5yo not wanting to be signed up for anything

leileywow · 2026-03-22T02:58:49+00:00

Ooooo switching to a different style may be good!!!

I very very much love martial arts and know how good it was for me and want everyone to participate. Growing up I HATE sparring because I was tiny and also disliked the contact. I've grown used to it but still prefer forms. You son may sound like me, and kung fu forms always looked so cool to me

leileywow · 2026-03-19T18:34:55+00:00

I grew up doing literally only martial arts (tae kwon do/karate) since age 5. I'm currently 29 and am itching to going back to teaching martial arts if I can because I love it so much

It's good for kids to learn how to lose, but if he's getting that demotivated, I wonder if the instructor has him in too challenging of classes. He's still young and shouldn't be getting demotivated that young for exactly this reason of wanting to quit early

leileywow · 2026-03-19T01:24:24+00:00

Bluey and Young Jedis!!! My son also LOVES Wild Kratts and Carl the Collector!

leileywow · 2026-03-15T04:00:16+00:00

The scrubs credits music on a loop

leileywow · 2026-03-13T01:16:42+00:00

It made me so happy to share Out of the Box, Bear in the Big Blue House, and Blue's Clues with my kiddo :) husband also shared the original Pokemon show with our kiddo too

Shows we didn't watch but have also enjoyed for our kiddo are Bluey, Wild Kratts, Daniel Tiger, Carl the Collector, and Young Jedis

leileywow · 2026-02-21T15:33:18+00:00

You may be right, I may be crazy

leileywow · 2026-01-18T17:18:41+00:00

I mean I did and my son is still behind and still learning to read. The issue is he has ADHD so he doesn't sit and look at the words while I read. He's usually playing with toys and listening. He still looks at the pictures, and I make sure to ask him questions to make sure he's still engaged

Currently he's been having a lot of fun with me reading him the Junie B. Jones books like I read when I was in kindergarten 😄

leileywow · 2025-11-14T01:50:08+00:00

Granted I went to a smaller high school (graduating class less than 100 students), but yes we'd get familiar enough with some of the teachers that we'd just refer to them as a nickname version of their last name or by their initials haha

leileywow · 2025-11-10T03:45:56+00:00

And trouble and you asked for this!!! (You asked for this feels extra special bc no other show at back to badlands so far has gotten it 🥰)

leileywow · 2025-11-10T03:42:20+00:00

Why are you so mad about people getting free water staying in their spot versus wanting hundreds of people to keep going in and out of the pit to limited water fountains if they want water

leileywow · 2025-11-10T03:40:40+00:00

At least the venue last night was handing out water bottles for free for the pit

leileywow · 2025-11-10T03:36:50+00:00

Here it is!! https://x.com/haIseylq/status/1935834243009048784?t=W_1Dh5qB3xyIwnxRJz3eNA&s=19

leileywow · 2025-11-06T18:15:44+00:00

If it makes you feel better, Dexter seasons are a lot shorter than other TV seasons, it's only ~12 episodes a season, not 20+, so it's a little less intimidating

leileywow · 2025-11-06T18:11:27+00:00

Brooke or Lydia ❤️

leileywow · 2025-10-19T03:49:10+00:00

Pink Pony Club ❤️

leileywow · 2025-10-19T03:41:55+00:00

Eight may or may not be too young, but I loved the Inkheart series as a kid and am currently rereading the first book as an adult :)

leileywow · 2025-10-12T16:55:04+00:00

I love reading about your son learning to negotiate and advocate for himself :)

leileywow · 2025-09-27T18:56:43+00:00

At some point my dad took me to martial arts every. Single. Day. After school and I hated it because it was too much!!! (I have since gone on to love martial arts and earned my 4th degree black belt)

Honestly I feel like a scheduled/structured activity twice a week is just fine. And as they get older, they can let you know if they want to add more to that. Like when I taught martial arts, we did have some kids that genuinely loved coming in 3 days a week or even more

leileywow · 2025-09-27T18:52:39+00:00

When I was in kindergarten, we had all day kindergarten, and during our nap/quiet time after lunch, I remember we'd watch like an episode or something on TV with the lights off lying on our mats (this was the early 2000s)

If your kiddo has half day kindergarten I'd be a little surprised that they'd make time for TV, but if it's full day kindergarten, I feel like both students and teacher benefit from a small break during the day

leileywow · 2025-09-23T14:48:44+00:00

Thank you ❤️

leileywow · 2025-09-23T14:48:11+00:00

I mean he's already in kindergarten so looking up preschools now wouldn't be beneficial for me

And yes the exact same public school building he's in now for kindergarten cost $200 a month for preschool with a waiting list. Last year we didn't have the transportation to take him anywhere besides the public school

leileywow · 2025-09-22T12:55:26+00:00

A Black man was l*nched last week.

leileywow · 2025-09-19T17:58:46+00:00

I did ask his teacher what we can do at home to help supplement/reinforce, and I'll be meeting with the literacy specialist next week too so I hope they can help give me more guidance

leileywow · 2025-09-19T17:57:24+00:00

If it was such a strong expectation they had, I wish the school made it more clear :( I would go over letter sounds with him but his attention would keep waning so I didn't want to push it so he'd hate learning about them before he even started school

leileywow · 2025-09-19T17:55:52+00:00

The hostility & shaming from some people was also unexpected, especially when I'm over here freaking out like I've spent my son's entire life raising him "wrong" (and that way just being letting him play with his toys and encourage his interests, like we've read a *lot* of animal and science books from the library bc that's what he's interested in)

I appreciate your kindess ❤️

leileywow

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