My SO was going to use some cash our kids got easter egg hunting to buy some kid supplies. I always put the cash I open in cards for the kids in their piggy bank.

She admits she always uses that cash to buy them stuff.

I admitted that I thought we were both filling their piggy bank.

She has requested that I ask "the communists [you] talk to" what they do (haha).

Bare in mind, this really only applies to kids who have no concept of money. Obviously, we both agree once they have that concept, its theirs to do as they please.

(This isn't a heated disagreement BTW just a funny revelation)

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Linked thread put the bee in my bonnet.

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A few weeks ago I disposed of the last of my 3yo’s heart medication. They don’t take anymore. I mean my partner and I haven’t given it to them in two years. It’s no longer part of their treatment. Their treatment plan, in fact, ended about two years ago. For all intends and purposes they have a clean bill of health. But the medication has been sitting in the back of the fridge, like a splitter that was never pulled out. 

The liquid medication, Amiodarone, is a thick syrupy elixir. Our pharmacist said it was okay to dilute and flush it, which seemed uh…not good for the environment. Amiodarone is hard enough on the human body. When they were taking it, our then 8 month old couldn’t go out in the direct sunlight for more than a few minutes for risk of sun poisoning. Among other side effects to their eyes and liver. It is potent and costly and, given to an infant, inevitably ends up on your couch. Can’t imagine what it might do to a river system. 

Our 3yo’s next cardiology appointment is

I found this on XHS, its description is:

1986 China Poster

It shows a child sitting on Marx's shoulders. The poster reads: Marx loves children. The poster was published by Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House.

I think I'm going to rotate Stalin out for Marx. This painting is just to good!

https://mlapinski.blogspot.com/2015/12/sesame-street-smart-cookies.html

SMART COOKIES will be a new recurring segment on Season 46 of SESAME STREET (the one premiering on HBO in January).

The segments star Cookie Monster as the rookie agent of a team of crime-fighting cookies called "Smart Cookies." His teammates include leader Chipowski, tech-guy Figby and clue-giver Miss Fortune. In each segment, Cookie Monster learns about self-control and regulation as the team thwarts the dastardly attacks of a villain known simply as "The Crumb."

Wow copaganda and orientalism in my child's Sesame Street? It's more likely than you think

https://xcancel.com/paulkleinfancam/search?f=tweets&q=Sesame&since=&until=&near=

The Smart Cookies drive around in a tactical vehicle that I always imagined as a cross between a cookie jar and the A-Team van. Modeling by Brad Applebaum, surfacing by Stephanie Goldstein and Tim Crowson based on my design. Will there be a toy? (I hope there's a toy) Also

Is this jumping the shark? Is this the ouroboros of kids toys? From a toy regularly used to mock annoying kids toys on the show, to an annoying kids toy you can hate in your own home.

Hi Everyone! I struggle sometimes to make my 6 month old baby daughter eat solid food.

What I have tried so far is this:

• Eliminate any distractions such as the TV
• No forcing her to eat
• Try to make her play with the food with her hands
• Always help her to grab the spoon so she can put it in her mouth on her own
• Put her in her baby chair to eat
• Synchronize the feeding time with our own eating time

Despite trying all of these, there are days that she really doesn't want to eat and prefers the baby bottle. Wanted to check with you all if you have experienced the same and see what you have tried so far?

I welcome any feedback!

I send you this well wish from my own bed, next to my sleeping son who farted himself awake, and my sleeping wife. Well before the clock hits midnight here.

Here's to you all! Thank you for showing up to the weekly threads I put out. Each year we struggle in order to try and build a better world for our kids, and it's been an honor to struggle along side you all!

In the last year my youngest started walking and growing his little vocabulary. He is such a card, my little joker. He's developed such a cute personality. So outgoing and ready to interact with people and the world. He clearly loves his big sister and I catch him often emulating her much to her annoyance.

My oldest is becoming a little person, full of silly sassy energy. She is also expressing herself in so many fun ways: through dance, through art, through her words. She cares so deeply about her friends and teachers, always trying to make something for one of them. She clearly cares deeply about her little brother too,

picture unrelated but it makes me happy to look at ::: spoiler climate doomerism How do you cope with the impending climate collapse? I try so hard to just keep on going one day at a time but sometimes I get so deep in the darkness I have to go out and grab a coffee or something to keep my kid from seeing my mood and asking what's wrong.

I don't see the world being a good place for them to live by the time they're an adult and I feel intense guilt for bringing them into such a world. I've got plenty of arguments against antinatalism, I have plenty of theoretical reasons why people should continue to have children (only the fash having kids seems like a bad thing) but at the end of the day I feel like they will resent having been born when they find out that I was well aware of the state of the world at the time.

Sorry for the bad vibes. :::

If you don't have kids and reply I might get upset but I'll try to just ignore you

At the Las Vegas Children’s Museum. Teaching them when they’re young that you must work to live.

I talked to my 7 y/o about it. Is that fair? What happens when people cannot work? Should it be that way. I’m a jerk.