8MileBU Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, keithgy said: Yeah Maisie goes to her dad's every weekend,neither of them ask about her. 14 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: I'd let sleeping dogs lie in that case. Easy to say at the moment but that day and the list of questions will come one day. Edited February 6, 2021 by 8MileBU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, 8MileBU said: Easy to say at the moment but that day and the list of questions will come one day. That's why leave it until they're asked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Yeah Maisie goes to her dad's every weekend,neither of them ask about her.Fair play to maisies dad for being there.One day your daughter may realise what she's done and the big question will be if the kids will even want to know.They will know what you and your wife have done for them and I think once old enough to understand I think they will gain loads more appreciation than you can imagine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) Wtf is poppin? Edit: my 12 yr old shrugged shoulders. Edited February 11, 2021 by RH33 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I've just been asked by my 11 year old what's poppin? What the actual f**k, really, I could see his IQ dropping as he said it. What's poppin ffs. This on the same day my 13 year daughter suggested my taste in clothes and music is naff. Cheeky little shits.How have you found lockdown with kids that age? My two are the same age as your two and the youngest one has been ok, but the oldest has maybe struggled a little more. Mixed with teenage hormones, we have certainly had quite a few more arguments than we maybe would have if this wasn’t going on. As soon as his school stuff sis finished, he just wants to play online with his pals and we only sometimes see him for food. I think it’s good he’s got pals to play stuff online with, but I don’t know if it’s best just to leave him when he is.Eta: on the music theme, i was helping out at cubs and they said they wanted to do music stuff, things about old songs from the 70s,80s,90s and early 2000s[emoji15] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, buchan30 said: How have you found lockdown with kids that age? My two are the same age as your two and the youngest one has been ok, but the oldest has maybe struggled a little more. Mixed with teenage hormones, we have certainly had quite a few more arguments than we maybe would have if this wasn’t going on. As soon as his school stuff sis finished, he just wants to play online with his pals and we only sometimes see him for food. I think it’s good he’s got pals to play stuff online with, but I don’t know if it’s best just to leave him when he is. My sons 12 and is much same. He was out for a bit this afternoon with a pal (sons P7 so it’s kind of tricky the 12 thing as all his pals are 11!) I’m not conformtable with amount screentime he’s having but he’s doing his schoolwork and there’s not a lot else he can do, but like you at least he’s in touch with pals. We only moved to the school in August ‘19. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Reassuring to hear it’s not just my teenager then. He’es been out a few times with his pals and tries to get them to go out, but with not much to do but dot around the streets i can see why they don’t fancy it. We have used the screentime as a trade-off for getting the school work done. Im quite happy to be a bit more relaxed about it due to everything going on and it does keep him in touch with people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Can’t imagine what it’s been like rh33. Moving school is hard enough and to not even get the full year to settle in. they make friends quite easily at that though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 My eldest is 10 and I can only echo the screen time comments. Spends forever on Roblox with his pals. Struggling to get him more active, tbh, and concerned that if we can't get him more active he's going to end up a fat kid, which is good for no one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I screen banned my girls this afternoon. I think it was a form of self harm on my part. It was a long and fraught afternoon! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Thank f**k I’m at a private school and teaching in person.E teaching must be hell! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Serious respect to anyone homeschooling. It sounds an absolute nightmare. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 The homeschooling is very do-able if you've not got much work to do yourself - as there are so many options of things to give a go. It's all about actually spending the time with them, showing full attention to what they're doing (whatever work they're given, get fully involved) .But that's not easy and it takes time. If you've got loads to do then it's like running a tight schedule and trying to stick to it as much as possible. Exhausting stuff but every now and then give yourself a fucking break, and everyone chill. My kids are young enough to be impressed by loads of shit, as long as me or mum are involved too (baking, crafts, experiments, cleaning the loft). Expecting them to make their own good fun or be productive on their own is simply for the birds. No chance.I've been worried about fitness of my girl, as she's a lazy wee so and so (age . But a homemade timed assault course does the job (doesn't take long to setup and gets them knackered after a few go's).Screen time is strict in our house , 1/2 hour per day - but I'd be ok with that being a little higher if i had a teenager and they were engaging with pals. That stuff matters (as long as it's not 3 or 4 hour sessions as that's just brain melt stuff). