True Confessions - Don't Judge
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littlemissbgiff wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »I did my son's project because it was easier and less frustrating
I don't like being this kind of parent...but I have to confess: Helping my son with his homework...the urge is STRONG to just say.."forget it, go play on your iPad, I'll have this done in 45 seconds." But I think all of us parents are guilty of that at some level or other.
My ex husband always won the science fair for my oldest when she was in elementary school. 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. She had such a misguided sense of pride for those stupid ribbons. By the time 6th grade came around, the divorce was final and I made her do her own project. She couldn't believe she didn't even place. Silly girl.
I stuffed those ribbons in a box that I packed up of his things when he moved out. They were his anyway.
Funny. Yeah, I would never go so far as to completely take over the project...but the urge is definitely there. Sometimes it's hard to watch your kids do the wrong thing, and not correct them, but that's how they learn.0 -
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littlemissbgiff wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »I'm ready for this entire month to be over.
Me too.
Against my own will, I become pretty reflective during Christmas and New Years. Add that to my thanksgiving trauma and I'm just all the way over it. Tired of feeling like I'm not enough. Tired of feeling like I'm never going to be enough. Tired of feeling empty. I have much to be thankful and grateful for yet these other feelings seem to trump that. Blah
I saw a cool quote one time. "You are the person you were meant to be, and that's all the World needs you to be."2 -
I use to dress up like a ghost to scare people away from an old house that had a famous diamond hidden in it, so I had time to find it. It would of worked too if it wasn't for some meddling kids and their dog too.2
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OK don't judge me!
I got bored few days ago and me being bored is a recipe for something bad..
So I went to my mothers and stole some of her christmas decoration.... I didn't feel like making my own...
Just now she texted me: "I don't know where I went wrong with you. Return the Christmas decorations or I'll make no chocolate desserts over Christmas"
So now I'm thinking about calling the cops cause threatening me with chocolate is the most evil thing ever and she knows it
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Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »LiftingLady5 wrote: »I'm listening to my husband help our daughter with her math homework and I'm having flashbacks of my dad helping me with my math homework.....frustrated dad yelling at confused daughter who just doesn't understand the *kitten* math problems, then stubborn frustrated daughter yelling back resulting in some sort of weird homework battle session. I hated it. I'm going to buy my daughter something nice today because they are doing the same damn thing.
This' why I am against homework because even if a child's parents graduated, that doesn't mean that they remember; what they learned & besides unless we went to college to become a teacher, we weren't even taught how to teach; what we do remember! Isn't teaching why parents, send their children; to school? To teach them, what they're unable to?
Parents send their kids to school because it is the law. It's an attempt to ensure that there is at least some minimum level of education being provided to a country's population. I agree that not all parents are cut out to help with homework. I lose my patience sometimes but for different reasons. I made it through Calculus III in college, and watching my 6 year old struggle with 44-32 = ? drives me up the wall...I start twitching and after 30 seconds, I just want to scream 12!...IT'S FREAKIN 12...HOW DO YOU NOT SEE THAT?
That's usually when my wife, who is a school teacher will step in and take over. And I get sent to my corner.
However the law, doesn't dictate; whom the educator must be! A parent without a teaching degree's legally able, to educate their child; via homeschooling but I believe that the main reason, why parent's don't's because they're educationally unable to do so & thus this renders homework senseless, unless the homework's just to study what they already know, without further instruction!0 -
DeficitDuchess wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »LiftingLady5 wrote: »I'm listening to my husband help our daughter with her math homework and I'm having flashbacks of my dad helping me with my math homework.....frustrated dad yelling at confused daughter who just doesn't understand the *kitten* math problems, then stubborn frustrated daughter yelling back resulting in some sort of weird homework battle session. I hated it. I'm going to buy my daughter something nice today because they are doing the same damn thing.
This' why I am against homework because even if a child's parents graduated, that doesn't mean that they remember; what they learned & besides unless we went to college to become a teacher, we weren't even taught how to teach; what we do remember! Isn't teaching why parents, send their children; to school? To teach them, what they're unable to?
Parents send their kids to school because it is the law. It's an attempt to ensure that there is at least some minimum level of education being provided to a country's population. I agree that not all parents are cut out to help with homework. I lose my patience sometimes but for different reasons. I made it through Calculus III in college, and watching my 6 year old struggle with 44-32 = ? drives me up the wall...I start twitching and after 30 seconds, I just want to scream 12!...IT'S FREAKIN 12...HOW DO YOU NOT SEE THAT?
That's usually when my wife, who is a school teacher will step in and take over. And I get sent to my corner.
However the law, doesn't dictate; whom the educator must be! A parent without a teaching degree's legally able, to educate their child; via homeschooling but I believe that the main reason, why parent's don't's because they're educationally unable to do so & thus this renders homework senseless, unless the homework's just to study what they already know, without further instruction!
