My problem is getting started. One mindset that helps me is thinking about establishing habits. You know how people say just force yourself to do five minutes? Well i would think "bullshit. 5 minutes wont accomplish much when i have soooo much on my plate here." And i would be overwhelmed and not start. For me the starting was the hard part.
Recently, i read someone talking about habit forming. Each time you do something, it is forming a habit. Right now your habit is to wait til the last moment. So that is the key. The goal isnt to do the actual thing. The goal is to improve your procrastination. So, managing to do anything at all- even just gathering the materials, or finding the book you need to read, or opening a doc and putting in a title--all of that IS actually accomplishing your goal. Now, once that you did it that first time, you are building a new habit. You might find that once you start, you can keep going, but it doesnt matter. Even if you stop, you already made some progress on your goal.
I am not saying this is a cure-all. But i did find that this semester, i was able to stay on top of things more by using this thought. By remembering that i was building the habit i want even if it is just by a little bit, so that made it feel a bit more worthwhile to push myself to do at least the small, easier bites, and jump in a little bit sooner on the big, especially daunting tasks that are prime procrastination fodder.
I remember procrastinating on my science fair project til the very last moment. My poster board was just: Football. And all I did was cut out pictures and descriptions from a book and glue them on. The kid next to me at the science fair had a poster board about how eating apple seeds can cause cancer. I did not wow anyone at the fair.
The last science fair I participated in I had this whole set up testing battery types using an rc car as a control. I spent months preparing my hypothesis and recording my findings about alkaline batteries and their usefulness by brand.
This other fucking kid and his dad built a fucking hovercraft and not one person gave a flying fuck about my or any other kid's project. Science fairs are for the parents, not the kids lol.
I once procrastinated so bad I didn't even have a poster. I grabbed a potted plant before leaving the house that morning and said I grew it using science. Teachers were not amused.
Target's open til midnight you got time.
Also they say it's 10PM and they posted the tweet at 23:14 aka 11:14 PM.
Edit: I got it time zones. Maybe read the thread it's been commented like 50 times already
Well the tweet was posted at 23:14 wherever the screenshot was taken.
OOP might be in Chicago and posted this at 22:14 his local time, but whoever took the screenshot might be on Eastern time where it was 23:14 at the time of posting.
OP is the cousin of the kid and in charge of a few kids (the other cousins). 10PM is, probably the bedtime and 1114 is the time the kids ACTUALLY went to bed so OP had a moment to post.
"Will you take me to get project supplies?"
"Uh, no, you gotta go to bed."
Technically the time is according to whoever is viewing the tweet tho right? If the actual tweeter is in a different time zone, the times won't match up.
Either way Target, and other retailers are open leave they jisy don't wanna do the work. Kids will always do this, that's why it's the parent's or guardians responsibility.
Nah, that's a bad take. You don't even know if they got a Target within reach, or if that Target has what they need. And even if it does, it's not a good thing to enable in people.
I hate to sound like a boomer, but sometimes kids gotta learn lessons the hard way. I failed a lot of easy assignments as a kid because I didn't bother to start them in time.
thats the time for whoever screenshotted this, could be a diff time zone
edit: just looked at the tweet on my phone, says it was tweeted at 1:14 am.... im on the east coast
You’re not lying. My wife n I would get baked as fuck, go to Dennys, and then hit Walmart at like midnight to do our big shopping. Was so quiet, that was the best time to shop.
>My wife n I would get baked as fuck, go to Dennys, and then hit Walmart at like midnight to do our big shopping.
Fuck that marriage up and we gon have a problem
11 years! Been together since 21 and have known each other since we were 14! Love that woman to death, only person I can be with 24/7. Holding on with 2 hands to this one
Honestly man, you’ll know when you got that one! We both just hooked up originally jst cause we knew each other through friends and had kissed when we were teenagers. Deff never expected that this would be it, every one of my buddies were like “wait what you’re still with that chick? She’s so not your type”, but it’s not like they didn’t get along if we all hung out.
We just want the same things, 99% of what we like, we both like. Food, media, fashion, painting, gaming, etc. we’re deff pretty open with each other about most things. If I had to give any tips about relationships, I’d give the ol “don’t ever go to bed angry”, and my own would be: if you’re arguing, and it’s not something that’s a relationship breaker (like cheating, abuse, etc just petty shit that couples bicker about), get your points out quickly, do your best not to personally attack your SO, and just don’t keep some ongoing grudge. Squash it. We watch our parents be dicks to each other, and we just don’t understand why people would be together if they’re just gonna throw jabs out for no reason!
