A place for parents to discuss parenting and how to help ruin each other’s children
Welcome back to this probably weekly feature I was hoping wouldn’t have to be a thing again a few months ago. Now that school is back in session for most of the country in some way… let’s talk and vent … Continue reading Back to School. What now?
The school year is wrapping up in most states. There’s no particular consensus on if, when, and how to open up schools for the next academic year. Here’s what the principal of my son’s K- 5 school said: -in NYC, … Continue reading Home and Distance Learning: The Summer and Beyond
So, did you hear that The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is going to “reimagine education?” This is not good news. According to my favorite education blogger Diane Ravitch : The pandemic is turning into a grand opportunity for … Continue reading Home and distance learning: Week 7
Welcome to the weekly home and distance learning thread. Here’s a place to vent, ask for and share advice and talk about education in the time of Covid-19. Optional Discussion topic : losing steam I’ve definitely lost steam, and I … Continue reading Home and Distance Learning: Week 6…I think
Hello everyone! This thread is for parents and educators and education – adjacent discussions during this pandemic. I’ll try to post on Monday. ( I am a day late this week.) Here is where we can discuss what’s working, what’s … Continue reading Home and Distance Learning: Week 4
Hi all – I thought it would be useful to make a weekly thread dedicated to this topic for parents and educators, I’ll try to do it every Monday. How’s it going? Successes? Challenges? Bullshit jargon? Optional topic; special educators … Continue reading Home and Distance Learning: Week 3
Hi teachers and parents! Now that many of us are about 2 weeks into radically altering education….how’s it going? Challenges? Successes? Hints? Complaints? Continue reading Home and Distance Learning – how’s it going so far?
Hello, welcome to a special joint edition of the occasional parent and teacher thread! With so many schools closed, districts and teachers are challenged to throw together online curriculum, parents will have to do homeschooling. It will be like building … Continue reading Parental Guidance / Dark Sarcasm in The Classroom: Home and Distance Learning
Hello, and welcome to the occasional parental thread. Experiencing “nipple confusion?” Have an ornery 13 year old? Need to vent or advice about A GLOBAL HEALTH PANDEMIC? Any and all topics are welcome, but clearly we’re all worried. So far, … Continue reading Parental Guidance: The Pandemic
Lots of us are spawning/ have spawned/ are about to spawn Here’s a place to catch up with recent news. Share pics if you are comfortable. Ask/ give advice. Lots of new babies, too so let’s all inundate recent parents … Continue reading Parental Guidance: The Avocado TGS addition
Hello and welcome to the occasional Parental Guidance thread, where parents and parental adjacent caregivers can talk about How To Bring Kid Up Good And Stuff. There will usually be a topic for prompting, but any parental stuff is welcome here. This discussion is open to non parents who work in education or child care! I chose the back to school topic, because it’s that time of year. I am both a teacher and a parent, so this is a topic near and dear to me. Every year, there’s always a THING about why your kid’s school supply list is … Continue reading Parental Guidance: Back to School
Hi all, Welcome to the occasional thread about all things parental. <i> Please only comment if you are a parent / grandparent/ caregiver/ or work with children. </i> Any and all parental topics are welcome at any time. Since it’s back to school time – or will be in the coming weeks for most of the US – one of today’s suggested topics is back to school and or / work. And because there seem to be a number of people with new babies the second suggested topic is… Continue reading Parental Guidance: Back to School/Work/ Babies edition
Welcome to the very occasional parenting thread! For parents and caregivers. It seems like quite a few Avocados have new editions to their families! Figured this was a good time to post this. Complain, vent, ask/ share advice, brag… … Continue reading Parental Guidance – New Arrivals Edition
Hi everyone and welcome to the occasional Avocado parenting / caregiver thread! This is a place to talk about The Children, no matter how old they are. Vent, despair, ask advice / share etc. Usually there’s a topic as a jumping off point, but any parental / parental adjacent topics are welcome. Since it’s been a while since I put one of these up, and there are some newer members of the community and, I think a few new babies – there’s no topic today catch up, introduce ourselves, or post cute Halloween pics. Continue reading Parental Guidance: What’s New?
