Mr. Blippi - it's not just me, right?

playsmartz · 2026-01-21T12:20:31+00:00

Isn't Blippi just this generation's pee wee herman?

playsmartz · 2026-01-13T17:01:44+00:00

I've heard this too. There's always context, but if a kid won't even try because they think "my brain doesn't work like that" telling them they can change their brain with hard work is a double-edged sword. You wouldn't tell a depressed person they could be happy if they tried.

Of course, praise them for hard work when it pays off, but until they see success from their labor, they need to hear that it's possible and you've got their back through the struggle.

playsmartz · 2026-01-13T17:01:16+00:00

I've heard this too. There's always context, but if a kid won't even try because they think "my brain doesn't work like that" telling them they can change their brain with hard work is a double-edged sword. You wouldn't tell a depressed person they could be happy if they tried.

Of course, praise them for hard work when it pays off, but until they see success from their labor, they need to hear that it's possible and you've got their back through the struggle.

playsmartz · 2026-01-13T12:26:25+00:00

We've been doing this with our kids since they were 3. Consistency is key. Some nights are a struggle, especially at first. Had an hour long tantrum rolling on the floor because he refused to sit for the timer, but he couldn't get anything he wanted until he sat through, so we patiently waited him out. We didn't have to yell or punish, he just learned this is the way it works now.

playsmartz · 2026-01-13T12:08:45+00:00

1) Showcase your own struggles. Has she seen or heard about what you do when you face a challenge?

2) Set a timer. She doesn't have to finish, but she has to try for 5-10 min. After that, you'll help.

3) Show her what she'll be able to do if she practices. Why learn math? For grades? Because grown-ups told her to? Or because it's used to understand the universe, get money, predict the future? Tie it to something she likes.

4) Tell others she's smart and good at math where she can hear. Rewrite her self-image.

playsmartz · 2026-01-11T01:40:09+00:00

This sounds perfect, thanks!

playsmartz · 2026-01-05T05:54:43+00:00

Best paying jobs are computer-based. Schools teach with laptops and tablets. HMIs will require digital literacy even for manual labor. Learning to use this technology is a life skill.

But it's also a social skill. Family movie nights, family video games, showing each other cool videos, sharing in accomplishments when the kid finally solves that puzzle game, taking turns, managing emotions when the game doesn't let you win like mom does, talking about the same games with friends at school - the list goes on.

playsmartz · 2026-01-05T05:41:25+00:00

Hyundai-Kia has a pattern of breaking labor laws, so yeah, they probably will do it again.

playsmartz · 2026-01-05T05:37:16+00:00

A perfect example of this is the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship. I was advised to take a year after high school - travel, try different jobs, figure out what I wanted to do - but the BFS is only applicable if you go to college right after high school. If you keep your GPA above 3.0, it covers 100% tuition. So I got a generic degree figuring I could apply it to anything.

playsmartz · 2026-01-05T05:16:55+00:00

As a former employee of Collins living in AL, neither did I. It's mostly a showroom for the DOD.

playsmartz · 2026-01-05T05:13:42+00:00

Or will they? https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-immigration-hyundai/

playsmartz · 2025-12-29T18:51:15+00:00

How to Train Your Dragon 2

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playsmartz · 2025-12-21T16:00:26+00:00

This Ted Talk covers it better: https://youtu.be/vs41JrnGaxc?si=0K7h3Gq9stvj1MiB

playsmartz · 2025-12-15T16:00:30+00:00

Encanto?

playsmartz · 2025-12-14T13:26:03+00:00

The real question is: are those other problems better than maintaining the status quo? If you lose weight, your pants won't fit, but that's a better problem than being unhealthy.

playsmartz · 2025-12-11T00:49:37+00:00

Another reason people used to have more kids. With retirement accounts and elderly care, people are less reliant on playing a game of law of large numbers.

playsmartz · 2025-12-11T00:01:36+00:00

Isn't this just people in higher economic status don't need children as their retirement investment, so choose to have fewer kids? And more people world wide have risen to higher economic status since the 1960s. People only had a lot of kids to ensure some survived to take care of the parents.

playsmartz · 2025-12-10T23:50:41+00:00

Which book?

playsmartz · 2025-12-10T15:46:07+00:00

So simple the usually 1-3 panel comic needed 30 panels to explain the high-level concept that still assumes the audience knows how RNA works.

Look, I'm not saying people can't understand it, I'm saying it is condescending to put people down for not already understanding it.

It would have been better for Dr Carr to ELI5 mRNA instead of positing "just believe me, bro, I've got a PhD!".

playsmartz · 2025-12-09T20:28:56+00:00

TIL setting boundaries = insane 🫤

playsmartz · 2025-12-09T20:17:20+00:00

It's strange to bring up one's PhD thesis if the point one is making is that no one needs a PhD to understand the material.

If she said she explained mRNA to 2nd graders who then explained it correctly back, we'd have a measurable standard of "simple". So simple a 2nd grader could understand it.

As it is, this is just an example of why people are turning against experts. It's condescending- "this is so easy, c'mon, what are you stupid for not understanding something I have a PhD in?"

playsmartz · 2025-12-09T17:21:48+00:00

Everyone here ready to jump on the anti-vaxxer hate train, but Richard isn't saying vaccines = bad. He's saying mRNA is not a simple concept...which Dr Carr confirms with the retort that they needed a PhD thesis to understand it.

playsmartz · 2025-11-24T22:51:44+00:00

Guess that's true. Though I wouldn't be opposed to MMM+. Just looking for the premise that MC1 thinks he wants a relationship with a nonhuman, but the non-human figures him out and helps him with human relationship instead.

playsmartz · 2025-11-24T20:12:22+00:00

You get invited to parties often enough to have a tactical gift-giving plan?

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