5AF Parenting Thread

NTP66
Posts: 60742
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby NTP66 » Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:33 pm

Tomorrow is pajama day at school, which my daughter has been looking forward to for the past two weeks. So, naturally, she winds up with strep throat today and has to stay home until Friday.

DigitalGypsy66
Posts: 19680
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:33 pm
Location: Iodine State

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:34 pm

Second diagnosis is fibrous dysplasia, slightly better news than enchondroma. Not cysts or tumors, but scar tissue or fibrous material covering the bones of the feet. Not much to do but get x-rays annually to make sure it doesn't get worse or spread. We have two years of x-rays and it hasn't gotten worse.

He should go back to normal sports activity as soon as he's able. No restrictions.

I guess that's good news.

NTP66
Posts: 60742
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby NTP66 » Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:44 am

That's definitely good news, IMO. :thumb:

shafnutz05
Posts: 50379
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:50 am

Tomorrow is pajama day at school, which my daughter has been looking forward to for the past two weeks. So, naturally, she winds up with strep throat today and has to stay home until Friday.
Ugh, sorry man. My daughter was sick last month, and she was so upset because it was her turn to be the helper that day and she didn't want to miss kindergarten. I sent her teacher an email and she let her do it the following day. Kids are so damn precious at this age.

robbiestoupe
Posts: 11556
Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:27 pm

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby robbiestoupe » Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:48 am

Second diagnosis is fibrous dysplasia, slightly better news than enchondroma. Not cysts or tumors, but scar tissue or fibrous material covering the bones of the feet. Not much to do but get x-rays annually to make sure it doesn't get worse or spread. We have two years of x-rays and it hasn't gotten worse.

He should go back to normal sports activity as soon as he's able. No restrictions.

I guess that's good news.
Good news. Hoping for a full recovery :thumb:

NTP66
Posts: 60742
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:23 pm

New year, same story. Send out birthday invitations for my daughter's party, and radio silence from most of the parents. Two kids told her that they couldn't come, but no actual RSVPs. I hate parents like this.

DigitalGypsy66
Posts: 19680
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:33 pm
Location: Iodine State

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:20 pm

Yeah, that's been SOP for years.

mac5155
Posts: 13840
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:47 pm

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby mac5155 » Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:50 pm

i feel like there needs to be a more mainstream way for doing invites. Like, it is 2019... A friend of mine used 'evite' to text invites but you then need everyone's phone number and I had to give my email just to RSVP.

Facebook is alright but not everyone has it. And you can't ever 'remind' people to RSVP via Facebook invites.

The main reason no one RSVPs is they simply forget. It's a PITA when you're the host, and I've felt that pain before. But I've also been the one that forgot.

NTP66
Posts: 60742
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:03 pm

I’m sure some forget, but others just don’t care enough to RSVP. One of my dumb friends doesn’t bother unless their kid is attending. For this party, it doesn’t really matter because they’ll take a final head count the day of. It’s the principle of the matter to me. If I had my way, I wouldn’t bother inviting certain people because of this, but my wife wouldn’t hear any of that.

shafnutz05
Posts: 50379
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:16 pm

Our first would sleep for several hours all the time in her sleeper. Our second? Not so much... 90% of the time he needs to be on one of us. He just turned two months so I know he is still young, but damn I was spoiled with our first :lol:

shafnutz05
Posts: 50379
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:03 am

Our daughter's school has it set up so that you can put money into her account online. Well, we are putting the hammer down on this.

Yesterday (and to her credit she admitted it immediately), she spent a total of EIGHT FCKING DOLLARS on her lunch. She went back for a second helping of chicken fingers, got two ice cream bars, a chocolate milk, and several other things. :lol: Needless to say, we had a very stern talk about how buying lunch at school is a privilege and that was a very unhealthy choice.

