Same here. Braces were incredibly painful (already told my husband our daughter won’t have them unless reeaaalllyyy necessary). Then I dutifully wore my retainer for years (into my mid-20's) and now at 38, my teeth are right back where they started. Not worth it.

If you have an Aldi near you, they sell knock off girl scout cookies that are pretty decent (and way cheaper).

I second “da bird” recommendation. That is an amazing toy. Even our old, obese, lazy cats turn into kittens when Da Bird is brought out.

Yup, Central Time Zone for me (so I even have an extra hour of leeway) and lately it’s just been too late for me to participate. Best I can do is skim through the highlights on Sunday morning.

Yup, I’m a social worker in a high school and a teenager’s social group is by far the biggest predictor of risk behaviors. That’s why we’re always telling parents to know who your kid’s friends are and pay attention to who they are hanging out with. That’s not to say that parenting isn’t important and valuable (don’t…

WTF. YOU CAN/COULD BUY AN ASSAULT RIFLE IN A SPORTING GOODS STORE????!!! “Oh hey honey. I’m just going to take little Johnny here to go pick up some new baseball cleats.” “That’s nice dear. Oh, and don’t forget to also get a new AR-15 and high capacity magazines while you are there!”

He wouldn’t run in to save his OWN children, let alone someone else’s.

I was thinking the image makes her look aged. Most press photos of her are taken from far away and the close up ones are official ones that have been photoshopped to death. This one makes her look like a 50 year old trying to look 25.

And you can still commit petty crimes as a juvenile and be approved for DACA. I’ve seen it happen to a couple of my students- but generally once they get DACA they shape up because they don’t want to do anything to risk losing it. So one could also argue that DACA has a role in preventing crime.

Depends. In some states you can just say you are “home schooling” your child and not actually do anything remotely resembling education. There are no regulations and no oversight, so essentially it’s just choosing not to educate your kid.

A typical reaction to upping your dose would be more physical symptoms, like headaches, “brain zaps”etc. Zoloft is activating (meaning it’s meant to combat the lethargy of depression). It sounds like the dose is too high for you- it should not make you manic like that. Definitely call your doctor ASAP.

You can tell from his statement that he has NO CLUE what Phase 2 is. I’m sure it was in one of the security briefings that Kushner (with his lack of security clearance) read to him while he had his milk and cookies, but as usual all he heard was “boobiesboobiesboobiesboobiesboobiesboobies”

Plus they can still get their hands on a AR-15. Like with Sandy Hook, didn’t the kid’s mom buy the gun for him?

But.... isn’t ho(e) also technically correct?

14 year old me loved “With Honors.” Not sure I’d feel the same if I saw it today...

Two of my teaching colleagues are military- one is a veteran, one is still a unit commander in the National Guard. One of them just said yesterday “I can tell you from experience, once the bullets start flying you have NO IDEA how someone is going to react.” Neither of them are in favor of arming teachers (including…

We were taught that the “fight” part is not necessarily something we would do with little kids, it more pertains to teachers and HS students (still upsetting, regardless). We’re supposed to throw any heavy object we can find (desks, chairs, textbooks, laptops, etc) in hopes of at least distracting the shooter to…

I’m sick to my stomach at the very thought of anything close to agreeing with that moldy tangerine, but...

Uh, what!? I frequently feel guilty because my husband does more for me for Valentine’s Day than I do for him (very stressful/demanding full time job, toddler, working on a 2nd master’s degree- even with time to plan I just can’t get much done). And he understands and has never once tried to make me feel bad about it.…

I would love to, but I’m in Wisconsin where we have no union protections. In fact, if we walk out, the district can fire us for that alone. Plus, it’s been made clear to us time and time again that we are to remain neutral on all political issues, and while children being murdered at school SHOULD NOT be a “political…