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Serious respect to anyone homeschooling. It sounds an absolute nightmare.The homeschooling is very do-able if you've not got much work to do yourself - as there are so many options of things to give a go. It's all about actually spending the time with them, showing full attention to what they're doing (whatever work they're given, get fully involved) .But that's not easy and it takes time. If you've got loads to do then it's like running a tight schedule and trying to stick to it as much as possible. Exhausting stuff but every now and then give yourself a fucking break, and everyone chill. Primary school stuff isn’t too bad, but it seems slightly more complicated than the stuff I remember doing at primary.The oldests stuff has been quite challenging, because a lot of it is stuff that i was shite at. Although on saying that, there has been stuff that has been quite good like his pop music through the years etc. And spanish stuff has just stuck with me throughout the years.History is a lot harder, because more things have happened. We have been fortunate in that we have jobs that we couldn’t do from home, but i imagine working from home and dealing with home schooling must be really tough. Fair play to you if you are managing that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Primary school stuff isn’t too bad, but it seems slightly more complicated than the stuff I remember doing at primary.The oldests stuff has been quite challenging, because a lot of it is stuff that i was shite at. Although on saying that, there has been stuff that has been quite good like his pop music through the years etc. And spanish stuff has just stuck with me throughout the years.History is a lot harder, because more things have happened. We have been fortunate in that we have jobs that we couldn’t do from home, but i imagine working from home and dealing with home schooling must be really tough. Fair play to you if you are managing that. I'm a history teacher so it's the new-fangled maths ways that get me.I've decided to teach them old school times tables (rote learning works!!), and just make sure we're doing reading every day. I don't care what they read, i just want them to enjoy it, and do it regularly.The rest is all bonus stuff.But yeah I'm guessing the secondary stuff is tough as kids need teachers. The instructions should always be quite clear though. I'd be annoyed with myself if i ever set work for my classes that a parent couldn't work out (but then again other subjects could be like a whole other language). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 11/02/2021 at 22:59, RH33 said: I screen banned my girls this afternoon. I think it was a form of self harm on my part. It was a long and fraught afternoon! I get this a lot. my wives favourite punishment is to stop the wee one going on her ipad (youtube, disney+) but that punishes me as i have to deal with the fall out from it. the conversation in our house this morning Daughter - talking back about something Wife - OK, there will be no Me - (Jumping in) WOW, lets think about this now... she only got it back at the weekend Wife - If looks could kill, i would not be here right now! i do worry about her screen time, esp now she has 2 hours of live lessons a day, but there is no way the wife and i would be able to do our jobs without her playing on her ipad. Everything was great in the run up to christmas, all her sports were back, she could see friends and go to school. Now she is back in the house with us full time, no wonder she is acting up. I am the exact same.. just not in the way she is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 51 minutes ago, steelmen said: I get this a lot. my wives Polygamy thread for this pish. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 55 minutes ago, steelmen said: I get this a lot. my wives favourite punishment is to stop the wee one going on her ipad (youtube, disney+) but that punishes me as i have to deal with the fall out from it. the conversation in our house this morning Daughter - talking back about something Wife - OK, there will be no Me - (Jumping in) WOW, lets think about this now... she only got it back at the weekend Wife - If looks could kill, i would not be here right now! i do worry about her screen time, esp now she has 2 hours of live lessons a day, but there is no way the wife and i would be able to do our jobs without her playing on her ipad. Everything was great in the run up to christmas, all her sports were back, she could see friends and go to school. Now she is back in the house with us full time, no wonder she is acting up. I am the exact same.. just not in the way she is. I’m Now in possession of my sons Xbox to tv cable 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Couldn't resist. Surprised the dafty was able to sleep like this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Walt Disneys casual racism taking root during Pocahontas lastnightAt the firdt appearance of Native Americans, the youngest one said "are they ninjas?" And the oldest said "they all look the same eh?"Ffs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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