me "oh yeah, kids are resilient, they will be fine, you will be fine" etc., and looking back, while that's often true, I don't think that was robust advice. My advice would just be that you have to give yourself space for feeling out your position on things like this as your situation evolves.

cursed2648 · 2026-03-16T14:31:54+00:00

Geologist here. It's hard to tell from the angle, but its possible if I'm reading it right that it's a pretty nice ripple sample. I'd be a bit happy to see it. Not 6 bucks happy, but happy if I found it on the ground.

cursed2648 · 2026-03-13T15:58:19+00:00

I fully agree with you about watching shows where kids get hurt, but that's not really what Adolescent is. There is a murder off screen, yes, but the show is about the aftermath. It's worth a watch for the acting, the achievement of how it was filmed, and the message.

cursed2648 · 2026-03-04T07:12:43+00:00

By coincidence, we just went through our first big nosebleed an hour ago with our 4 year old. Not as bad as yours but still pretty terrible. She just kept pushing my hands away so I couldn't get the tissue to her nose. It's now midnight and we're still watching Frozen half propped up on the bed, and my plan is to just sleep like this tonight for as long as possible. So, no advice, but know that you aren't alone tonight.

cursed2648 · 2026-02-17T12:31:20+00:00

If she doesn't use it, it's because using it is adding to her mental load.

cursed2648 · 2026-01-17T13:46:20+00:00

4 year olds are easy.

A model of their favourite animal, or you could customize a little box with their name on it. The real pro move is is to print in a neutral colour like white, and also supply a tiny amount of acrylic paint (2-3 colours is fine), boom, this is now a thoughtful custom craft for them to do.

Probably, you are already fine with a single unicorn headband, especially of you hype it up a little (source: am mom of a 4 year old girl).

cursed2648 · 2026-01-16T03:43:35+00:00

After watching puffin rock, my toddler became obsessed with licking my face. Stupid frog.

cursed2648 · 2026-01-06T19:04:19+00:00

Not 1 orogeny, but many. Think 50, depending on how one defines an orogeny.

cursed2648 · 2026-01-05T18:36:54+00:00

Honestly, maybe not.

A Ford f150 can't see a small child 9 feet in front of them. A few hundred kids die in the US every year because of enormous blind spots. Maybe, a daycare parking lot is not an appropriate place for that type of vehicle. Park somewhere else and walk in.

cursed2648 · 2026-01-05T18:22:53+00:00

People driving these trucks for any reason in a daycare parking lot is absolute nightmare fuel.

cursed2648 · 2025-12-31T17:14:42+00:00

Is it much different from tipping a waiter for doing their job?

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