[Majors with highest unemployment rates]

I kinda surprise about the rate for Psy.. there are so many nuts around..

 

LOL, no kidding!!

Maybe better insurance coverage for mental health would make a difference. Many insurance plans really skimp on this.

[Parents giving chicken pox/lollipops to their kids]

I can understand the impulse, but I can certainly see why it's illegal.

 

My son is 10 and hasn't had the chicken pox. He was vaxxed in France and they don't (or didn't at the time at least) routinely vax for that.

 

I wouldn't intentionally expose my son because he has a heart issue. I worry about a possibility of complications. I am now thinking seriously of getting the vax but want to talk it over with the cardiologist first.

 

I can see all sides of this, why people vax for it, why some intentionally expose and why some (like me) wait and see.

[What do you cook pancakes in?]

Another one who uses butter. Except I make crepes, not pancakes, but they aren't so different.

[s/o What does Quiverful mean to you?]

To me it means having as many children as you can without really giving it much thought, as opposed to taking it one child at a time and seeing how you feel and if you want to try for another one and in what time frame.

 

I definitely don't see it as being content with what you have. One or two arrows do not a full quiver make.

[lego instruction books]

I have been printing out their individual instructions for different ideas but printer ink is really expensive and i would just prefer a already made book.

I am not looking for particular sets just different instructions to build other things. Both of my children use their imagination well and really enjoy doing it that way but sometimes really enjoy someone else doing the thinking and they just do the building.

 

Yes, it is a pain to print them all out so I know what you mean. I'm not sure I'd buy another large set that doesn't have the booklet with it!

 

Free building with legos and building with instructions both have their merits. That's great your children want to do both!

[lego instruction books]

Have you looked on lego.com?

I'm currently printing off a booklet for a set I bought used. Not sure if they have any that aren't for specific sets but it is worth a look.

[This was mean....but hilarious!]

There's something kind of sick about it.

 

I joke around with my son, but that's not the same as lying to him to see how he'll react. My goal in joking around is to make him laugh, not cry.

 

I don't understand people who would do this to their kids.

[How do you handle an ungrateful child: Advise Please!]

Ouch. Sorry, totally disagree with that. To me that would be rewarding and re-enforcing the behavior.

 

You also grabbed a toy from your daughter and threw it out the car window, so... :lol:

[Atheists/Christmas ~ curious]

Since I wrote yada, yada. I feel compelled to say our non- Christian family version of Xmas ;) does not participate in The Airing of Grievances. That's just too mean, even if funny.

 

 

But I've got a lot of problems with these people!

[Holy mac n cheese! Have you seen this jerk's video?]

Not really. It's still abuse, but this can be healed much more easily than malicious abuse.

 

Whose healing do you mean?

[Holy mac n cheese! Have you seen this jerk's video?]

The question of the mother being complicit is not so easy. I don't like seeing mothers being put on trial for failing to protect their children from their father. The reason being is that they are likely being abused themselves and that can really do a number on someone mentally. I get that it's hard to imagine NOT protecting your child in such a situation--I feel the same way, but she may have thought she was.

[Holy mac n cheese! Have you seen this jerk's video?]

How we CHOSE to interpret others actions and words DOES NOT change their INTENT.

 

Whatever his original intent was is irrelevant.

[How do you handle an ungrateful child: Advise Please!]

He doesn't sound ungrateful to me, just disappointed. This is a great opportunity to talk to him about it, help him work through his disappointment, discuss possible solutions (which could include enjoying the gifts he received and maybe getting a few mini-figures to go with the legos) and better ways to express that in the future. He should be able to express it though and not be called ungrateful or have his gifts taken away.

[Seriously baffled over how to react to a horrible person.. WWYD?]

It will bother him more to get no response. If you reply then he knows that you read it and that he can get under your skin. Don't give him that satisfaction.

[Christmas for your 9-10ds?]

My son's list includes any (and/or all, of course) of the following:

 

Model kits

Kindle Fire

Horrible Histories

Movie (Rio or Despicable Me)

Slippers

Remote-control helicopter

Woodworking tools

Magazine subscriptions (Muse, National Geographic Kids)

Bearded dragon

 

A real one?

