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[bunnyfungo]

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:05 GMT -5 cadien said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:55:33 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

Even with all that training, we're still behind a lot of developed countries. So, maybe we don't need to make it worse?

It's the wrong kind of training rather than not enough. But it's pretty well-established that many homeschooled children do very well.
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I'm not saying it's impossible for a home-schooled child to succeed. Absolutely they can do very well. But my heart weeps for people "teaching" Duggar like curriculum.

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I vote that people just update their status on their existing profiles when they're leaving due to outside life stress. Like an AOL IM status.

"Can't deal right now. Be back later."

[Emmentaler]

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:38 GMT -5 @bruxannie said:

Sorry, not the time or the thread to discuss I suppose.

Me too.  Sorry, will post my confession.

And it's not about fucking Howard Stern either.

[dc2london]

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:03 GMT -5 @sterling said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:52:13 GMT -5 dc2london said:

Boxes = eco friendly

1) I definitely envisioned you swigging out of a juice box. 2) How are boxes more eco friendly than glass? Both are recycled, what am
I missing?

1) I only did that one time and it will never be spoken of again :-p
2) mobile.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/opinion/18colman.html?_r=0

Also, I am not talking franzia here. There are some legit wines sold in boxes, especially from Australia

[cadien]

Aug 10, 2016 10:00:48 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:05 GMT -5 cadien said:

It's the wrong kind of training rather than not enough. But it's pretty well-established that many homeschooled children do very well.
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I'm not saying it's impossible for a home-schooled child to succeed. Absolutely they can do very well. But my heart weeps for people "teaching" Duggar like curriculum.

Oh yeah. No argument there.
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[cadien]

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:50 GMT -5 abvintage said:

Isn't it so convenient that so many law makers and politicians kids go to private school too?

I have very mixed feelings about that one. I mean, yes, they have a responsibility to help get the public schools into shape. But if they are in a lousy district and considering that it takes years for any kind of reform to work, it's still not really fair to their own kids.
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Aug 10, 2016 10:02:24 GMT -5 Lord Disick said:

I'm way more scandalized by homeschooling 5 kids than insisting upon DRYnursing someone else's kid.

FTFY, but I feel equally scandalized by both.

[bearfootz]

Aug 10, 2016 9:55:38 GMT -5 @ketchup said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:52:13 GMT -5 dc2london said:

Boxes = eco friendly

And cost efficient. I pay $20 for 36 glasses of wine.

Granted, Franzia's definition of a glass (LOLOL for days) and my definition of a glass are waaaay different, but I digress. 

When you open a bottle of wine and it's gone by the end of the night, some DHs can get a little lippy about how much wine you like to drink but with a box of wine they don't get that visual and can just stfu.

[bunnyfungo]

To bring this full circle, I think pre-K should be universal and free. I don't want to feel like a bad mom for not being able to afford preschool. So here I am spending a billion hours looking up how to teach it myself when I am absolutely the wrong person for the job.

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Aug 10, 2016 9:43:44 GMT -5 kmkd19 said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:42:59 GMT -5 @annperkins said:

Btw, if any of you have any thoughts on love, feel free to share! I'm still looking for ideas.

Start a thread. I bet we could come up with some real gems.
ETA I don't mean that to sound rude, I really meant it lol

I'll think about it tomorrow. I've got a lot going on today.

lol no I don't, I just don't want to try to pay attention to two threads. 

[cadien]

Most of the homeschoolers I've always known were the hippie type rather than the evangelical type, so that affects my perspective. Also those with kids who had special needs that the public school just wouldn't/couldn't accommodate adequately.

[abvintage]

I don't get why TF conservative parents are all like "sex education should be taught in the home"

Like, what? Nope. I DNW to talk to my kid about sex. I'll do it because it's part of being a parent but DNW.