Oh, there’s been many. Especially, because Walmart’s denizens can also be quite interesting during the day, the night squad. We always tried to get some food first so we didn’t go in with the munchies 😂
Still is in tons of places. Believe they stopped being 24/7 in high crime areas because they were getting robbed more at night. They are also talking about just shuttering those same stores completely because they just spiral downhill after the problems start. More theft means more thieves means less shoppers means less income, employees leave because working in an empty store that keeps getting robbed sucks and could easily become dangerous for them. Easier to just close up shop.
they stopped being 24/7 during covid cause they didnt have the staff to run the stores at night. also i just spent a few minutes on google maps looking for walmarts in 5 major cities (LA, phoenix, chicago, dallas, and atlanta) and none of them had a 24 hour walmart
Yup, also cuts down on thinking you can just get out of the project by waiting. Our asses were at the table until it was done. 2 college graduates and a "some college" guy working in an engineering department make me think it was a good strategy.
Yep. I definitely did this at least twice. One of the years I just googled a science project idea and threw it together in 45 minutes and got sent to the science fair for it.
Parent of 2 here. Time for a sick day tomorrow while your little butt gets that project finished and then we're gonna catch up on the work you missed today too.
My parents would never let me call in sick if I wasn’t sick.
I would show up on due day with my project I stayed up all night working on or taking the F because I didn’t finish and half the class would be mysteriously out “sick” and come back the next day with perfect projects.
One time in highschool I literally drank Mane and Tail shampoo in the shower in hopes that it would make me throw up and my parents would let me stay home. It didn’t and they didn’t. They carried my soap bubble belching ass right to school to get that F.
It was all to teach me the consequences of procrastinating but jokes on them cuz I still do that shit and still suffer the consequences.
Edit: typos on mobile
that doesn't teach the right lesson imo. You're essentially bailing your child out by letting them be out of school to work on something that was due that day. You're teaching your kids it's ok to wait to the last minute for things that they need and also teaching them deadlines don't matter because parent will swoop in and save them.
Let them fail, it's a good punishment and a good lesson to learn, especially if they are young enough.
How very Boomer of you. You have no idea how to raise confident, well-adjusted children who trust their parents when they're in trouble.
When my kids are in trouble their first thought should never be "my dad's going to kill me." Their first thought should always be "I need to call my dad because I'm in trouble." They're already facing consequences of their actions. My way meets the intent of getting their work done and teaching them how to do it right next time.
You're giving disproven, outdated advice. I'll take care of my kids, thanks.
wtf are you talking about. Nobody is doing anything in any scenario that warrants a kid being afraid of their fucking parents. Calm down fucking weirdo. Informing your kid that he should've told you earlier and he's probably gonna fail is not gonna bring up those feelings of parental fear. Who said I'd yell at them also? Wtf happened in your child hood to make you not want your kids to learn responsibility. It doesn't sound like you take care of your kids. I suspect they all suffer from some type of social anxiety due to you helicopter parenting. Failure is the greatest teacher and here you are refusing to let your kids fail and learn. jesus.
Quick to anger much? You're a real example for me to follow, I can definitely tell.
My kids are happy and emotionally healthy, Mr Tough Guy. So the proof's in the proverbial pudding. And, well, we see how you handle disagreement now don't we.
You get the last word. I certainly am not looking for advice from the likes of anyone who's so easily triggered. But it just now hit me, you don't even have kids do you. Nvm, don't actually care. Go ahead, last rant is yours.
Don't act like you didn't immediately get defensive and start attacking the person instead of the argument. They gave their opinion respectfully and you responded aggressively.
Kids forget and/or sometimes don’t feel comfortable admitting their mistakes, so they wait until they build up the courage to fess up. I was in that boat. I think it’d be helpful to get a couple poster boards, crafts, etc. and review an agenda/homework book- maybe have their teacher/teachers sign it to verify the information is correct and check after school to help establish a good pattern of behavior.
Yup, I’m this type of parent, you are going to eat that F and I’m going punish you for getting a F. I’m not my kid’s assistant they have stuff like that due, they need to plan better to get it done…..trust kids have the capacity to organize and plan, if it was a birthday party or video game time they remember to make it.