I think the "main" reason parents don't educate their own children is because we have to have full time jobs that go toward keeping the lights on and the water hot and flowing. Besides, I like sending my son to public school because it teaches him social skills that he would never learn hanging out with me at the house all day.2 -
littlemissbgiff wrote: »OK don't judge me!
I got bored few days ago and me being bored is a recipe for something bad..
So I went to my mothers and stole some of her christmas decoration.... I didn't feel like making my own...
Just now she texted me: "I don't know where I went wrong with you. Return the Christmas decorations or I'll make no chocolate desserts over Christmas"
So now I'm thinking about calling the cops cause threatening me with chocolate is the most evil thing ever and she knows it
At the very least, you'll want to lawyer up.
You're right, I defiantly need to higher a lawyer... or return the bloody things and "borrow" all her teaspoons instead...0 -
Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »I'm ready for this entire month to be over.
Me too.
Against my own will, I become pretty reflective during Christmas and New Years. Add that to my thanksgiving trauma and I'm just all the way over it. Tired of feeling like I'm not enough. Tired of feeling like I'm never going to be enough. Tired of feeling empty. I have much to be thankful and grateful for yet these other feelings seem to trump that. Blah
I saw a cool quote one time. "You are the person you were meant to be, and that's all the World needs you to be."
Obviously I was meant, to be disabled; since I was unable to knowingly prevent it but why's that, all the world; needs me to be? It'd make sense, if I was loved & thus'd be missed but I am not, so I have no personal significance; to anyone & since I'm unemployable, I don't have commercial value; to society either. Therefore my existence, doesn't make sense.0 -
DeficitDuchess wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »I'm ready for this entire month to be over.
Me too.
Against my own will, I become pretty reflective during Christmas and New Years. Add that to my thanksgiving trauma and I'm just all the way over it. Tired of feeling like I'm not enough. Tired of feeling like I'm never going to be enough. Tired of feeling empty. I have much to be thankful and grateful for yet these other feelings seem to trump that. Blah
I saw a cool quote one time. "You are the person you were meant to be, and that's all the World needs you to be."
Obviously I was meant, to be disabled; since I was unable to knowingly prevent it but why's that, all the world; needs me to be? It'd make sense, if I was loved & thus'd be missed but I am not, so I have no personal significance; to anyone & since I'm unemployable, I don't have commercial value; to society either. Therefore my existence, doesn't make sense.
Or, you could use your situation to mentor/inspire youth who may be in the same situation as you, and possibly keep one of them from spiraling into the same depression that you obviously suffer from, and possibly keep one or two, or maybe three of them from succumbing to suicide. There is always a purpose for you, whether you are willing to see it or not.2 -
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Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »LiftingLady5 wrote: »I'm listening to my husband help our daughter with her math homework and I'm having flashbacks of my dad helping me with my math homework.....frustrated dad yelling at confused daughter who just doesn't understand the *kitten* math problems, then stubborn frustrated daughter yelling back resulting in some sort of weird homework battle session. I hated it. I'm going to buy my daughter something nice today because they are doing the same damn thing.
This' why I am against homework because even if a child's parents graduated, that doesn't mean that they remember; what they learned & besides unless we went to college to become a teacher, we weren't even taught how to teach; what we do remember! Isn't teaching why parents, send their children; to school? To teach them, what they're unable to?
Parents send their kids to school because it is the law. It's an attempt to ensure that there is at least some minimum level of education being provided to a country's population. I agree that not all parents are cut out to help with homework. I lose my patience sometimes but for different reasons. I made it through Calculus III in college, and watching my 6 year old struggle with 44-32 = ? drives me up the wall...I start twitching and after 30 seconds, I just want to scream 12!...IT'S FREAKIN 12...HOW DO YOU NOT SEE THAT?
That's usually when my wife, who is a school teacher will step in and take over. And I get sent to my corner.
However the law, doesn't dictate; whom the educator must be! A parent without a teaching degree's legally able, to educate their child; via homeschooling but I believe that the main reason, why parent's don't's because they're educationally unable to do so & thus this renders homework senseless, unless the homework's just to study what they already know, without further instruction!
I think the "main" reason parents don't educate their own children is because we have to have full time jobs that go toward keeping the lights on and the water hot and flowing. Besides, I like sending my son to public school because it teaches him social skills that he would never learn hanging out with me at the house all day.
The time that parents, spend doing homework's enough time; to also educate & it doesn't have to be done, during typical school hours! Some people'll argue that, even homeschooling during school hours'll prepare them; for when they have to go to work but it doesn't because some people, work night shifts!
It's a school's job to teach academics, by the time children begin school; they should already be disciplined by parents & have social skills by playing with neighborhood children. My classmates & I were always told by teachers, that we could talk; to our friends after school! I made all of my friends, at the playground; not during class!1 -
Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »I'm ready for this entire month to be over.
Me too.