NTP66
Posts: 60742
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby NTP66 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:04 am

Sounds like the school is the problem there. My daughter can buy lunch, but cannot buy snacks (ice cream being one of them) until the end of lunch, and even then she can't double-dip.

shafnutz05
Posts: 50379
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:06 am

Sounds like the school is the problem there. My daughter can buy lunch, but cannot buy snacks (ice cream being one of them) until the end of lunch, and even then she can't double-dip.
Yeah I told my wife the same thing last night. It would be nice if there was some accountability on the school end.

robbiestoupe
Posts: 11556
Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:27 pm

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby robbiestoupe » Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:21 am

Ugh, our school does the same stupid thing. We had no idea our son was eating a second breakfast (we feed him before school) of pop tarts and fruit loops cereal until we were told we had a negative balance on our account - an account we never set up.

Once we talked to him he was good about it, but you're letting 6 year olds decide what they can and cannot eat? And letting them buy on credit? Nice teaching program you have there.

mac5155
Posts: 13840
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:47 pm

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby mac5155 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:05 am

Rather have your kids get beat up and their lunch money stolen? :lol:

Parents should be allowed to set limits.

Gabe
Posts: 1077
Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:09 pm
Location: St. Cloud (not the cold one)

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby Gabe » Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:09 am

My son is now 17. From the age of 5 through the age of probably 12 we intermittently fought the issue of lunch purchases over and over. He'd lose his mind and buy everything, we'd find out, he'd not do it for a few months and then all of a sudden we'd get the email that his lunch account was in the negative. haha. I remember those days.

shafnutz05
Posts: 50379
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:22 pm

Ugh, our school does the same stupid thing. We had no idea our son was eating a second breakfast (we feed him before school) of pop tarts and fruit loops cereal until we were told we had a negative balance on our account - an account we never set up.
:lol:

Oh man, yeah our daughter was just pounding the sugar.

mac5155
Posts: 13840
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:47 pm

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby mac5155 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:41 pm

How much is a regular lunch nowadays? It was like a buck 50 when I was in school. I think I even got reduced lunches (HA POOR) in elementary school when my dad lost his job, and they were like 40 cents.

meow
Posts: 30451
Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:53 am
Location: I have four degrees and am a moron. Don’t let that fool you

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby meow » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:50 pm

I remember being 90 cents full price and 30 cents reduced

NTP66
Posts: 60742
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby NTP66 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:00 pm

If I had to guess, lunch is under $4 per day (meal and milk).

Edit: Just checked, $1.60 for breakfast and $2.80 for lunch. Reduced price is $.30 and $.40.

DigitalGypsy66
Posts: 19680
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:33 pm
Location: Iodine State

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:30 pm

Our district applied for a USDA grant to give every child in the district free breakfast and lunch; we've had it for a few years now. With 50% of the population living below poverty level, there are a lot of kids who know they'll get at least two decent meals a day (and the district has some meals over the summer as well).

It's nice not having to worry about lunch money or lunch tabs either.

robbiestoupe
Posts: 11556
Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:27 pm

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby robbiestoupe » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:34 pm

My kid was eating $2.50 worth of food, but I don't know if that's all you can eat or a la carte

MrKennethTKangaroo
Posts: 12407
Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:50 pm

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:37 pm

google it and figure it out

NTP66
Posts: 60742
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:00 pm
Location: FUCΚ! Even in the future nothing works.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby NTP66 » Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:43 pm

Our district applied for a USDA grant to give every child in the district free breakfast and lunch; we've had it for a few years now. With 50% of the population living below poverty level, there are a lot of kids who know they'll get at least two decent meals a day (and the district has some meals over the summer as well).

It's nice not having to worry about lunch money or lunch tabs either.
Meals should be included for all students in elementary school, at the very least, IMO.

shafnutz05
Posts: 50379
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.

5AF Parenting Thread

Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:44 pm

My son is 2.5 months old, so he is starting to coo and smile more. Last night, I had just got done changing him, and I was just hanging out with him for a second while he was on the changing pad. He locked eyes with me, and got really quiet, and then his eyes lit up and he just gave me the biggest smile he's ever given for a solid minute. Man, there is no feeling in the world that compares to that.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Pavel Bure and 106 guests