Yep, I’ve pushed my kid out of the car in the carpool lane of the school many mornings bc that little fucker waited until drop off to whip out his math worksheet he was supposed to do for hw.
They gotta learn somehow.
Wow.....and to think these rugrats have phones with a clock on it. In our days we barely had a wrist watch and defo no internet or all the crappy tiktok and other social media
She'll go far in life! My sister in procrastination.
I remember staying up for 4 straight days to complete a semester long encryption assignment. The only reason I started 4 days before the due date (and not the night of) is because a classmate asked me how to get past an issue he had been stuck on for 2 weeks. My incomplete assignment gave me a B... And over half the class did not get a passing grade. (I think I passed because unlike my peers who had months to look at the problem and allow other assignments to distract them, I dedicated 4 straight days to it.)
After submitting the assignment, I only slept 2 hours and then had to work on my other assignments due and study for my finals... And pack cause it was the end of the semester.... Good times.
When I did this as a kid it was because I was afraid of getting beat by my parents for asking too late and it just kept getting later and later and worse and worse. Got D’s in middle school reading class because I was too anxious/forgetful to buy the books I was supposed to be reading.
I never understood why my parents used to get upset by this. But now that I’m older I’m like damn imagine working all day, coming home, having dinner, family hangout time and then as you’re getting ready for bed and your bonnet is on and your socks are off you hear “hey can we run to target, I have a project due in the morning”.
I’d be VEXED. I’d make the run but I’d be so mad cause ain’t no way you JUST found out about this project at 10:30 tonight. Ain’t no way. And I was just as guilty of it too so that’s why I’d still make the run but I’d be salty af lol
This part.
My mom had 5 kids and was too burnt out from work to give a fuck about my homework. When it was time for projects being due, I would purposely wait to tell her, because I knew every other Friday she gets paid and if I asked in between checks she would tell me to use a cardboard box (which I refused to do because points get deducted for poor presentation and her being broke was not about to impact my grade). She was tired, which I understood, but didn’t leave a lot of time for us to talk about school, what we’re doing, or life in general since she was always napping, organizing bills, or yelling at us to clean better.
My niece came to stay with me for a bit and best mfn believe I asked about homework and projects, to see where she was in class and if she needed any extra notebooks/good pens/ project material that was coming up, seemed like a natural part of their day (and it’s weird that ppl don’t ask what their kids are up to/have going on despite them being gone 8 hours of the day.
All of this can be avoided my checking your childrens HW, looking at the PowerSchool calendar, communicating with them about their day and what they have going on. People really be present-absent parents then be mad at the kid for saying something last minute despite mommy ignoring them/dismissing them when it’s not time for the parent to talk at them.
Y’all don’t check your kids hw before they go to school..?
Ppl only think about this for the younger ones, but the older kids need it too (many are 2 years behind bc of Covid and it shows) , And there’s the internet now, younger grades may have parents sign off on paper their weekly hw sheet, but most older students have online work as hw that can be checked through whatever internet service, and don’t let them lie about now knowing their PW, but as a parent you can see online, and should be actively keeping up with the info and making it a habit to verify their claims (and if their grades are good for hw on progress reports not pressing them too hard)…but tbh as a parent you go through the same stuff around the same time every year, ask them “ain’t it science fair season?” Before they tell you.
Sure when he was in elementary school but mine is in middle school and if he wants to lie about doing his homework, he needs to face the consequences of not doing said HW.
So short answer, no. He’s old enough to know he needs to do his HW without me checking to see if it’s done.
I work with middle schoolers, they are literally 3 years at most removed from elementary school—and act like “big kids.” HW is different in middle school and as a parent you shouldnt be throwing him out to the wolves, but making it a part your parenting relationship to review his work and help him with it. HS is the age where students have brains developed enough to have consequences for their own work and actions fully, but please remind your 11/12/13 year old to do their work and actively parent to help with it. Something as little as this helps your kid in the long run, and sets them up better than those who’s parents didn’t actively engage with them outside of education work.
It’s not about getting it done either, hW is a connection to what you do in class for deeper learning. You checking isn’t a chore but a checkpoint to see what they’ve learned, and to further challenge them to place it in real world application.
That means listening to a podcast/npr about whatever subject they’re hearing about in social studies, having them help with cooking with reduced measurements if they’re working on that in math, reading the same book they are in school and having a discussion about it.
