Category: kids
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Daily Prompt 3/10/23
What makes you most anxious? This question taps into some of my most vulnerable areas. But I haven’t been in the business of hiding from vulnerability when I blog, so I will share. I am most anxious about losing the people closest to me. When Boy #2 was young, I used to dream about him…
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Women’s Sports
It’s really funny to me how there’s suddenly so many defenders of women’s sports…men that never once cared about women’s sports and likely spoke out against the US National Women’s Team wanting equal pay. “Why should women expect to get paid as much as the men’s team, which brings in more money??” How dare they!…
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I Refuse
I’ve hinted at possible changes coming up soon. Well, these changes are no longer possible, but will happen definitely. The ex got a job nearby and will be here within a month. Because of the kind way my wife and I have handled things, the ex assumes we are all friends. Just a minute there,…
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Disappointment and Pain
Boy #3 had a hard day. Since we moved here, he has impressed everyone with his math skills. He’s done well on all the standardized testing and gotten straight As. Last year he even won a trophy at the math competition for second place in the mental math category. He was really eager to compete…
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This isn’t anything new…
So I read this article that came before this one, with the first one talking about the fact that teen girls are struggling with anxiety and depression. The second one talks about theories adults have as to why this is so. I have some news here. 1. Social media isn’t the sole issue causing depression…
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Priorities
There are possible developments on the the horizon that may challenge me. I guess that’s true of anyone, at any given time though. I have struggled in the past with prioritizing things properly. Like always putting myself last or putting work before my family at the wrong times. It feels like I’m looking at another…
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Daily Prompt 2/21/23
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? I would ban the word wokeism from our vocabulary. Not woke, like how it was used prior to the right-wing politicans co-opting it to mean things they don’t like. But this weird, nebulous, almost undefinable term that politicians keep…
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Daily Prompt 2/20/23
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? The next 6 months are presenting me with not one but two kids who are looking at college. Boy #1 has taken a couple years off from school and is finally ready to go back. He’s pretty clueless on the process, as…
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Triggered
This was upsetting to read. I remember my mom pushing me away around this same age. Maybe younger. And reading this hurt in a way I wasn’t expecting at all. I’m on good terms with my mom right now. There’s been so much healing over the past 6 months. But her rejection all those years…
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Soccer Registration
I registered Girl for the upcoming spring soccer season. And again, I signed up to be the head coach. Last season I figured out some way to write down the names of the kids on my team, but I didn’t find that way this time, so I just emailed the division coordinator to let him…