[Should we talk about Parkland with young kids?]

Even young kids talk. I would discuss it with young children because they will hear about it whether we want them to or not. 

[Have your kids made their decision yet?]

 

 

I think ds will have all information to make an informed decision by mid March.

[Online Courses Late Work Policies]

One of my kids has had to ask for extensions a number of times due to his schedule. So far his various instructors have been accommodating. We did discuss his situation ahead of time so the requests for extensions weren’t a surprise.

 

One instructor was posting assignments last minute so ds had no option to get the work done early, which he tries to do.

[Class of 2018 acceptance thread]

 

 

DS was accepted to Hampshire College, letter arrived today!

[Wahoo! Student loans paid off!]

My student loans are paid off, and the accounts closed. 

 

:party:

 

 

 

Just in time for my oldest to head off to college. 

 

   :leaving:  :lol:

[Have your kids made their decision yet?]

 

 

Mine is still waffling between two schools. We are waiting on some scholarships to be announced as well.

[S/o mom in hospital]

 

With my parents we tried to have someone there as much as possible, especially if doctors were gong to be coming through. It’s hard to advocate for yourself if you are sick and heavily medicated

 

It wasn’t always possible, but we tried.

[Class of 2018 acceptance thread]

DS was awarded the Rothwell Stephens Mathematics Scholarship from Knox College.

[Dh is quitting the military after 19yrs]

 

 

The retirement benefits are worth jumping through every hoop you need too. Yes it sucks, but with only one year left to reach them it’s worth it.

 

If you were 3+ years out I’d think differently.

[COST OF WTMA]

I didn't realize that was the policy this year. Are students allowed to enroll in the lab section without enrolling in the main course?

I’d be interested in knowing this as well.

[Feline Interruptus]

 

 

Adorable assistant

[For those of you suffering from any chronic illness]

 

 

<hugs>

[So much for the fraud department]

 

 

The credit union caught it on the second transaction so it’s a hassle but not horrible.

[So much for the fraud department]

 

 

My debit card was compromised today. I just got off phone with our fraud department.

[Clay at home]

 

 

Call around and see if any places with kilns will fire pottery for you. Some places will for a fee. They will have specific requirements on what they will fire.

[found a lump - crappy update on p 14]

 

 

 

<hugs>

[Stopped bottle, now toddler refuses milk please help with ideas...]

 

 

Agreeing with others, I’d just not bother with dairy if they don’t want it. There are other ways to get the nutrients.

 

One of my kids couldn’t have it and we just found other foods and drinks.

[Article: “Why Sexual Abuse Goes Unnoticed� (some CC)]

I once read about a grant that gave a city enough money to process some of the backlog. It enabled them to catch maybe ten guys because their DNA was already on file for other crimes. Imagine how many could be caught if all the kits nationwide were processed in a timely manner.

 

Maybe it's time for a private non-profit to administer and process rape kits.

 

 

 

Why don't we just fund existing labs appropriately?

[porn, sexual agency, education]

I don't think we are ever going to agree on what sex ed in schools will look like. It is very different her in NC than it was in CA. You mention values......whose values? The person who says I will supply a grown friend for my teen son so he can get "educated" or the one who says waiting until marriage is best, but if you do or don't, here are the ramifications of having pre-marital sex, including emotional scars?

My boys discussed and evaluated personal values regarding relationships and eventually sex in OWL. This included discussing the value of waiting and what kinds of ways you can show love and affection in relationships without getting physical. They also encouraged discussing things with parents and talking about family values around the subject.

 

 

Again, I’d love parents to handle sex ed and have the important conversations with their kids. It’s not happening.

[porn, sexual agency, education]

So why are men in their 20s—50s pursuing porn? Education?

 

ETA to the tune of a $90Billion industry? Education? Nah. Pleasure. Lust. Addixtion

Adults are a whole other issue.

 

The conversation originated discussing children and teens who are viewing porn.

 

I think inadequate sex education is the issue. Quality sex ed is much more than how babies are made. It discusses relationships and values as well as facts.

[porn, sexual agency, education]

Which is where parents and caregivers come in.

I don't think that providing sex ed in schools will solve this problem. Curiosity is ever present. A frank, ongoing discussion cannot be provided by sex ed alone.

I disagree that it can’t happen in sex ed.

 

I do agree it would be ideal if parents and caregivers discussed it better.

[porn, sexual agency, education]

It's a false binary - allow teens to be educated into 'savvy consumers of porn' at school, or keep kids in ignorance. There is a third way.

No, I don’t want them to be savvy consumers of porn. I want them to have real, fact based, sex education from an early age so they aren’t seeking out porn and other negative options instead.

 

I’m saying they aren’t getting that, and that’s why even young kids are pursuing porn.

[porn, sexual agency, education]

Legit information about sex is as easy to access on the internet as porn.

 

Teenagers want to watch porn because it is temporally pleasurable, not because they're too dumb to learn about sex in other ways. I think it's hilarious that adults here are buying the "I didn't know any better because there was no class at my school."

The issue isn’t just teens who might know better, might. Children much younger are accessing it before they would potentially have the cognitive reasoning to determine a good source of information.

 

If you’ve been kept in ignorance, at any age, you aren’t going to know what is a good or bad source.

[porn, sexual agency, education]

See my edit. Porn is not "information about sex." No one taught me about naval aviation, so I needed to watch Top Gun to learn stuff. Now I need a class on why nothing in Top Gun is how naval aviation actually operates.

Naval aviation is not a biological process that you naturally become curious about. At some point, most humans are biologically interested in sex. Without adequate healthy education they will seek information elsewhere. In our current society, porn is the easiest to access resource. Without adequate education they don’t know it’s a bad resource.

[History of the world-is there bias?]

 

 

 

I’ve never heard anyone complain that the books skewed left in any fashion.

 

I have heard complaints that they are moderately conservative and are not secular.