[mischief]

Aug 10, 2016 9:59:44 GMT -5 Lord Disick said:

I saw Bad Moms with some mom friends last week and I was too drunk and stoned to remember the movie. I remember bits and pieces but not the plot or how it ended.









*box*

You are my people!

[sarahchrismck]

Aug 10, 2016 10:03:57 GMT -5 @hilarityensued said:

Well just to up my offensive meter.


I'm very very very patently against homeschooling for a million reasons. I can really only think of super extreme examples where I would even think homeschooling should be considered. And stereotypes be damned, but homeschooling often goes hand in hand with a lot of... ideologies that are just not my cup of tea, to put it mildly.

Yeah the only thing I can get behind is if you have a child who is too ill to be in school regularly. I knew a parent who homeschooled one of her children because the child was frequently hospitalized due to health issues. But beyond that... I'm not for homeschooling at all.

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Aug 10, 2016 9:28:25 GMT -5 privacy said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:17:39 GMT -5 @sing2phins said:

I had no idea people refrigerated regular old frosted cake. If I had used homemade buttercream frosting, or it was tres leches cake or cheesecake, sure. But otherwise, no.

I'm guessing you don't live in a dry climate.
Here if you don't refrigerate cake it'll be dry and gross within a day

Um I live in a very dry climate. And I don't refrigerate cake. Just put it under a Tupperware cake cover thingy and you are all set. Of course cake doesn't last long around here

[mischief]

Aug 10, 2016 10:05:05 GMT -5 @ketchup said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:03 GMT -5 @sterling said:

1) I definitely envisioned you swigging out of a juice box. 2) How are boxes more eco friendly than glass? Both are recycled, what am
I missing?

Not dc, but box wine enthusiast, so.. 

At least for Franzia, it is 50% more carbon efficient than a bottle of wine, 85% less packaging waste compared to traditional bottles. Plus, it helps the environment by decreasing the number of times my ass has to get on the road to go to the liquor store. Just doing my part.

I really like you, stay, play, forever!

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Aug 10, 2016 10:07:14 GMT -5 theophania said:

FFFC - I still haven't finished the gem rankings and I'm debating changing them slightly without any community input.

we hate them.

By we, I mean me.  so let's change them drastically.

[mischief]

Aug 10, 2016 10:06:43 GMT -5 @hilarityensued said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:26 GMT -5 Cherhorowitz said:

I don't know how to verbalize my homeschooling thoughts without offending people. So I will just say hard pass to homeschooling my kids.

I just skipped this hesitation and went straight for the offense.

And thats why we love you

[theseaword]

Aug 10, 2016 10:07:14 GMT -5 theophania said:

FFFC - I still haven't finished the gem rankings and I'm debating changing them slightly without any community input.

I'm going to take that post as an implied request for input. I am thisclose to 5,000...

[Cherhorowitz]

Aug 10, 2016 10:06:43 GMT -5 @hilarityensued said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:58:26 GMT -5 Cherhorowitz said:

I don't know how to verbalize my homeschooling thoughts without offending people. So I will just say hard pass to homeschooling my kids.

I just skipped this hesitation and went straight for the offense.

I was waiting for you to speak for me but you were slacking.

Stop working and stay in here.

[rocksforludo]

Aug 10, 2016 5:28:19 GMT -5 theseaword said:

I talk a big game about political involvement/the importance of voting, but November 2016 will be the first presidential election I've voted in.

What!?

[mrscatfarmer13]

Aug 10, 2016 9:34:13 GMT -5 creepyeyeball said:

Aug 10, 2016 9:21:12 GMT -5 McBenny said:

I find this a rather odd condition for you to babysit.

I would not have you babysit.

I concede maybe I would feel differently if you were my sister but I don't think so.

My kid my rules.

I rather you not put your boob in my kid's mouth cause you are lazy.

I really can't even put together a sentence right now cause I am speechless at your condition.

I have five kids and homeschool. It's not laziness. It's survival and the only way everything can get done. If I couldn't nurse my current baby for comfort and make hum happy quickly I would lose my mind.

