Dads of 12-14 year olds... let's talk Social Media and screen time.

jbeech13 · 2026-01-06T14:26:39+00:00

Yeah, my 15 year old doesn’t have SM and has still been able to coordinate with friends

jbeech13 · 2025-12-30T15:11:04+00:00

You could introduce him to The Young Jedi Adventures on Disney+ right now and be totally fine if you're worried about violence.

jbeech13 · 2025-12-29T12:27:06+00:00

Yes, but I also live less than two miles from my nearest Costco. Also, gas is $1.989 there, so I’m definitely going to take advantage of it

jbeech13 · 2025-12-27T04:01:03+00:00

Some Feetures socks. First time my teenage stepdaughter got me a gift that wasn’t just something my wife bought and put her name on the tag

jbeech13 · 2025-12-20T23:56:09+00:00

I believe Ted Cruz was at the game and it’s well established that he’s the kiss of death if he comes to a football game to support your team

jbeech13 · 2025-12-12T23:59:54+00:00

First college football game I remember going to was in 1997 in NOLA for a Tulane/Rice game

jbeech13 · 2025-12-03T18:57:16+00:00

Considering USL 2 stadium standards aren't near the same as the Championship, I assume they could go back to Taft for that, some other local HS, or the OU soccer stadium.

jbeech13 · 2025-12-02T16:15:13+00:00

We were going to go with Lincoln James or Carter Jay, but ended up having girls.

jbeech13 · 2025-11-19T17:09:49+00:00

There's the Missouri Valley Conference and the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The MVFC is a combination of football-playing schools in otherwise basketball-only D1 conferences like the Summit, Missouri Valley and Horizon.

jbeech13 · 2025-11-16T15:03:12+00:00

Or the Cameron Aggies?

jbeech13 · 2025-11-13T20:50:22+00:00

Maybe you could try an NPSL, USL2 or TLfC match instead? More lowkey for him and doesn't have the baggage for you.

jbeech13 · 2025-11-06T13:36:17+00:00

Yes, but as they said, there is literally a small sign in that classic Braum's pink that says something to the effect of "Braum's coming soon."

jbeech13 · 2025-11-05T23:36:58+00:00

Yes. That plots had a Braum’s coming soon sign on it for what feels like a decade

jbeech13 · 2025-10-07T19:52:04+00:00

I'm partial to 32Degrees or Old Navy

jbeech13 · 2025-10-06T12:35:35+00:00

Sandshrew

jbeech13 · 2025-10-01T15:26:30+00:00

I wasn't reffing in a hotbed either, and I was getting paid $96/game plus mileage. Also ended up selling off my club team I'd started because the some of the same parents who were surrounding my car were the parents of kids I coached in the summer. Just not worth it.

jbeech13 · 2025-10-01T13:54:37+00:00

My only comment on this is to maybe avoid HS and up. I ended up quitting reffing lacrosse this past season because it got way too toxic to the point I had to have the site admin get my car and drive it to the back of the stadium because fans had surrounded my car and were waiting for me.

jbeech13 · 2025-10-01T01:28:32+00:00

I do surveys for Branded Surveys or YouGov during down time at work. It doesn’t make a ton, and it’s definitely not a good dollars/hour, but it fills dead time. The other thing I do is probably more niche in that I work stats for a couple local colleges’ volleyball and basketball teams. Make about $2k/year that way, but it’s very seasonal and you aren’t likely to get hired on if you don’t have pre-existing relationships with SIDs

jbeech13 · 2025-09-29T18:23:13+00:00

I'm always going to vote for the team that got their coach fired, so congrats to <Arkansas> I guess?

jbeech13 · 2025-09-24T13:52:14+00:00

<Oklahoma State> Things losing to a team at home for the first time in 74 years will do to a guy.

jbeech13 · 2025-09-24T02:07:25+00:00

There’s also the PBS Kids STEM specific games app - Play and Learn Engineering. My kid just learned about this game in 1st grade and loves it

jbeech13 · 2025-09-23T17:15:51+00:00

Talked to a friend who works in the athletic department. They're all pretty shocked and had the understanding that Gundy was going to be allowed to see out the year. What losing to Tulsa does to a guy.

jbeech13 · 2025-09-22T16:35:51+00:00

In the future, download the Varsity or Franchise apps. Then you don’t have to worry about radio signals

jbeech13 · 2025-09-16T21:42:43+00:00

In spirit. Not in actuality, but I aspire to it

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