Well, ok, THAT is bullshit. very pointed scheduling there.

I twist my hair to try NOT to look smart

your story makes me wonder how the hell I got thru that shit.

"Decide if what you've done is something you really should regret. Not volunteering for the school fair even though your kids' friends' parents all do?"

Nah, I bet it's because my recent memory is older, mature guys, whereas those ones are probably like the aholes we all date in college.

Spiders dropped from the ceiling=I fucking walk out:}

"Calling the corner of the living room where your laptop is located a home office probably isn't going to cut it.'

The first two are essentially the same, and the second is somewhat misleading. If you're not sent a 1099 from a client (and the client therefore doesn't send a 1099 to the Feds), the IRS doesn't magically know somehow that you earned that money. The IRS finds out what you earn solely through 1099s (at first) and then…

Spartans!

Who ARE these awful men? Seriously, can't recall one, like ever. Probably rose-colored my memory a bit.

LOL genius comment!!

Ah true this. Forgot about good old gonorrhea...

Loved this entire article, and these concepts (which we happened to learn from a high-quality childcare program + my own time in child psych/education classes corresponding) have been in place (as much as possible, we're not perfect) since babyhood for both mine—IN ADDITION TO feminist parenting principles (your body…

OMG routine is GOD. And my kids are older, STILL god.

They'll likely push it as they get older. Instead of time out or whatever, how about "favorite toy goes on the shelf for a day" or if they're playing with something at that moment, "it will disappear if I get to 5..." We were always "I'm going to count to 3 and if you don't stop X, then Y will happen."

You gotta make the consequence at the end of the count one that you WILL follow up on, immediately too.

Wait a couple years? lol seriously. waking pre-teens and teens is like waking the dead.

Dying to get my teen on that 10-year implant so she doesn't even have to THINK about this stuff for the 10 most fertile/least desirable years of her life. Well, though, maybe not thinking about it doesn't really teach a good lesson.....hmm, but who cares, she'll be 24 by then and not my problem!!! (jkjk).

If you're talking about your child touching themselves, ummm hello, perfect opportunity to get out a sentence or two about sexuality (some things need to be private, etc) or health (germs). You're definitely missing out with "cause I said so." My 14 year old—- I have to BEG her now to acknowledge the sexual/gender…

Negative reinforcement, such as spanking or time-outs, only work at first because of their shock value, and over time it become less effective.