Okay so remember back in March when I started that spring garden with my kids? Planted tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, the whole thing. Today we harvested our first real tomato and I'm not even exaggerating when I say my 6yo cried happy tears. She made a salad with it, wanted to eat just the tomato eve...
Picked one up at Walmart for $50 thinking I'd save money. Took it camping last weekend and the floor tore in THREE PLACES just from normal use. Keyword "normal use" - I wasn't doing anything crazy, just two kids playing in it. Returned it immediately and grabbed the Coleman Dark Room instead (costs ...
Got invited to a cookout this weekend and weather says 60% chance of rain. I've never grilled in rain before. Is it safe? Will it ruin my burgers? Just want to make sure I'm not gonna burn down the patio or something.
We tried Runyon Canyon with our 2.5 year old yesterday because "it's short and easy." WRONG. She wanted to examine literally every rock, stick, and leaf. We covered maybe a quarter mile in 90 minutes. My wife was patient about it but I was internally screaming. The other hikers with their fit kids j...
Had to pick up my daughter early from my ex's house because she spiked a 103 fever. Instead of the usual awkward dynamic, we just... problem-solved together. Got her to urgent care, split the copay, communicated about when I'd have her available to rest. No drama, no point-scoring. Just two parents ...
How is anyone managing this? I'm supposed to be in back-to-back Zoom calls all day but my son keeps bursting into my home office asking for snacks, wanting to show me his drawings, etc. My manager keeps asking why I'm not responding to Slack messages fast enough. Daycare is crazy expensive so we tho...
My son is 2 weeks old and everyone keeps asking if I'm so in love and obsessed and ngl I'm not really feeling it yet? Like I'm doing all the dad stuff - changing diapers, feeding, holding him - but I don't have this overwhelming wave of love everyone talks about. I care about him obviously but it fe...
Signed up for a Saturday morning pottery class for me and my 7yo. I expected us to make matching bowls or something Pinterest-worthy. Instead he made a blob, got clay in his hair, knocked over the teacher's coffee, and cried because his "was ugly." Then somehow we signed up for 6 more weeks. He's al...
My ex and I have been civil but kinda robotic for 2 years. Today she asked how I was doing (like actually asked) and we talked about the kids for like 20 minutes without it turning into logistics. She even laughed at a stupid joke I made. It was WEIRD in the best way. Makes me think maybe we can act...
My 14yo has TikTok and I know I'm late to the party being worried about it now. But the algorithm is AGGRESSIVE. She's scrolling through dance videos one minute and then suddenly it's serving her anxiety content, ED tips (disguised), and weird beauty standard stuff. I tried talking to her about it a...
So Netflix cracked down on password sharing and now I'm wondering what everyone else did. Do you have a separate account for your kids? Main account + kids profile? We ended up just making a family account and letting them have their own profile with restrictions turned on. Costs $22/month which fee...
So I'm getting super into sourdough baking and me and another dad at work keep arguing about starter maintenance. He feeds his once a week, I do twice a week. His bread turns out great, so does mine. Are we both right or is he just lucky? Anyone here know the actual science or is there no wrong way ...
Small thing but big thing you know? He pushed his sister off the couch, I watched it, and before I could even say anything he got up and genuinely apologized to her. Told her he was wrong and asked what he could do to make it right. That's not something I taught him in one conversation, that's just ...
Attempted a vinegar volcano with my twin 4yos yesterday. I underestimated... basically everything. The thing erupted way more dramatically than I expected, covering my son's hands, the table, and somehow the ceiling. He SCREAMED. I'm not sure if he was excited or traumatized honestly. We're not doin...
My 10yo is becoming more independent and wants to look up random stuff on Google. Right now I'm hovering and checking what he's searching, but that feels like it's going to get old fast. He's not seeking out bad stuff - it's mostly Pokemon facts and dinosaurs and cooking videos. At what point do you...