At Citricos in the Grand Floridian at DisneyWorld. The restaurant used to be closed on Tuesdays so that is how we got it. Donald and Mickey attended along with a jazz combo band. Lol.

Obviously, I do not know your DD’s GI issues or how you prefer to parent. But, if I had just paid tuition for a child who was not going to class because of noncompliance, yet able to go out with friends, I would be furious. It would be the last semester I would pay.

I have no idea about the biopsychosocial aspect of it all. But, I agree with the therapist that 1 1/2 hours a day to play Minecraft is not enough time. One would have a hard time just collecting the building materials needed for a project in that length of time. If he was building models or playing with Legos, how much time would you give him?

Any type of lift top coffee table. I store my Legos....Er, I mean the kid’s Legos...in mine. https://www.wards.com/transitional-lift-top-coffee-table.pro?promoCode=MWPLA15PDec17&source=c001&code=furniture&medium=inhaus&link=754133&cm_mmc=google-_-pla_campaign_computer-_-furniture-_-754133&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgNO6_PHS2AIVSLbACh3BuADTEAQYBCABEgJNXvD_BwE

I would invite the ungrateful child to move somewhere else and jump out of my wallet. Since she is triggering an emotional response in you, she learned some manipulative skills that you can quickly curtail by cutting the wallet strings. Even in other adults, we can change some behaviors by not giving the expected response.

I always made my kids do one sport and play one instrument. But, I never had a kid refuse so I am not sure what I would have done. I do not know if they never refused because they knew the rules since birth, though. If I had young children now, I would expand the list to include a performing art like acting, also. I am astounded how much the performing arts teach children communication, work ethic, self confidence, and resourcefulness. I can say my kids have almost no say so in their own lives until they jump out of my wallet, or, at least, I retain all veto power. I would consider a 7 year old’s request, but, certainly still make him do it if I felt it would be beneficial. Seven year olds really cannot always determine secondary causes of why they do not want to try a new thing such as fear showing knees in soccer shorts or making a fool of themselves in a comedy class.

I work on most Sundays. Those few I am off work, I am too tired to go. (I work the night shift.) I stay connected on another homeschool forum with ladies who I tend to agree with from a religious perspective and I admire their insight. I send my DD to Liberty University so she can tell me what it is like to be around other Christians who express their faith regularly. And, I do my own Bible reading and try to understand, but, I fail at this mostly. My IRL friends are mostly secular as that is the community we live in. Thank goodness for the internet or I would feel like a Lone Ranger.

This adversity to “fat shaming†by moms needs to stop. If your daughter is doing something unhealthy, you need to call her out on it, irrespective of what it is. That is what mothers are for. Motherhood, teaching, assisting, explaining, and paying the bills does not stop when a child enters college. Heck, it never stops in my family. Look at it no differently than what you would do if you found out DD was driving her car too fast, smoking, making low grades, not treating toe nail fungus, whatever. Fill in the blank.

A broadcaster s sometimes called a streamer although a broadcaster is technically more professional and does more. It is someone who plays games online in real time. People pay to play with them online. A broadcaster has to be good at the game, able to emcee and commentary while playing, and keep up with all the comments by all the viewers happening at once. Start up costs run about $1000, but, can quickly build if one wants to gain more viewers. And there is the lag time between starting and building viewers. But, if one starts as a teen, it is fairly doable to be making a good living within a few years.

Is he a gamer? DD17 knows a lot of broadcasters who are in the living wage and above range. It takes a couple of years to get the viewers, but, if he starts now, he might be able to move out by age 18 and support himself.

Sorry, I did not read the other posts. Did anyone mention that the traffic to and from Vero Beach can cause several hour delays?

I work in an ER and see aged tats all the time. Rarely, do I find anyone who likes his tats after age 60. By age 70, the tats are mostly disfigured to some degree. Wrinkles within the tattoo kind of defeat the purpose of body art.

Since you have a baby, then DisneyWorld. Or, you could do a land/sea package and do both. Also, check out Adventures by Disney. They have some really awesome trips, too.

A 15 yo DD at home working a puzzle, not out driving with friends, sneaking off with a boyfriend, or lamenting on social media. Sounds too good to be true. May I have her?

You are not her mother or her husband. It is not your job to change her. If you can afford it, let it go. A DIL-MIL relationship is too delicate to tamper with.

An adult, to me, is defined as someone who has jumped out of my wallet. So, no, I would not let my college going adult children sleep with significant others in my home. I have always felt that one should not jump into the backseat of a car without the ability to pay for a first car, college, and a wedding.

The nice thing about being pessimistic, is that one is more pleasantly surprised than disappointed. Lol. Sorry, I have no helpful advice as we are all born from a vast lineage of pessimists.

So why do you guys live like that? Said from my warm home in south Florida while I am eating ice cream.

Is the smell in the carpet? If not, Chinese drywall smelled like ammonia to me.

Well, I stand corrected. It seems there has been a death from swatting. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/29/kansas-police-investigate-whether-fatal-shooting-was-result-prank-called-swatting.html

Again, taken out of context. Reread my post. Or, since you have 20,000 posts here and young children at home, perhaps you should reread my first post.

I did not say “benign.â€. I said, “benign comparativelyâ€. Rarely does a gamer come into the ER except for an illness, not because he overdosed.

Yes, many addictions are worse than others. Working in an ER, I would say hands down that drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes are much worse addictions than gaming. The former will most likely get an ET tube down the throat at some point while the gamers will not. Food addiction is second to the drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes because of all the comorbidities like chronic pain, diabetes, heart disease, etc. These comorbidities can kill, and make life quite unpleasant, while gaming rarely kills. And do not forget the financial addictions like gambling and online stock market. They probably come right in behind obesity. Certainly, gaming addictions and addictions to things like running or weight lifting are benign comparatively.

A big gaming family here. I think we all need to add up exactly how much time we are on homeschool sites, surfing, etc. we may find we are on just as much as our kids. Helping one’s child may mean committing to helping oneself, too.

Sorry, I did not read the other posts. My DH is the same. But, somehow we have to get through 50 or so Christmas’s together, 50 birthdays, etc. Therefore, early on in the marriage I laughingly told him he sucked at gifts and never to buy me another one. From then on, I bought my own Christmas and birthday gifts. Problem solved except for the surprise. This year DH thought he would get clever again and try to buy me something. He bought me an electric blanket for my RV. Only I do not have enough power to run it when I am dry camping. Ha. I reminded him that he is banned from buying me presents and I pulled out the adorable Dooney and Bourke bag that “he also gave meâ€. Wink. Now all is fair, right? I equally screw up his gifts. It is always the wrong color, the wrong size, or just plain wrong. But, he doesn’t ever really know what he wants anyway. So now, I just tell him in advance what I am going to get. That saves me from having to return stuff.