Kids of EB

[knight1fox3]

so my older son had been saving up some money and with his birthday $ he received he bought the new $300 something dollar Go Pro 4.. I was like, that will be nice to have while skiing.. to which he replied "yeah I will use it for skiing but I really bought it so I could record our percussion (band practices)" :facepalm

That's a pretty great item to save up for. Was it the "Black" edition? Those cameras take excellent HD quality videos. And have an awesome Android app to also control the camera (might be an Apple app too). I've been using one to record short-circuit current testing in our high current lab. And it's pretty easy to edit and audio to the videos taken.

 

[Supe]

I need to upgrade to the 4. It's nice when you're about to go racing and someone in the pits can turn it on for you from your phone so you don't have to try to reach over your shoulder and press a teeny ass button wearing driving gloves.

 

[Road Guy]

I'm not sure if its the black one. I should know, we bought it at REI so we could count the $$ towards the dividend.. The picture quality is really good.. He had one of the knock offs his uncle bought him when we moved, the pic quality on those were god awful- but they worked and I didn't have to worry about a $375 camera falling down the mountain...

 

[snickerd3]

took minisnick to the dentist yesterday for his 6 mo cleaning and checkup. sometime btwn january and now the 6yr molars on the top came in. He never complained his mouth was hurting...hope the bottom ones come in just as easy.

 

[snickerd3]

minisnicks best bud is now in his class. his parents got him moved because she has more structure/discipline to her teaching and more art...all of which are very good things for his best friend.

 

[YMZ PE]

Question: What do you think about sending kids to bed without dinner as punishment?

 

[P-E]

Mine is 5, he will sometimes go up to his room during dinner if he's naughty, but we bring him back in 10 minutes. That usually works and he is good after that. Probably wouldn't have him go without dinner, but then again he is only five. We will see what happens when he is 15.

 

[YMZ PE]

Mine is 5 too. I feel like at this age, misbehavior is usually due to hunger, tiredness or distraction. So it doesn't make sense to me to punish a kid by sending her to bed hungry, since it likely means she won't sleep and the next day she'll be hungry, tired AND unable to focus. But lots of people were raised with that punishment and turned out fine. I dunno, it just seems self-defeating to me at this age.

 

[matt267 PE]

...misbehavior is usually due to hunger, tiredness or distraction....

I think that's true for my 8 y/o too.

Making her eat what I cook is usually punishment enough.

But I agree with you. Going to bed with no dinner might set the kid up for a really bad day the next day.

 

[MA_PE]

...misbehavior is usually due to hunger, tiredness or distraction....

I think that's true for my 8 y/o too.

Making her eat what I cook is usually punishment enough.

But I agree with you. Going to bed with no dinner might set the kid up for a really bad day the next day.

LOL!

I agree that denying them food is counterproductive. Go to room/bed immediately after supper would be my choice.

 

[snickerd3]

yesterday was minisnicks first day of kindergarten.

 

[engineergurl]

yesterday was minisnicks first day of kindergarten.

How did Mom do?

 

[snickerd3]

yesterday was minisnicks first day of kindergarten.

How did Mom do?

just fine. he went to pre-k for two years prior so school isn't new to him. He just needs to eat faster. As I predicted he ran out time

 

[matt267 PE]

Pokemon trainer kit arrived yesterday. In between studying, my daughter and I started going through the tutorial. She and I will battle it out again today. It's actually kind of fun.

My daughter and I used to play with her train set and littlest pet shop toys all the time. She's not into those that much anymore. I'm hoping to get a few years out of Pokemon. By that time, she'll be almost a teenager and she'll hate the sight of me.

 

[snickerd3]

he ran out time again yesterday...he ate even less this time. half of everything he took (minus the apple slices and grapes) came home and smooshed all over the inside of his lunchbox.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Admittedly ignorant of kindergarten procedures here so this might be a silly question. Is he allowed to snack during the day? Getting a bit scared hearing about the food policies because mini-Ram is a classic grazer :/

 

[matt267 PE]

My daughter who's going into 3rd grade still can't finish her lunch.

 

[snickerd3]

Admittedly ignorant of kindergarten procedures here so this might be a silly question. Is he allowed to snack during the day? Getting a bit scared hearing about the food policies because mini-Ram is a classic grazer :/

i dunno. i know they have designated snack time in the afternoon. minisnick is a grazer too. small snack before breakfast, breakfast, mid morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, early evening snack, diner, after diner snack...and the kid still can't put weight on....just hit like 42 pounds a couple months ago

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

I swear mini-Ram is eating (and drinking) me into bankruptcy. Like minisnick the kid is always eating something but can't seem to add any weight. Alternately it appears if I breathe too deeply I gain a pound -_-

 

[YMZ PE]

Just wait till he's a teenager!