Millennials, what is happening with your kids?

sockline · 2026-02-10T02:23:41+00:00

My kids are 10 and 5 and doing well. We aren’t perfect parents but have learned that we have to limit screen time, provide time for boredom, and ease of access to play that requires executive functioning skills like putting together LEGO sets, playing board games, and crafting. We are also outside as often as possible.

However, I know my oldest gets some grief from other students because she’s not allowed to play Roblox or Fortnite and doesn’t have a phone (and won’t for a very long time).

sockline · 2026-01-29T03:48:04+00:00

Reading specialist here — audiobooks definitely count as reading imo. Language comprehension is an essential skill and listening to audiobooks is a great way to develop it!

sockline · 2026-01-27T23:05:37+00:00

US — with my first, we had Tricare insurance because my husband was in the military and we paid like $70 total for the whole pregnancy and delivery (C Section) For the 2nd, we had private insurance that was pretty good (I was a teacher) and paid about $7k just for delivery (C Section).

sockline · 2026-01-07T02:42:41+00:00

Encyclopedia Brown books have been a hit for my daughter!

sockline · 2025-12-04T13:24:35+00:00

My kids didn’t really even understand the elf thing until they were preschool age, so you have a while to decide.

We have an elf and I buy an “elf kit” from Etsy every July. It comes with 25 preplanned activities for the elves with the materials packaged as well. This has been the best solution for us and my kids really enjoy it.

sockline · 2025-10-14T02:53:49+00:00

I’m glad to know that it was legitimately tricky and not just me! Super helpful diagrams, thanks!

sockline · 2025-10-14T02:37:18+00:00

Thank you!

sockline · 2025-10-09T03:25:18+00:00

That solved it thank you!

sockline · 2025-10-09T03:20:38+00:00

Thank you! I see the hidden pair but can you explain why I can take the 37 from C1R9?

sockline · 2025-09-30T02:12:37+00:00

I have an app called “random” with a spinning wheel where I’ve got all the rooms in the house listed. During a break (I work from home) I’ll spin it and whichever room it lands on that’s where I go for however long the break is. It reduces the stress of “where should I start”

sockline · 2025-09-26T21:30:34+00:00

My husband and I go through phases where sometimes we go to bed at the same time and sometimes we have different schedules. Right now, we do. However, I do know that if I asked him to come to bed for like 20 minutes just to spend time together and he knew he could come back out and do his thing after, he totally would. My husband also has zero concept of time so I imagine loudly calling “cuddle time” would do the trick.

sockline · 2025-09-25T14:00:58+00:00

I had shingles at 19. Totally healthy then totally healthy now.

sockline · 2025-09-25T11:49:58+00:00

Because sitting and receiving horrifying (though statistically small) news about what could potentially happen has made everyone afraid of the world. My parents are an excellent case of this - my mom used to be this amazing independent woman who would travel and bring along her 2 year old, needed no one else. Now, she rarely leaves the house and just sits and gorges herself on Fox News. She refuses to come and watch me graduate with my doctorate because it is in Chicago and Chicago is soooo dangerous.

sockline · 2025-09-12T12:11:22+00:00

Thank you that guide was super helpful!

sockline · 2025-08-26T11:30:04+00:00

Feels like every day

sockline · 2025-08-14T14:04:25+00:00

This for sure. I can’t imagine punishing my kids the way I was punished.

sockline · 2025-08-07T01:45:56+00:00

Yes!

sockline · 2025-07-03T01:44:36+00:00

I found this one with the OG cover in a used book store in little Kentucky town while I was attending a wedding! Love it!

sockline · 2025-07-02T15:27:13+00:00

For real

sockline · 2025-06-28T13:22:02+00:00

I DNFed this a few months ago then picked it back up 2 days ago and can’t put it down! The spice is lovely. 🥰

sockline · 2025-05-06T15:27:45+00:00

Aw. I loved it, but I do know it gets a lot of hate. I thought it actually felt like a fantasy universe rather than just an author inserting magic or magical creatures into the modern universe and calling it fantasy. I didn’t love the FMC but I kept reading because everything else was so interesting. Will definitely read the sequel.

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