YUP- learn to manage the anxiety is the #1 new parent hack I can think of. Everything else is window dressing.

I was similar academically; I remember being a huge asshole and rolling my eyes at the other kids struggling to read aloud from books in K/1. At the same time, though, I was terribly awkward socially.

Maybe it’s just the area where I work, but I really, really don’t see over-diagnosis, as a sixth-grade teacher.

Frankly, it sounds to me like it’s getting caught *better* with the younger kids in a lot of ways. It’s so, so sad to me when a kid gets to me as a sixth grade teacher, and I’m the one who has to guide their parents to a diagnosis. Meanwhile, the kid has been mentally beating themselves up for years in a way that can…

Kindergarten is the new first grade. I think full-day Kindergarten makes sense for parents’ schedules, but having all day be academic is INSANE. I’ve been considering private Kindergarten for my kiddo based on that, despite the fact that it’s crazy expensive. 

Yup. I was sent early, and it was a mixed bag.

As a teacher and a person who started K at age 4 due to a late birthday, I’d say: first, asses your kid academically, socially, and physically: Can they take care of themselves and their stuff (can they get dressed quickly, follow safety and procedural directions, etc)? How is reading coming along? There is an…

I was gonna say, this feels WAY too Freudian to be right. 

When this kind of thing is so rampant, I think we need to take a look at our systems and think about how they’re flawed, and what we can change (beyond getting better at catching people). One person (even one person *per college*) pulling this shit is on that person. Dozens? In virtually every program, even one like…

Don’t freeze your meat; that’s your problem right there! Tastes better, too. 

Most charters favor emotional abuse over physical. They put poor kids through shit that would NOT fly at my wealthier-area public school, and would probably cause a parent riot at the fancy private schools.

Talbots (and probably other stores) have a curvy fit that works with my big butt/thighs, smaller waist combo. It means a fairly high waist, but not SUPER high, and nobody sees my butt when I squat like they used to 

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what happens when women publicly report. 

If it’s along in your hotel room and she’s in your direct employ, yeah.

I think you missed the part where I suggested *you* might be young and in need of guidance. It sounds like you’re harassing a person you don’t know online, which isn’t healthy for you. I’m not gonna get through to Tavi; I’m talking to you right now.

Thanks for that; the guy didn’t have the book thrown at him, because I never reported him to my bosses, because I knew from past incidents that nothing would be done, even if I was believed. I stood to alienate the bosses that were writing me all-important job recommendations for my next gig.

Agreed! Sometimes, “designer” stuff can be magical and well-made with all sorts of great details and so forth.

I feel like ON is SO hit-or-miss. I have some stuff from them that’s a decade old that I’ve worn fairly frequently. Meanwhile, I have some things that I swear never even made it home from the store before pilling up. 

Then why are you here defending him? If you know nothing, why are you automatically jumping to the idea that it was no big deal? In my experience (you might have guessed that the “cum dumpster” thing was my actual experience), people don’t complain unless it’s *really fucking bad*.

I’m just wondering how old *you* are, because you’re taking all of this bizarrely personally. She had some missteps, but nothing terrible (supporting a friend of a friend who is douchy isn’t great, but goes with the age). Yet here you are, writing paragraphs-long screeds frequently enough that apparently 56904830…