Against my own will, I become pretty reflective during Christmas and New Years. Add that to my thanksgiving trauma and I'm just all the way over it. Tired of feeling like I'm not enough. Tired of feeling like I'm never going to be enough. Tired of feeling empty. I have much to be thankful and grateful for yet these other feelings seem to trump that. Blah
I saw a cool quote one time. "You are the person you were meant to be, and that's all the World needs you to be."
Obviously I was meant, to be disabled; since I was unable to knowingly prevent it but why's that, all the world; needs me to be? It'd make sense, if I was loved & thus'd be missed but I am not, so I have no personal significance; to anyone & since I'm unemployable, I don't have commercial value; to society either. Therefore my existence, doesn't make sense.
Or, you could use your situation to mentor/inspire youth who may be in the same situation as you, and possibly keep one of them from spiraling into the same depression that you obviously suffer from, and possibly keep one or two, or maybe three of them from succumbing to suicide. There is always a purpose for you, whether you are willing to see it or not.LiftingLady5 wrote: »DeficitDuchess wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »littlemissbgiff wrote: »I'm ready for this entire month to be over.
Me too.
Against my own will, I become pretty reflective during Christmas and New Years. Add that to my thanksgiving trauma and I'm just all the way over it. Tired of feeling like I'm not enough. Tired of feeling like I'm never going to be enough. Tired of feeling empty. I have much to be thankful and grateful for yet these other feelings seem to trump that. Blah
I saw a cool quote one time. "You are the person you were meant to be, and that's all the World needs you to be."
Obviously I was meant, to be disabled; since I was unable to knowingly prevent it but why's that, all the world; needs me to be? It'd make sense, if I was loved & thus'd be missed but I am not, so I have no personal significance; to anyone & since I'm unemployable, I don't have commercial value; to society either. Therefore my existence, doesn't make sense.
No I don't believe this for a second. It's the power from within, the power of self worth. Being loved by someone else has nothing to do with being worthy. Being loved or valued is a luxury but not a luxury afforded to everyone. Many people are alone and this does not mean they have no purpose, no value. Nobody else actually really matters when it comes to your own worth and how you perceive yourself. You need to find the light from within and let it shine. Let it shine strong and bright because you never know who might be looking. Anybody out there might need you for whatever reason or can learn from you, or take comfort from you or perhaps motivation and you MAY NEVER EVEN KNOW IT. That is your purpose.
Thank you, I do value myself! However I believe that when, someone's dependent upon someone else's income as I am on taxpayers; that the dependent's suppose to be an investment not an expense & thus my self esteem, doesn't matter; in this context because that only benefits me, not taxpayers. While I try to limit their expense, by not applying for benefits, that aren't necessary for me to & have done some volunteer work when well enough to, the money that I've saved them doesn't produce enough value; for me not to be an expense upon them.0 -
My van drives me nuts. The left clicker works, doesn't work, works, stops working as I am waiting to turn, starts working as I'm waiting to turn. I had it fixed yesterday and it worked then stopped t5 minutes later and now is working again.
I confess I want to abandon it in a parking lot a get a new car0 -
My boss just treated the whole department to KFC today. And I may have eaten 2 pieces of chicken, fries and washed it down with Coke.....
But I am not sure..............
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@DeficitDuchess All I can say is that I would rather help support 20 people like you, than 1 person who is perfectly capable of working and earning their own way, but chooses not to out of laziness. You should never feel guilty about being a burden on people because of a disability. I lived with my high school friend who was paralyzed from the waist down while we were in high school. I lived with him for 2 years while we were in college. People asked me if it was a burden, and I was like "it never really occurred to me to even consider that because he's my boy and I love him." Anyone who looks at you as a burden is not worth the skin they are filling. And for everyone of these people, there are hundreds that don't feel this way. So, keep pushing.9
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I confess that my exhusband is a complete sociopath whose main objective in life is to ruin mine.1
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^^ Me too.
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I had a frind do it once. She had an old clunker, left it in a parking lot, unlocked with the keys in it and no one would steal it. I'm sure my van would be the same.1 -
I had a frind do it once. She had an old clunker, left it in a parking lot, unlocked with the keys in it and no one would steal it. I'm sure my van would be the same.
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Broomstick_Boo wrote: »
I had a frind do it once. She had an old clunker, left it in a parking lot, unlocked with the keys in it and no one would steal it. I'm sure my van would be the same.
You laugh but it's true. my van hasn't been cleaned jn awhile, as a big dent and scratch along the side from where someone "side swiped" me. I might have scraped it trying to get out of a parking lot one day although someone added to it so it's not a complete lie2 -
I had a frind do it once. She had an old clunker, left it in a parking lot, unlocked with the keys in it and no one would steal it. I'm sure my van would be the same.
I am laughing so dang hard right now.. I am crying.. LOL LOL
I confess that I might put a brick on the gas pedal and have that thing drive itself into a tree!
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