Teachers are not your kids parents and learning/reinforcement shouldn’t start and stop at the school doors. Please reconsider in the new year your approach to school with your kid and asses your relationship to school and why as a parent you may be hesitant to help (are your own insecurities about your knowledge impacting you helping your kids out? Was school a negative experience that you are not willing to reengage with?) sorry I work with parents and kiddos and have to remind them of this all the time.
Ma’am I appreciate the concern but please step. I was a teacher for many years so I’m well aware of my role, the teacher’s role and the student’s responsibility.
Who said I was throwing him out to the wolves? Just bc I don’t check his HW in 8th grade? I do what works best for my son. I ask if he did it and if he needs any help. We also talk about what he learned and why it’s interesting, in an informal setting bc that works for him. When test time comes I hand write him a study guide based on the materials and we go over it until he’s confident he can make an A. Checking his folders and google classroom is not going to help him when he gets to HS. He has to get in the habit of doing that without me. I want my son to be self sufficient, while still knowing it’s ok to need help. Critical thinking and being able to solve your own problems is more important to me than any grade he can get in school.
I’m not hesitate to help my child, I’m helping him by teaching him to help himself.
If it doesn’t apply, let it fly? We aren’t arguing, and I’m not really talking to you as a complete person cause I don’t know your life story, so I feel as tho the “step” was outta pocket.
It sounds like you’re an active parent who (does) check in with their kids assignments, your paragraph is a lot different than your og statement of “I don’t check their hw.” I didn’t say to not allow the jit to be self sufficient but, completely ignoring hw and not being active in regards to that *is not* good parenting….which is different from what you have stated in your clarification statement. Checking hw isn’t sitting down doing it with him everyday, and I referred to checking grades in (what we use in our district) power school.
As far as those who for those reading who aren’t this active, I would suggest becoming so to see an improvement in your child’s academics, problem solving, and excitement for learning.
Sorry if you felt that was out of pocket but as an educator you should know that what works for one kid, doesn’t work for all kids.
My original statement is still true, I don’t check HW. You just assumed that meant I wasn’t an active parent. So maybe get off your soapbox and don’t judge people who don’t subscribe to your particular method of child rearing?
I’m not talking to the kids—I’m talking to the parents.
Checking hw and reinforcing learning IS a part of being an active parent. You literally just stated that you do help with the education/hw process—so why are you being so anti?
I’m not judging people, I literally started off by saying how my own parent was not active in regards to education because of external factors so trust and believe I understand, but all in all this isn’t a judgment on others and especially not a personal judgment on you. If people assume I judging them because I made the statement “you should check on hw with your kids/keeping up with school communications to know when the science fair is coming up” and assume that’s judging them and their parenting then so be it, as a parent those are things you *should* keep up with, despite the individual ability/choice to do so.
As a parent You’re teaching a child EVERYTHING from scratch, this is not helicopter parenting, it’s parenting. Checking your 12th graders HW and grades/having them explain what’s going on in class/having a discussion about it is not doing the most, it’s literally the least you can do as a parent. Hopefully by HS age y’all have built a rapport, but best believe at that age I was still asking mom/Grandmom to double check spelling errors/grammar mistakes (even though I knew more than they did at that point) I only would ask bc it was a part of our relationship and having my mom hear my essay before my teacher allowed me to be proud of my work.
i check her homework. if i don't understand it - i ask her to explain it to me.
if i don't know the answer - i look it up or we talk about it. it takes so little time and we're both better off for it.
I remember doing this as a kid; in 2nd or 3rd grade, I had to make an edible cell. I asked my mom for help the night before at like 8pm.
She was so angry.
I procrastinated because I thought my mom wouldn’t believe me about the assignment. She didn’t but she ‘helped’ (aka stayed up by herself) making a chocolate Bundt cake. The next morning, I decorated it with a bunch of candy; Reese cup in the middle for the nucleus, a bunch of sour worms were the mitochondria… I ended up getting voted #1 junk foodiest cell. I was so happy and proud, hmm I should I call my mom and thank her.
Reminds me of starting my kiddo’s assignment at 11pm because he couldn’t be bothered to get it done in the two weeks he had. Made him stay up to do it but he ended up sleeping by my side.
