Also a parent trying to work in exercise around… kid-life.

Couple ideas I’ve implemented:

Super high-five to you for finding little ways to incorporate physical movement into your day. If you are already running 15 minutes to your subway stop, how much longer would it be if you ran to the next stop? Just a thought…

“This here is where we executed Timothy McVey!” -heard at 11pm on a long past New Years Eve from the tow truck driver when asked where in the world my car broke down…

As fall is coming in, we’ve doubled down on the indoor herb garden.

Ha! We have one who likes to sneak in and fall asleep next to me (lovely!) and another who runs in and jumps on any sleeping parent like a wrestler leaping from the top of the ring ropes (less lovely)…

The first premise I would suggest anyone investigate is whether or not one believes in absolute truth.

Absolute truth necessitates the understanding and logical follow through put forth by Ayn Rand and previously by Aristotle of fundamental identity or Rand’s phrase, “A is A.” She wrote, “By the essence and nature of existence, contradictions cannot exist.” (Rand’s Atlas Shrugged). This part of her Objectivist worldview is derived from Aristotle’s philosophy of non-contradiction which avers, “…the same attribute cannot at the same time belong and not belong to the same subject and in the same respect.” (Aristotle’s Metaphysics).

If one believes that there is objective truth (as opposed to a post-modern view that all truth is relative) then one must acknowledge that most major worldviews or “spiritual paths” directly contradict one another. Therefore there cannot be “many paths that climb the same mountain”…

For the sake of time, I’ll Include just three hard contradictions to illustrate the point:

Determining which worldview, spiritual or otherwise, holds the most evidence in reality is potentially the most important investigation one can pursue as it, if held with integrity, should shape one’s morals, values, and priorities. The most important question someone asked me was, “If I were wrong about my worldview, would I want to know?” I didn’t think I was wrong, but it was the catalyst to my own investigation and a dramatic change in my worldview. So, I might suggest spending some time considering how you would answer that question.

Re: Party Favors We wanted to establish a tone of generosity and hospitality with birthday parties for our kids… We started at age one requesting non-perishable food donations instead of gifts and my kids actually look forward to the trip to donate their “birthday haul” at the neighborhood food bank after which we get ice cream. We do give guest party favors but they are usually part of a craft or game that is part of the party… one year we did a rainbow party and kids made squirt gun art for their favor:

(I am of the opinion that my kids still have too many toys so I am glad we don’t get a bunch of new plastic things each year.)

As my kids are getting older or I am getting more of a handle on the juggle that parenting can be, I have started cooking meals from scratch instead of boxed options. One evening, I was very excited to make macaroni and cheese with all fresh ingredients and proudly served my kids this healthier meal. My 6 year old balks and says, “This isn’t real mac and cheese! You didn’t put any of that orange powder cheese in!” I think the ship has sailed for her appreciation of real, non-processed food. Mom fail.

My family watched an episode from The Tuttle Twins called “College Conundrum” (Season 3, Episode 1) to start talking with our kids about how not everyone needs a college degree to pursue meaningful work in a full and exciting life… Very helpful for parents to have the discussion of the value of college- both my husband and I came from families that insisted a college education was expected and vital for a career.

I would be very interested in learning more about a multi-sig option with a time-lock for things like estate planning (with the added benefit of security now). Know of any non-custodial wallets that include these options together?

I am curious if this is accurate… when I joined SN, my motivation was in search a new venue for good content. I knew that one is incentivized to post high quality by earning sats, but wasn’t even aware of the leaderboard. I suppose I just don’t understand the motivation behind the leaderboard- accountability? Bragging rights? If someone is discerning enough to earn more rewards by targeting the highest quality content and zapping it, aren’t the sats enough reward without posting a ranking?

A good discussion to have!

Currently the QR takes folks to bitcoin core but directing to an educational or more descriptive site would be a good idea too. Check out the Bitcoin.rocks site for example.

Right- the idea is to put them on public property where anyone can post signage, not our property.

Right! They almost were neon. The picture is just a snap from a phone- no edits or filters.

Great point! We were thinking about putting them in public spaces that allow anyone to post signage- not our own property. Good clarification!

My garden has been awful this year too! Just low production all around… Maybe need to supplement the soil more aggressively next season. My dream is to produce all my own produce- been flipping through “Veg in One Bed” by Huw Richards for inspiration.

What are the preferred gins? I would like to use gin more but am not a huge fan of heavy juniper (read: Christmas tree) flavor…

Ever tried this with other fruit? Does it need to be citrus or could strawberry puree work?

I love your conclusion and hope you and your kiddo have tons of fun letting his “quirky imagination” run rampant!

Our preschool didn’t assign any homework and gave the parents a speech to help us establish appropriate expectations about what our kids’ artworks will look like coming home since they have very little adult help.

Basically we received lots of works that resembled Pinterest fails… plus glitter. Lots of glitter.

Yet, several years later, my kids are eager to get creative, don’t fret about going outside the lines (at some point they did learn how to color inside them), and have wonderful senses of personal expression.

I would also encourage you to continue to communicate your feelings about homework and workload in general with your kid’s teachers.