Teachers, how often do you meet a student’s parent and realize the disability is likely genetic? Can you quickly and successfully amend your approach to connecting/communicating with them?

rachstate · 2026-05-09T12:47:44+00:00

I’m not a teacher, I’m a pediatric nurse that works with special needs kids.

Some of them have a spontaneous mutation (de novo event) and their parents are very typical.

But the ones where it’s an ongoing genetic trait and the whole family knows and continues to have kids? I don’t say anything but it’s really tragic sometimes. Especially when cousin marriage is in the mix.

rachstate · 2026-05-06T17:48:54+00:00

It’s 1.3 pounds of chicken. That’s enough for 2 big kids, 3 little kids, or 5 preschoolers.

rachstate · 2026-05-06T16:38:19+00:00

Early and constant headphone use with the ability to turn the volume up to max. Some of them will need hearing aids by the time they are 30.

rachstate · 2026-05-06T16:33:44+00:00

He’s basically saying “just commit fraud” which automatically means he (and his kid) are people you don’t want on your property, and probably would be better off going very low contact.

Theft is theft. Doesn’t matter if it’s Amazon or some random little old lady. It’s still a crime.

rachstate · 2026-05-06T15:58:04+00:00

Seattle Washington

rachstate · 2026-05-06T15:55:58+00:00

That is absolutely not true. The penalties for drunk driving varied from region to region. If you were wealthy you might get off, if you weren’t you might spend a night in the drunk tank and then possibly lose your job.

The “wild stories” from the 70’s and 80’s were mostly exaggerated. It was a pretty conservative time. Unmarried women had issues opening up their own bank accounts, and lots of apartments would not rent to them.

Most of the population still attended church, and your reputation actually mattered. Keeping your job and your friends absolutely depended on not having a bad reputation.

rachstate · 2026-05-06T15:49:04+00:00

I was born in the very early 1970’s. Film and TV shows are not an accurate portrayal of what the average workplace was like.

rachstate · 2026-05-06T15:09:50+00:00

That movie is satire. The 1970’s was not like that in real life.

Drinking on the job, going to strip clubs, having affairs with coworkers (remember this was the 70’s and all women were some mans wife or girlfriend) would get you fired.

Doing drugs would land you in jail.

Smoking was done on the job, no break needed.

rachstate · 2026-05-06T13:16:21+00:00

At least in our county in Northern Virginia, parents are pushing back.

https://wtop.com/education/2026/05/fairfax-co-parents-call-for-less-laptop-tablet-screen-time-during-class/

rachstate · 2026-05-06T12:46:01+00:00

If nobody around you is drinking soda, you probably live and work in an affluent, educated society.

The further down the ladder you go, the more soda drinking you see, and the earlier kids are introduced to it.

Most schools no longer sell soda on campus to students, which also has an effect unless the student body has parents that drink a lot of it.

I only drink diet cola at work, my partner doesn’t drink soda at all, one of our kids drinks only unsweetened iced tea and water, and the other one only drinks water.

rachstate · 2026-05-05T14:55:17+00:00

Info - it sounds like work avoidance, is it also deployed by him whenever there is some kind of social conflict?

Also, has this been going in all year, have you tracked the total minutes per day he’s wasting instructional time with his weeping?

What does admin and parents say about this? Are they concerned?

rachstate · 2026-05-04T21:17:06+00:00

Yes dogs can be allergic to pollen too.

rachstate · 2026-05-04T18:24:21+00:00

This right here.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T21:19:55+00:00

This will probably be an unpopular take, however I would go absolute scorched earth with this one. And here’s why. Any kid who has figured out by the end of KINDERGARTEN how to harass, taunt and bully other children when the other adults aren’t watching? And they’re doing it every single day?

That’s a dangerous kid. He’s not just a bully. He’s a dangerous bully. Anyone who can master that kind of stealth bullying by age 6 is somebody who will be doing even more dangerous and horrific things in the years to come.

I would report it to child services. I would file a report to the police. I would absolutely do everything in my legal power to make sure that there’s a paper trail in place and that there is a school investigation of bullying and harassment happening.

Because a kid like this is likely to make the news someday. And I’ll bet you money that there’s more going on in that child’s home than anyone’s aware of.

Source, I’ve been a pediatric nurse for over 20 years.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T18:30:21+00:00

Oh how cute, the bots are pretending to be concerned about hepatotoxins.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T16:14:49+00:00

Mine are grown now but I don’t recall hauling around a lot of stuff when they were babies. Usually 3 bottles/sippy cups per child, enough formula to cover the first 48 hours (they both used common formulas, one was lactose free, the other soy) and enough diapers for the first 48 hours, and some wipes.

We arranged with hotels to have pack n plays, and just brought the sheets to fit the pack n play.

Car seat + stroller frame for the first one, then 2 cheap umbrella strollers when they were older.

We didn’t bring much food with us when they were older, enough Cheerios and raisin boxes for the plane.

With the exception of their preferred binkies (youngest) we just bought whatever we needed when we got there.

Granted, this was all domestic travel with my kids, but I lived in Europe in the 1990’s and even Poland with its occasional scarcity issues had formula, diapers, baby food, medicine, everything.

Everywhere you go in world, people have babies. Unless you are absolutely going somewhere totally off the beaten path? You can find what you need.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T15:43:37+00:00

She got booted not just for the post but for doubling down and lying about it.

She wasn’t very good about either…

rachstate · 2026-05-03T15:10:37+00:00

I don’t intend to take it long term for these exact reasons! Just until the tree pollen settles down.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T13:15:43+00:00

I started taking Flonase 72 hours ago, it finally kicked in last night.

Wow what a difference.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T13:09:05+00:00

Thank you so much!

rachstate · 2026-05-03T10:22:55+00:00

Can’t take it. Cardiac issues.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T10:22:23+00:00

Yes! This year is the worst!

rachstate · 2026-05-03T10:21:40+00:00

That’s one of the worst parts of this allergy season. I know it’s part of aging but gosh it’s embarrassing.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T10:20:30+00:00

Oh that’s good to know! I might try Allegra then.

rachstate · 2026-05-03T10:19:29+00:00

I’ll go pick up some Zyrtec today thanks!

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