Been using the free version for a few months. My ex and I communicate mostly through it instead of texting now and it's definitely reduced the amount of petty arguments. Thinking about upgrading to the paid version for the app features. Is it worth the $120/year or am I just throwing money at a prob...
Every time we do homemade pizza nights it's chaos but they love it. My 6yo will literally only eat cheese, my 9yo wants to try weird combos (last week was pineapple and jalapeño which... wasn't terrible?). Looking for easy dough recipes that kids can help with and don't require a fancy oven. Store-b...
Been nervous about my son joining Discord for his school robotics club but checked it out and... it's actually way better monitored than I thought? He can't add random people, the club moderator is pretty active, and I can see the chat history. The kids use it to coordinate meetings and share projec...
Starting a small consulting thing on the side (maybe 5-8 hours/week) to eventually leave my day job. Currently 52yo with three kids still in college financially. My wife has a solid job so we're not desperate, but I'm burned out. The plan is get the side thing to $30-40k/year over 2-3 years, then t...
She took 18 months off, just went back part-time last month, and I'm realizing I had no idea how much she was handling at home. It's not that I didn't "know" - I knew intellectually - but now I have to coordinate pickups, pack lunches, remember permission slips, all while working full time. I love o...
Ngl I was dreading this project but it actually went way smoother than expected. Grabbed a cedar raised bed kit from Home Depot ($60), and the boys helped with drilling and screwing everything together. They've already planted tomatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers. Every morning now they check on it bef...
Genuinely asking because I feel like I'm the only parent who lets my daughter play this. Everyone at her school seems to be doing it but when I mention it people get weird about the "chat" and "stranger danger." We use family pairing, she can't chat with randoms, and I check in on what games she's p...
There's this new spot that opened up by my office in Raleigh called "Brick" and holy cow. Got a Margherita pizza yesterday on my lunch break and it might've genuinely changed my life. The crust is perfectly charred, the sauce has this... I dunno, depth to it? Taking the family there this weekend. ...
My 13yo will literally sit and play Minecraft for an entire afternoon if I let him. Doesn't even seem to be having fun anymore, just... grinding. I set limits but he argues about them constantly and I hate being the bad guy every single day. His friend's parent apparently lets him play as much as he...
Spent about $40 on PVC pipes, some rope, and pool noodles. Built an obstacle course in our backyard. My 7yo and his friends have been running it every single day for three weeks. They time each other, create new rules, it's evolved into its own thing. Sometimes they add it to an imaginary storyline ...
Considering modifying our custody agreement because work relocation is a possibility next year. Want to get ahead of it before anything's final. Do you need a lawyer for modification or can you do it yourself? Also what's realistic timeline? Any Maryland dads have experience with this?
Does anyone else get absolutely destroyed at 4pm? Like that's when work stuff hits, kids need to be picked up, dinner has to happen, bedtime routine starts, and I just completely fall apart. I'm snappy with my wife, I'm impatient with the kids, I'm simultaneously trying to wrap up work emails. By 8p...
Using Toggl right now to track work hours and it's depressing—I'm hitting 55+ hours consistently even though my job is 40. Looking for something that doesn't just measure time but actually helps me set boundaries. Also tried Forest for focus but it doesn't help with the guilt of saying no to one mor...
My kids recently got into geocaching after we stumbled on one at a park. Seems perfect for hiking trips. Any recent reviews on the app? Are the caches still maintained or is it all abandoned stuff now? Might be a good way to get my screens-addicted kids to actually leave the house lol.
Still kind of shocked this happened lol. Was certain I'd have to choose between moving up and maintaining my WFH flexibility. But my new director actually gets it - she's got two kids herself. We negotiated that I keep my Tuesday-Thursday office days and can work from home Mon/Wed/Fri. It's actually...