Welcome to the first “Parent / Teacher Conference,” I guess. I’m posting a Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom / Parental Guidance thread to discuss teaching kids about touching and consent. OBVIOUSLY, the Kavanaugh hearing is the inspiration for this. How do you teach this sort of thing to your children/ students? Are there good and bad ways to do so? What have you taken away from this….event…that will influence your future teaching and / or parenting? I personally have and teach young children- there’s a natural curiosity to explore and touch and wonder about bodies and tons of equally good … Continue reading Parental Guidance / Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom: Teaching Touching and Consent
Hi all, First, some housekeeping – Corn is taking a break from hosting this thread the summer. And we’ll likely just keep it to once a month. Normally this is a thread for people who are parents or parental-ish caregivers. But this time, I thought it would be interesting to open it up to talking about our own parents or parental-ish caregivers*. One of the things about adulting is one’s changing dynamic and relationship with one’s own parents. Personally, I’m at a place where my parents are getting up in age, and I’m seeing that I will eventually be “sandwiched” … Continue reading Parental Guidance SPECIAL ADDITION – Let’s Talk About OUR Parents
Hello and welcome to the bi-monthly Parental Guidance thread! Twice a month on a Saturday, Corn or Miss Rim [footnote]Normally it’s one of these two that hosts these, but anyone who has a topic they’d like to discuss is welcome to sign up for a PG thread.[/footnote] will post a thread for parents and parental-adjacent people to participate in. We will select a topic as a starting off point, but you are not limited to that. Discuss whatever is on your mind, complain, vent, share, brag, etc. Today’s topic: Sex life after kids First of all, LOL. Second, no really, … Continue reading Parental Guidance June 16, 2018: Post-Kids Sex Life
Hello, and welcome to the bi monthly or so Parental Guidance thread. Twice a month Corn or I * will post a thread for parent and parental – adjacent issues. We’ll suggest a topic as a jumping off point, but discussion is not limited . Brag, complain, seek and give advice, tell an amusing anecdote etc. This week’s topic: Visitin’ I’m about to pack up myself and The Boy for a 3 week visit to my hometown – a chance to visit my mom, stepdad, dad, and stepsisters and some extended family and friends. I’ll even have a chance to … Continue reading Parental Guidance: Visitin’
Hello and welcome to the bi-monthly Parental Guidance thread! Twice a month on a Saturday, Corn or Miss Rim [footnote]It’s usually Corn or Miss Rim that hosts these, but anyone who has a topic they’d like to discuss is welcome to do a PG thread.[/footnote] will post a thread for parents and parental-adjacent people to participate in. We will select a topic as a starting off point, but you are not limited to that. Discuss whatever is on your mind, complain, vent, share, brag, etc. Today’s topic: Children’s furniture Beds, cribs, bassinets, pack and plays, car seats: What are some … Continue reading Parental Guidance May 19, 2018: Children’s Furniture
Welcome to the Parental Guidance thread. Twice a month, Corn, I or some other industrious Avocado*will post a discussion about all things parental or parental – adjacent. We’ll have a topic as a jumping off point, but by all means use this space to brag, complain, vent, seek advice, etc. *For real, just let us know if you want to do a thread. This week’s topic: Kids’s Say the Most Fucked – Up Shit. My kid pronounces “veggie chips” as “bunny tits.” Tell us some of the hilarious anecdotes about what The Children have done or said. Continue reading Parental Guidance: Kids Say the Most Fucked-Up Shit
Hello and welcome to the bi-monthly parental guidance thread. Twice a month on a Saturday, Corn or Miss Rim [footnote]It’s usually Corn or Miss Rim that hosts these, but anyone who has a topic they’d like to discuss is welcome to do a PG thread![/footnote] will post a thread for parents and parental adjacent people to participate in. We will select a topic as a starting off point, but you are not limited to that. Discuss whatever is on your mind, complain, vent, share, brag, etc. Today’s topic: Pleasant surprises What are some of the unexpected positives you’ve encountered as … Continue reading Parental Guidance April 21, 2018: Pleasant Surprises
