Post by lonegalathome on Mar 28, 2017 17:51:36 GMT -5
The day I realized my big boys went from the little kids to the big kids at the playground was so sad, and frustrating. Some kids are assholes but some are trying their best and at least at 6/7 still are so emotionally immature to understand a lot or frankly, always control their bodies.
They need to look out for littles but my dislike and understanding of and for them has changed since I now have some (and a little)
The day I realized my big boys went from the little kids to the big kids at the playground was so sad, and frustrating. Some kids are assholes but some are trying their best and at least at 6/7 still are so emotionally immature to understand a lot or frankly, always control their bodies.
They need to look out for littles but my dislike and understanding of and for them has changed since I now have some (and a little)
6/7 I would not start with expletives even mentally. At 10, I would expect them to be able to pay attention and control themselves.
lawandorder my sister said she's Trans-White now. She's going to move into the neighborhood and drive the car that she feels she associates with-not according ot what's on her birth certificate! LMAO
Here is some sobering information though. My mother showed me her research on our famliy lineage. I just read slave records showing my great, great, great-grandfather being sold at age 3. Some serious shit y'all.
Even though I'm pdw (pretty damn white) my great great grandmother was black and when I was doing my genealogy project on ancestors all that it said about her was her name (Cora Belle, which I actually sort of love) and "Africanne" (most of my family came to Canada before they came to the US) and that she had 14 kids. I think about her way more than my other "relatives" because I am just so curious about her life and there's literally no information about her. Her husband on the other hand... I can trace his family back to France in the 1600s (maybe even farther if I trust the other people who have done the research on ancestry.com)
Post by lonegalathome on Mar 28, 2017 19:02:38 GMT -5
Nightmare! O's fingers just got smashed in the minivan auto close door! He likes to push the button and watch it close and has been fine before. I watched and couldn't stop it! His fingers are swollen like sausages so I gave him Advil and have calmed him to sleep- anything else I should do? It was so horrific!
The day I realized my big boys went from the little kids to the big kids at the playground was so sad, and frustrating. Some kids are assholes but some are trying their best and at least at 6/7 still are so emotionally immature to understand a lot or frankly, always control their bodies.
They need to look out for littles but my dislike and understanding of and for them has changed since I now have some (and a little)
6/7 I would not start with expletives even mentally. At 10, I would expect them to be able to pay attention and control themselves.
Agreed. Had it been a younger kid, I would've approached it differently. The interesting thing was the younger of the kids that were playing that game were much more aware of the little kids and were really trying to stay away from them and being careful. Up until he went to push A, I let them play. No 10 year old should be intentionally pushing a toddler on the playground.
Nightmare! O's fingers just got smashed in the minivan auto close door! He likes to push the button and watch it close and has been fine before. I watched and couldn't stop it! His fingers are swollen like sausages so I gave him Advil and have calmed him to sleep- anything else I should do? It was so horrific!
Oh no!! Poor guy! Watch the swelling and make sure he's moving his fingers. Try to raise that hand up by his head to help promote the fluid to drain. I'm so sorry, that must've been so hard to watch!
You can usually tell which big kids have younger siblings when it comes to situations on the playground like that. I've been quite puffed with pride when my 7 year old tells off a fellow big kid for not playing well around the littles. It is frustrating to see it, though.
Post by lonegalathome on Mar 28, 2017 19:50:06 GMT -5
I see some aggressive 6/7- can't imagine 10. But I don't see many kids that old on the playgrounds now that I think about it. They are all off chasing Pokémon or playing sport games at the park.
We got 2 new Layers and our Dorothy isn't happy about it. We've spent the last 4 days watching the chickens and keeping them separated. It sucks. We found a farmer who will trade us a Barred Rock so we just need to make it through one more day.
I've read this paragraph like 10 times trying to understand what this means. It's so cool you have your own chickens! (Hopefully I got that right- that this is about chickens.)
Post by lovemyirishtwins on Mar 28, 2017 22:31:58 GMT -5
Yikes lonegalathome. That is terrible! I hope his fingers feel better soon.
@ceci8876 I do not know what to even say. I cannot imagine the pain of seeing such a record. I do not have the words to convey the sorrow if feel when I read your post. I want to tell you I am sorry and this all pains me but it is not accurate not enough.
lovemyirishtwins thank you. For me, slavery was always something that "happened". I felt angry about the dismissiveness and sugar coating of my history. But this was different, it made it real and personal, and tangible. I'm glad I know. I want to know more like what part of Africa were they from? What ship did they come on? So we will keep reaearching.
mrsbeachcat my mom found that there was way more info on men then women. Surprise. She also purchased ancestry.com "global" which got her the slave records especially because my ancestors went to Barbados and the British Virgin Islands. They didn't come to the U.S.
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