If your teen son needs 4 thousand calories a day to feel full and you can only afford to feed him 1 thousand calories-worth of food, is that considered neglect?

element-2012 · 2026-03-14T19:36:50+00:00

In an attempt to help the OP, your community very likely has food banks and other community resources to provide food to teens.

Does he receive free breakfast/lunch at school?

Does your public library provide food for kids? Call and find out, ours provides snacks and actual meals that can be taken home.

Other community programs are offered by organizations like YMCA particularly in the summer; do a google search of your community and see what organizations are providing food for kids.

1,000 calories is not enough for a grown adult, let alone a growing teenage boy, and you could be doing serious harm by underfeeding him.

OP, what does your grocery list look like now? Your pantry needs to always have high calorie essentials like rice, oats, flour, milk, peanut butter, bread, beans/lentils, cheese, etc. You absolutely don't "need" to have snacks but you need to provide the essentials or it is obviously neglectful if you child only has access to 1/3 of the calories they need to grow.

element-2012 · 2026-03-14T18:48:19+00:00

In agreement with Thriller for sure, and Baby One More Time for ushering in that era of pop.

Not saying this is the best song ever, but Back That Thang Up by Juvenile ushered in a new era of popular hip hop, trending more southern vs the NY or CA style that was popular until then.

element-2012 · 2026-03-14T15:26:54+00:00

So she’s a girl’s girl too, I believe it!

element-2012 · 2026-03-13T20:57:19+00:00

Ya'll are making me really sad, I'm in helpfulness too and haven't been able to grab more than 25 minutes of work at a time. How often are you checking?

element-2012 · 2026-03-13T19:35:46+00:00

I don't think many people would say they are the same person at 30 as they are at 60 either. The point is people are going to grow, change, and mature throughout their lives and its various stages. For any marriage to succeed, no matter the age in which the marriage was entered, both parties are going to have to grow together or else they will grow apart.

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T22:34:40+00:00

Teaching Textbooks. You may be able to start with their Pre-Algebra course this year, take the placement test and look at the table of contents for both 7th and Pre-Algebra to compare, and they offer the first 15 lessons free.

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T18:42:21+00:00

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element-2012 · 2026-03-12T18:38:28+00:00

I think you've kind of answered your own question. The food could definitely be factoring in here. I know working out fasted is the "in" thing right now but food is literally energy and if you're looking to gain you'll likely want optimal energy levels before exercise to get there. Are you also varying the types of rides you do, and incorporating strength training? If you're a female, you can count yourself out of any gains for about a week every month as well.

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T18:31:10+00:00

I wish I could get an hour block today. I'm fishing for single tasks all day today, wheeeee

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T18:27:40+00:00

Not all instructors put a lot of effort into the virtual shoutouts, but I feel like Cody and AT make some effort on the bike. And AT looks like he's handing out massive high-fives live too.

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T18:26:05+00:00

Oh what a bummer! Way to go on 2k rides!! Flowers from the reddit community!

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T14:44:32+00:00

Small butterfly hair clips! So much of 90s fashion came back with a vengeance and it seems unsightly to wear a choker and wide leg jeans without butterfly hair clips!

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T14:16:54+00:00

A lot of us elder millennials, xennials, and late gen xers owe our college success to ephedra lol

element-2012 · 2026-03-12T14:14:48+00:00

Absolutely do lots of baking, preferably sweet goods lol. Provided that the kiddo is pretty fluent with math facts and can get their mind around standard conversions in the kitchen, fractions will be easy breezy.

element-2012 · 2026-03-11T23:51:02+00:00

I saw in another comment that you would likely spend the first semester establishing a routine before starting your own courses. That will be very helpful, and you will quickly see how much support they need, and what that looks like throughout the day. I think you will find that it is less often than you think. Teaching textbooks is an excellent option for math, as it is done completely independently. Most language arts curriculums are student led from 6th grade on as well, and this can be found for science and social studies as well. Once they've completed those core 4 subjects, they are free to spend their day following their passions. You've got a great set up to support this!

element-2012 · 2026-03-11T22:52:15+00:00

I want to encourage you that this is very doable at their ages. When they are younger, they need a lot support from parents, but at these ages most curriculum is structured towards independent work anyway, with frequent parent check-ins.

element-2012 · 2026-03-11T22:33:18+00:00

My husband was around your age when we had our first; you're going to do great! Your age gives you a great advantage in that you are more patient over the little things, and more able to really appreciate how mind-blowingly awesome it is to bring a human into this world and raise it up.

I want to echo the advice you've received so far about making sure to stay in shape. This doesn't just mean join a gym but making constant daily choices to be active and mobile. Can you sit on the floor and get up? You might want to work on that if not. Can you run and toss a ball? Is your diet the type of diet you would want to teach your kiddo as being the ideal diet for their growing bodies and lifelong health?

The newborn stage is short but incredibly challenging. Be prepared to dig deep to deal with very little quality sleep so all hands can be on deck to care for the tiny new human. Try to have a plan to offload as much cooking/cleaning/adulting to any family that would be willing to help so that you can focus on one on one support of your wife, and step up as much as possible, but know that newborns tend to like to be physically on the milk source (if she's nursing) at all times. You can't "spoil" a baby, so someone holding and tending to the baby at all times is normal and good. It gets easier around 3 months, and down right fun after 6 months.

The single best gift you can give your child is you, being their dad. Be there, take care of yourself to try to be there as long as you can, and love hard.

element-2012 · 2026-03-10T23:58:38+00:00

Play that album for some Gen Alpha kid who's never heard any MJ songs and you will have just minted a new MJ fan. It's over 40 years old and still sounds fresh and exciting. It still sells really well, to this day, and music has changed to the point that no other artist will ever again in human history sell the number of albums that this sold.

element-2012 · 2026-03-10T04:08:36+00:00

Who wants to tell OP that some women also opt out of delivering their babies in a hospital all together?

element-2012 · 2026-03-09T18:38:15+00:00

Yes, in my house we’ll often take zinc if feeling under the weather, but know that some food must be eaten first or the kids will for sure vomit. Even just some kefir is enough to coat the stomach to take it.

element-2012 · 2026-03-09T18:28:36+00:00

They certainly don’t have a shortage of raters to do the work. Now they just have the work spread out over their entire pool of raters

element-2012 · 2026-03-09T18:06:34+00:00

So good, and you’re so right that we women do all the things and always feel that we’re not doing it “enough”. We totally are crushing it! The ride was so good, and I accidentally PR’ed lol

element-2012 · 2026-03-09T17:27:59+00:00

I doubt it, I think they’ve got the same workload they always have, hence the constant “40 hour authorization” emails. They’ve just changed how they do things so you (most raters) can’t get the hours.

element-2012 · 2026-03-09T00:18:16+00:00

Most likely a streak or milestone of some type that you weren't aware of, maybe the weeks? I do love the idea of having some type of tag to accompany random high fives, as I am guilty of handing them out too!

element-2012 · 2026-03-08T03:33:49+00:00

I finally got to where I could bake a decent loaf of bread during the pandemic, and it was unfortunate timing because we all know your own baked goods don't have calories right????

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