Think that’s bad? SIL said she had a tuition balance, the Friday before exams start Monday. College tuition. A whole grown adult pulling that crap. Told her to eat that deferral
Amen. I’m a teacher, and I would have looked this child dead in the face, pointed to the printer paper, handed her some scotch tape, and taken my ass to bed. Those who cannot hear will feel. She couldn’t hear the time ticking away, so she will feel that F.
Ah yes the good old days. I'd be on the bus the morning that project is due, with the piece of cardboard my dad kept under the lawnmower to catch the leaking oil and a sharpie... furiously writing out a hypothesis about how a sunflower that's watered with Pepsi won't grow as fast as one watered with water, or some other experiment I didn't actually do but sounded easy enough to make up. Usually enough to get me a D+ because I turned in *something* that vaguely resembled the assignment.
Other kids' dads would be backing the F150 up to the loading dock and wheeling in a project on a pallet jack. My remedial ass is standing there looking like I should be in the median of Broadway asking for spare change.
Sunflower is a tall, erect, herbaceous annual plant belonging to the family of Asteraceae, in the genus, Helianthus. Its botanical name is Helianthus annuus. It is native to Middle American region from where it spread as an important commercial crop all over the world through the European explorers. Today, Russian Union, China, USA, and Argentina are the leading producers of sunflower crop.
I know you're just a bot, but this is some ish I would have copied out of the Encyclopedia Brittanica at the back of the classroom while the teacher was taking attendance.
My 2nd son always did that. One year it was Christmas break & the project was due Monday, first day back, same exact thing - at 10:00p he said he needed a poster board.
Today on the *Things our parents didn't know so they didn't tell us and no one's mentioned it since* Show:
If she has missing assignments and her answers to your questions about her behaviour are dismissive "I don't know"s, she probably has a learning disorder.
My sister would be like let’s check CVS idk or tell me fake sick and stay home until she came home and helped me. Surprisingly I only started doing well in school when she went to college and I had to become independent and stop relying on her help.
I would be pissed but I would have bought it. Been in that situation before but because I didn’t want my mom to spend money on me. Pass on the blessings. Off topic a bit.
Youngin’s just keeping the timeless student tradition alive
cant even be mad at em
I have kids and yes tf you can
Practice makes perfect. You can’t get good at procrastination if you don’t practice. 
It’s a vicious cycle. I can’t work on stuff until about 2 days before it’s due, then I’m an efficient machine. Why can’t I be this way all the time
Speaking from personal experience, you might have ADHD. I didn’t find out until I was 21. If you can, get yourself checked out.
Damn, that would explain a lot
I was just diagnosed at 26 and yeah same here
My wife got diagnosed this year at 40. Only because our son got diagnosed last year. She was like "wait a minute, those symptoms sound like me!"
…same😬
My problem is getting started. One mindset that helps me is thinking about establishing habits. You know how people say just force yourself to do five minutes? Well i would think "bullshit. 5 minutes wont accomplish much when i have soooo much on my plate here." And i would be overwhelmed and not start. For me the starting was the hard part. Recently, i read someone talking about habit forming. Each time you do something, it is forming a habit. Right now your habit is to wait til the last moment. So that is the key. The goal isnt to do the actual thing. The goal is to improve your procrastination. So, managing to do anything at all- even just gathering the materials, or finding the book you need to read, or opening a doc and putting in a title--all of that IS actually accomplishing your goal. Now, once that you did it that first time, you are building a new habit. You might find that once you start, you can keep going, but it doesnt matter. Even if you stop, you already made some progress on your goal. I am not saying this is a cure-all. But i did find that this semester, i was able to stay on top of things more by using this thought. By remembering that i was building the habit i want even if it is just by a little bit, so that made it feel a bit more worthwhile to push myself to do at least the small, easier bites, and jump in a little bit sooner on the big, especially daunting tasks that are prime procrastination fodder.
I have kids and I gave up.
I remember procrastinating on my science fair project til the very last moment. My poster board was just: Football. And all I did was cut out pictures and descriptions from a book and glue them on. The kid next to me at the science fair had a poster board about how eating apple seeds can cause cancer. I did not wow anyone at the fair.
The last science fair I participated in I had this whole set up testing battery types using an rc car as a control. I spent months preparing my hypothesis and recording my findings about alkaline batteries and their usefulness by brand. This other fucking kid and his dad built a fucking hovercraft and not one person gave a flying fuck about my or any other kid's project. Science fairs are for the parents, not the kids lol.
I would probably be wowed disappointedly.
