My mom used to do that (with the added “and I may never come back”) until my sister told her “ok . Bye”...  

My fear is that I’ll have the kid that would just see this as an opportunity to not go to school.

So what am I supposed to do when my 4 year old doesn’t follow this?  I cannot leave a 4 year old home alone.  This system to me is very limited.

This also works with a group of friends. If nobody is moving but the group is planning on going somewhere, as soon as one person moves, the whole group follows.

Both those responding pro and con are missing something that even OP missed. You can not allow words to hurt you and the person saying the hurtful things can still be wrong.

We have very different definitions of the word “fun”.

You might want to mention that its a subscription based app with a 7 day free trial...

The value of a piece of work is what people are willing to pay for it.

Ya, see, my wife is an editor/journalist with a Master’s degree, and because each publication she works for eventually gets bought and shut down, or just goes under, she freelances a lot. It’s harder and harder for her to find gigs because 1) other people write for free (but worse), and 2) publications expect people…

And yet, that electric lighter deal never once mentions cigarettes.

On the other hand, Lifehacker does have some really good tips on best candles, starting campfires, and the enjoyment of non-tobacco cigarettes in places that wind resistance would really come in handy.

So, tell me again how this is hypocritical.

One thiing I’d teach them is that there are only really 4 or 5 kinds of ad messages, and ads are identifiable by recognizing them.

We did the same. Pointing out, “do you think those ninja turtle toys can really fly?” Or “will those corn flakes make you roar?” Was quite effective. Two kids are in their thirties now and pretty well insulated from that crap.

I took a very simple initial approach: “Ads lie. People want to sell you stuff and they will lie to you if that’s what it takes.”

Yes. Be a miserable son-of-a-bitch like me and stop dating after college because you have a gigantic student loan you will never pay off and you don’t want to drag anybody else into that world.
In the meantime, watch other broke-ass people not care and live relatively happy lives. or at least crappy lives but with more…

You’re entitled to your opinions, but “poor people aren’t allowed to have relationships” is an egregiously terrible one and you should be shamed for saying something so stupid.

Here’s the thing, though—if you’re bad at reading social cues and you’re making a major fool of yourself, it is only natural that it’s going to blow up in your face.

We sort of fell into the trap, especially with my wife being an elementary school teacher, but we backed off a bit and its been for the better. I’m a VORACIOUS reader, I had reading issues when I was younger, was given books way to old for me, and my interest in the topics sped up my reading ability beyond my age -…

I saw my dad read 3 newspapers every day when I was growing up and it rubbed off on me as I was reading beyond my grade early on in school. I also noticed my kids started to read more (i.e. magazines, books) when I started to do the same around them instead of being nose down in my phone. It’s parenting 101 that you…

That’s the 2005 version. I have a copy from 2002 on 6 punch cards. It’s the third edition, the last one that Al Gore himself personally worked on.

So basically download this, pop it into a Raspberry Pi, and power it by pedaling once the world ends to figure out what to do. Done!