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So my 12yo now has to use a Chromebook for basically everything at school. Then he says he needs the iPad for research. Then it's messaging his group
My fishing gear is out of control. Got tackle boxes everywhere, rods in three different places, and I can never find the specific lures I need. This p
I've been trying to implement a "no screens after dinner" rule at our house and it's been surprisingly less painful than expected? My 9yo and 12yo act
So last Saturday my wife watched the kids for a few hours and I hit up my old CrossFit box that I used to go to 5 days a week. I walked in expecting t
My 6yo is obsessed with the Khan Academy app and honestly I'm not complaining. He's been doing these little math lessons on his own and actually askin
Got a gallon of exterior paint ready to go. My 5yo is INSISTING he gets to help. Before I let him go to town with a brush, are there specific paints t
We've tried Pampers Swaddlers, Pampers Pure, Pampers Swaddlers Size 2, and literally three different rash creams and my daughter STILL gets diaper ras
lol so my 7yo has discovered the shorts feature and now every time I pick him up from school he's like 'did you see that 30 second video about slimes?
Not asking for sleep training advice or anything, just venting that our schedule has become 4am wake time, can't get back to sleep, so we're up for th
We got rid of our WiFi password and made it physical. You have to go ask one of us to give you the password if you want to use WiFi (phone data is sep
We've got 3 kids (6, 8, 11) with various devices and I'm honestly overwhelmed trying to manage everyone's screen time separately. Right now I'm using:
Wake up at 5:45. Work 8 hours. Pick up kids. Dinner. Bedtime routine. Fall asleep reading. Repeat. Haven't had a full conversation with my wife in wee
Took my 8yo and 11yo up to the Appalachian Trail last Saturday for what I thought would be a nice 4-mile loop. Seemed easy enough, right? WRONG. My 8y
After about a year of chaos, we finally cracked it. Clothes picked the night before, backpacks packed, breakfast is just cereal (not trying anymore),
So this was my mini-me's idea, not mine. Kid watches too much cooking shows. We dug a hole in the backyard, built a frame out of cinder blocks, ordere
We're currently texting about schedule stuff and it's a mess - no documentation, easy to forget who said what. She's resistant to OurFamilyWizard beca
Set up a tie-dye station in the backyard yesterday with my 5 and 9 year olds. The 5yo got dye all over herself, we used like 3x more rubber bands than
Just negotiated "flexible hours" with my new employer. Want to get a real sense of what that means in practice at other companies before I get surpris
I genuinely love my kids (3yo twins) but sometimes I just need to NOT be around anyone. I'll go sit in my car in the driveway for 20 mins and my brain
Since everyone asks, here are the ones my kids actually use without me having to force them: Duolingo - My 8yo has been doing Spanish for 3 months, a