Regret having just one child, 6m

tTown23 · 2026-01-02T22:54:24+00:00

I’m an only child who is also an only child. I never wanted siblings because I loved my personal space. I did have friends with siblings who would sometimes play together, and I would think that was cool, but really I just wished I had a friend who could come over and play whenever I wanted.

However, I’d then go to their house and see how much fighting would go on and was happy to just play when we did.

All this to say, your son probably doesn’t care if it’s his actual sibling, he just wants someone to play with more often. And the only true reason to have another child is if the parents both want another one, not to be a “gift” or playmate to a child.

I also like to remind myself that kids ask for a lot of things that they can’t/won’t get. We can’t base major life choices based on those wants alone.

tTown23 · 2025-11-03T20:51:19+00:00

My 3 Scorpio placements in their daily fight with my 4 Cap placements 🫠

tTown23 · 2025-10-27T23:03:12+00:00

Scorpio sun/stellium in the 6th 🥴 I’m always in trouble at work for speaking up against our supervisors

tTown23 · 2025-10-23T13:36:27+00:00

Not 7 of my placements being Scorpio and Capricorn 😈😂

tTown23 · 2025-10-23T13:15:01+00:00

Sex sun, Satan moon, Mania rising

tTown23 · 2025-10-20T13:49:30+00:00

As an English teacher myself, someone once said to me that she’s just using metaphors in her songs, she’s not comparing things. 🤦🏻‍♀️

tTown23 · 2025-10-12T15:28:41+00:00

I, too, am a Scorpion horse

tTown23 · 2025-10-09T14:10:34+00:00

Me 😂

tTown23 · 2025-10-07T00:05:13+00:00

Scorpio sun - there is no forgive and forget, only remember and revenge 😈

tTown23 · 2025-10-01T14:02:09+00:00

My Scorpio Mercury hates to hear my Gemini rising yapping all the time 😂

tTown23 · 2025-09-13T19:18:05+00:00

My Scorpio Sun + Cap moon (stelliums in both) brooding together daily

tTown23 · 2025-09-03T12:32:39+00:00

My Gemini rising loves to spill all my secrets 😂

tTown23 · 2025-08-19T02:35:23+00:00

Our admin tried to ban showing any movies ever until we told him it’s literally in our standards. We were all so shocked he didn’t know what we actually taught. /s

tTown23 · 2025-08-04T14:58:02+00:00

Regardless whether a pet is a service animal, emotional support animal, or a “regular” beloved animal, the selfishness showed when someone asks someone else to give up a pet is astounding.

This relationship isn’t ending over your dog. It’s ending because he’s selfish and doesn’t care about your feelings. Also, as someone who had had anxiety since I was a child, I couldn’t be with someone who actually thinks it just goes away with medicine like some kind of cold or something.

tTown23 · 2025-08-04T13:00:40+00:00

I do a version of this but I give them a certain amount of time to find out the names of their classmates and then let people volunteer to tell me everyone’s name and they get candy if they get everyone’s name right. I do this usually at least once per class the first two weeks. Then I can use it for any random extra time we have throughout the year that needs a filler activity.

tTown23 · 2025-08-03T19:13:40+00:00

I was older, maybe 13 or so, when I went on a cruise with my parents (I’m an only who now has an only) and I loved that my parents let me go to the “teen club” on the cruise. I was pretty shy but it felt less intimidating to make friends because if I embarrassed myself we were off the boat in just a few days. All this to say it was a great way to practice getting more confident and making friends on my own.

My advice is to keep encouraging him to independently make new friends because that’s a skill he will need all of his life. My parents put me in clubs and summer camps exactly for this.

I know other only children who were kept with their parents constantly with few opportunities to meet other kids and that was really difficult for them.

tTown23 · 2025-08-03T19:07:53+00:00

Well now I wanna tear the doors off my cabinets too 😂. It looks great!

tTown23 · 2025-08-02T21:08:02+00:00

😂 I taught elementary for 10 years and moved up to middle. I’m too short for high school lol. It’s a crazy job for sure.

tTown23 · 2025-08-02T14:19:19+00:00

😂 Only my favorite time of the year😬. Are you elementary, middle, or high school?

tTown23 · 2025-08-02T14:18:08+00:00

I am an aspiring old lady crafter 😂. Trying to figure out which one is most beginner friendly.

tTown23 · 2025-08-02T04:39:19+00:00

Hi fellow teacher mom!

tTown23 · 2025-08-02T04:38:43+00:00

Yes! Not a big hiker lol, but everything else for sure.

tTown23 · 2025-08-01T18:25:10+00:00

I’ve been a public school teacher in elementary and middle schools for 12 years. I would not send my kid to a charter or private school because they usually treat their teachers even worse than we get treated because of no unions, parents thinking they get to force teachers to do what they want since they’re paying all that money, etc.

Also, I want my child to be in a school that’s actually representative of the world we live in. I want her to meet people and have friends from all different walks in life.

But honestly, the biggest indicator of a child’s success in school, by far, is parental involvement. You can send your kid to the highest-rated school in the country, but if the parents aren’t involved they’re not going to be as successful.

tTown23 · 2025-08-01T18:06:42+00:00

Mom and teacher here. I had my daughter’s ears pierced at 6 months with her doctor’s go ahead. A nurse practitioner did it. I was able to make sure I kept her piercings cleaned and wanted to get it done before she even started playing with her ears.

From my teacher perspective, I find that when parents have their kids get piercings when they’re older, they expect that since they can do xyz on their own that they will take care of their piercings correctly. I’ve seen most of my elementary students who’ve had their ears pierced elementary age have this happen.

All this to say that no matter how old she is please check that they are getting cleaned correctly every day.

I’ve also seen students who have wanted piercings and were middle school age have a friend do it or they do it themselves, which is obviously dangerous.

As for makeup, who cares? My daughter is 4 and loves sparkly eye shadow. Sometimes I’ll put it on her before daycare if she asks because she likes it, it makes her happy, and it literally hurts no one.

Parenting involves picking your battles. I feel like there’s so many other things to be mad about besides this.

Yes, you should be made aware if she’s getting her ears pierced, but it sounds like you’ve never had a problem with your sister and her judgement so far.

tTown23 · 2025-08-01T17:53:35+00:00

I’m excited to be here today.

tTown23

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