[How do you respond to this argument?]

Actually, this afternoon DS9 was playing Stack the States and asked me, "Baton Rouge is the capital of what state?" I answered "Louisiana." My son said, "wow, you are awesome!" I told him, "no, I just have an elementary school education."

 

(of course, I could also have answered, "how could I have forgotten that episode of the Brady Bunch?"):lol:

 

Baton Rouge, Cindy, Baton Rouge!

 

LOL! Reminds me of the book The Wordy Shipmates. (There was something hilarious in there about kids retaining more information about American history from The Brady Bunch than at school).

 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana also kicks off Wakko's state capitals song from Animaniacs! That is how I memorized all the capitals.

[Another thread about forgetting to pay for something at the grocery store]

I vote that it's ridiculous.

I'm not one to eat stuff in the grocery store, but I've certainly let my son do so when he was younger. I would still do it now if he were really hungry, but he usually stays home. Many a baguette has been started before we've paid for it.

 

I've also opened kleenex pacakges before when I needed one and taken one of the small packs out. The rest of the package went into my cart and was paid for. I have also grabbed a drink of something out of desperation (no drinking fountains were available) and let my son do the same. Then the bottles go into the cart to be paid for. I don't see the problem. Yes, we could have an emergency and have to leave our cart behind but how likely is that? It's never happened to us yet. The store benefits from us being able to spend more time in it.

 

I agree with people who are disgusted by someone eating but not buying (purposely). I saw it in the huge grocery stores in the south of France a lot. One time, packs of hard cider came with a free glass and someone had opened two packs, taken out the glasses, filled them with the cider and opened a pack of chips! They paid for none of it, of course. I used to see bags and boxes of stuff opened and just imagined people grabbing a fistful and stuffing it in their mouth and resuming their shopping with eyes darting about and jaws working furiously.

[Nathan Fillion, Sean Maher, and Joss Whedon and Shakespeare...]

That's a favorite of mine, too. But....this is Capt. Mal and Simon. What fun!:D

 

Sounds very interesting. Too bad they couldn't have thrown in Adam Baldwin too!

[Bachelorette Party - Am I obligated to go?]

I wouldn't go and I wouldn't feel bad about it.

[Is this patriotism or ethnocentrism disguised as patriotism?]

I'm with you OP. I dare those people to move to another country indefinitely and not ever have a complaint about it.

eta: I also think it was rude of the person to pass along that comment on FB.

[I have amended my signature just so there is no doubt]

And you really seemed the type, too.

Just when I thought I was getting to know the posters on the WTM...

[Oh hey! We all missed the end of the world again!]

Another one down. Now we just need to get through 2012! Fingers crossed...

[I do NOT want to see pictures of Qaddafi's death]

I agree with the OP, I don't want to see it and I don't want to hear about it in detail. It's not because I am sheltered or want to turn a blind eye to things. Watching someone be killed or seeing photos of it isn't going to make someone more attuned to what is going on in the world.

 

I also believe that having respect for the dead is part of a civilized society.

[Why don't people want these jobs?]

Sure you think it is, because for you it is.

For those who can't afford to use those services, they are just as screwed as they ever were.

Only now we call them stupid or bad parents for it too.

 

I see what you're saying but I don't see how not having regulations for care would make it better.

ETA: I am not saying every person who cares for another has to be licensed. My mom did daycare for our neighbors and then her nephews and she didn't have a daycare license. I am talking about people or institutions who care for a group, as a business.

[Why don't people want these jobs?]

Oh my, where would we be without you! The whole of history has been awaiting your existence to change things. How dare we think we can have common sense without legislating ourselves to death. How dare my mother's town have allowed the gypsies to babysit their children. Terrible unlicensed gypsies!

 

If you are going to have institutionalized care, be it for kids, the elderly or mentally disabled people, there needs to be legislation so that those found mistreating or negleccting the people they've been entrusted to care for can be swiftly shut down. Mistreatment and neglect did happen in the past and it seems people just turned a blind eye to it.