She is well aware of how busy I am, yet still wants me watching her baby. So something has to give. Anyways, it's all hypothetical at this point, so a moot point. Maybe by the time she has the baby she will want to stay home or not want me to babysit or I'll decide I can't do it for whatever reason.

You just say no. Not yes with the stipulation that you're going to shove your boob in the child's mouth because that's the only way you can manage everything.

[auburn]

Aug 10, 2016 9:34:47 GMT -5 McBenny said:

Why not close the bathroom door? Does this hinder your bowel movement in any way? Why do you need the door open? Why do you want your malodorous air to leave the bathroom.

Excellent word choice!

[Cherhorowitz]

If you homeschool your kids, don't you ever want a break? Like, being around my kids and adding an infant to the mix, while trying to shape their little brains for the rest of their lives AND dry nursing one sounds like a punishment for me.

Like, you do you. But I would literally rather do anything else in the world but that.

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Aug 10, 2016 10:07:14 GMT -5 theophania said:

FFFC - I still haven't finished the gem rankings and I'm debating changing them slightly without any community input.

Are you going to address the Citrine/Taco situation?

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Aug 10, 2016 10:09:43 GMT -5 theophania said:

Aug 10, 2016 10:08:35 GMT -5 @bruxannie said:

we hate them.

By we, I mean me.  so let's change them drastically.

There are no promises you'd like what I choose. I'm still partial to the initial rankings.

I hate all the gems and the idea that our rankings are gemstone-related.  We are not gemologists.

I vote for celebs.  So as long as you go along with what I tell you, I'll be fine with what you choose

[abvintage]

Aug 10, 2016 10:09:39 GMT -5 @hilarityensued said:

Aug 10, 2016 10:06:26 GMT -5 abvintage said:

Like, what? Nope. I DNW to talk to my kid about sex. I'll do it because it's part of being a parent but DNW.

really?

Because I will always and forever have an ongoing discussion with my kids about sex and sexuality.  It's not some taboo thing and I'm not going to be giving out pleasure tips.  I will forever present the facts on protection, risks and natural occurrences surrounding sex.  There is plenty of education to be had without it being some thing where you are sitting around shooting the shit about sex positions.

I felt a lot more comfortable with it until DH told me I'd "be washing a lot of sheets in the future'. And then I threw up a little in my mouth. I'm sure as long as we stick to facts without the friendly banter I'll be fine. 

[packmomma]

Aug 10, 2016 9:28:10 GMT -5 McBenny said:

I would have no problem going to the sex shop with MIL to get her a vibrator or my mother. Specifics about us in the bedroom don't need to be shared.

You want to get off, I can understand that.

But the husband came too. ....

[bunnyfungo]

Aug 10, 2016 10:08:35 GMT -5 @bruxannie said:

Aug 10, 2016 10:07:14 GMT -5 theophania said:

FFFC - I still haven't finished the gem rankings and I'm debating changing them slightly without any community input.

we hate them.

By we, I mean me.  so let's change them drastically.

theophania We demand celebrity rankings!!

[theseaword]

Aug 10, 2016 10:13:32 GMT -5 abvintage said:

Aug 10, 2016 10:09:39 GMT -5 @hilarityensued said:

really?

Because I will always and forever have an ongoing discussion with my kids about sex and sexuality.  It's not some taboo thing and I'm not going to be giving out pleasure tips.  I will forever present the facts on protection, risks and natural occurrences surrounding sex.  There is plenty of education to be had without it being some thing where you are sitting around shooting the shit about sex positions.

I felt a lot more comfortable with it until DH told me I'd "be washing a lot of sheets" in the future. And then I threw up a little in my mouth. I'm sure as long as we stick to facts without the friendly banter I'll be fine. 

I'm just going to send my kids vibrator shopping with grandma. That oughta turn them off to the whole concept for awhile.