Fair enough. That could actually make some sense, just as a way of gaging strengths and weaknesses, and seeing where more time needs to be spent. But damn, parents shouldn’t be freaking out about that shit. I’m so determined to not be that sort of mom.

Minus the snowstorm I did exactly that last weekend. Same mom situation too!

I’m posting a link to this thread on emotional labor for the millionth time here, because it’s relevant, and because it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read on feminine labor, and because someone new always seems to find it helpful every time I share it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0UUYL6kaNeBTDBRbkJkeUtabEk/v…

My wife teaches high school kids and has the same manner. Works like a charm on those who hover.

A year or so ago I read a very well thought out argument about Putin wanting the Baltics, the satellite states, and the ole Eastern Bloc back (I think it was in The Economist?). The main gist is that he wants turmoil in Europe and the United States so that we will be too busy trying to solve our own polarized…

And some people will scream from the top of their lungs “why do people do not get their citizenship?”. It is not that easy and a lot of times there is no path.

And they are exactly the kind of high skilled immigrants the GOP wants here. And after a decade on visa it would be nice if they could get permanent status (not a new issue but one that bugs me about work visas is often the workers after years of living here can’t get permanent status).

That’s exactly it, I spent my entire life worrying about endangered species and habitat loss, and once again it got tossed aside for headline-grabbing issues. Obviously climate needs solving, but where is our respect for intrinsic nature?

“He fell out a closed twenty story window, then shot himself.”

I don’t understand how this is our reality.

Honestly sometimes I think the only reason certain people haven’t fled the country yet is because it’ll be harder for Putin to assassinate them if they stay in the US than if they run somewhere without an extradition treaty.

Ha! Ditto. My kids are a little older, so I more have moms who are intrigued/disdainful of my lack of helicopter because I don’t go to the weird parent education night at the middle school where some rando educational lady lectures at you about “letting your kid fail.” Uh, I think I have that one under control,…

We really need some form of Jezzie meetup thing that is like ... a message board for regions so we can all make adult friends? I see this repeatedly on here, and it seems like people who frequent this site might appreciate finding other like people in the real world. I am 31 and in Austin, and could seriously use some…

Same.

I can see maaaaaaaaybe in a public place where you aren’t sure if anyone is really watching your kid, but I have seen it at home parties where the kids can’t even play because the parents are like DONT TOUCH. DONT SPILL. TWO HANDS! NO RUNNING! NO TALKING. NO EYE CONTACT!!!!

We moved from the city to the burbs, and all my city friends are like single and not wanting to come out by us EVER.

My suburbs friends suck and I have finally taken the advice from the lovely people of Jezebel and left their biased, racist, pearl covered clutches.

So my husband and I are at square one and I feel bad…

Ugh - I can relate to this so much. As someone who doesn’t have a lot of friends, I was really looking forward to having a kid and making parent friends.

But daycare parents are rude as hell and NOT friendly.

I have made one friend, and we also take the train to work together. My husband always tries to initiate plans…

I read an article on this very subject:

Sounds like he gets a lot of his insights from “Drunk History.” Which is fine as a supplemental, but not sole, source.

As a former teacher, I can pretty much guarantee his elementary school book reports went kind of like this: “This was a great book. I really liked it. Lots of really interesting things happened in it. It also had good characters. I really liked the parts with the descriptions, and the language the author used.”