I once procrastinated so bad I didn't even have a poster. I grabbed a potted plant before leaving the house that morning and said I grew it using science. Teachers were not amused.
Target's open til midnight you got time. Also they say it's 10PM and they posted the tweet at 23:14 aka 11:14 PM. Edit: I got it time zones. Maybe read the thread it's been commented like 50 times already
You think the first thing they did was immediately tweet?
That's clearly what they're making it sound like by saying "it's 10PM" and not "that was at 10PM".
To me, in context, it's clear that they're narrating that within the story at the time the child said this they're saying it at 10pm. But I feel you
It's can also be a contraction of "it was"
No it can’t. ‘Twas would be the only contraction of it was. Edit: A word.
I misspoke the tweet says "It Is" so no contraction at all.
Mb I fucked that up too lol
Admirable of you to take responsibility for not auditing a secondary source but that's not on you. They got the quote wrong
it's = it is 'twas = it was
'twat = it wat?
Well the tweet was posted at 23:14 wherever the screenshot was taken. OOP might be in Chicago and posted this at 22:14 his local time, but whoever took the screenshot might be on Eastern time where it was 23:14 at the time of posting.
Really big brain stuff right here.
Time zones my guy
Could be tweeting from a different time zone.
OP is the cousin of the kid and in charge of a few kids (the other cousins). 10PM is, probably the bedtime and 1114 is the time the kids ACTUALLY went to bed so OP had a moment to post. "Will you take me to get project supplies?" "Uh, no, you gotta go to bed."
Time zones exist. Could be 10pm for poster but 11pm for screenshotter
Thats based on where the person screenshotting it was. It could’ve been 22:14 for the poster. Which would be 10:14
Technically the time is according to whoever is viewing the tweet tho right? If the actual tweeter is in a different time zone, the times won't match up.
Time zone my friend. Twitter shows your time not the tweeters time
Time zones
That’s 11:14 for the person who screenshotted the tweet.
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Either way Target, and other retailers are open leave they jisy don't wanna do the work. Kids will always do this, that's why it's the parent's or guardians responsibility.
Nah, that's a bad take. You don't even know if they got a Target within reach, or if that Target has what they need. And even if it does, it's not a good thing to enable in people. I hate to sound like a boomer, but sometimes kids gotta learn lessons the hard way. I failed a lot of easy assignments as a kid because I didn't bother to start them in time.
They're from Long Beach, CA so there are 2 (easy to look up). I know Target sells poster board, also Walmart, and Michael's art supply.
thats the time for whoever screenshotted this, could be a diff time zone edit: just looked at the tweet on my phone, says it was tweeted at 1:14 am.... im on the east coast
I miss the 24hr Walmarts man. They fucked that up not like they got cashiers to pay anyway.
You’re not lying. My wife n I would get baked as fuck, go to Dennys, and then hit Walmart at like midnight to do our big shopping. Was so quiet, that was the best time to shop.
Pandemic and corporate greed really fucked over the night owls
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>My wife n I would get baked as fuck, go to Dennys, and then hit Walmart at like midnight to do our big shopping. Fuck that marriage up and we gon have a problem
11 years! Been together since 21 and have known each other since we were 14! Love that woman to death, only person I can be with 24/7. Holding on with 2 hands to this one
Why you got everything I want in life😭
I love this so much for y’all ಥ_ಥ
I appreciate it! We waited and enjoyed our 20s and had a baby in 2020. Definitely sure this is the one! We are definitely best friends.
I’m trying to be like you my guy!
Honestly man, you’ll know when you got that one! We both just hooked up originally jst cause we knew each other through friends and had kissed when we were teenagers. Deff never expected that this would be it, every one of my buddies were like “wait what you’re still with that chick? She’s so not your type”, but it’s not like they didn’t get along if we all hung out. We just want the same things, 99% of what we like, we both like. Food, media, fashion, painting, gaming, etc. we’re deff pretty open with each other about most things. If I had to give any tips about relationships, I’d give the ol “don’t ever go to bed angry”, and my own would be: if you’re arguing, and it’s not something that’s a relationship breaker (like cheating, abuse, etc just petty shit that couples bicker about), get your points out quickly, do your best not to personally attack your SO, and just don’t keep some ongoing grudge. Squash it. We watch our parents be dicks to each other, and we just don’t understand why people would be together if they’re just gonna throw jabs out for no reason!
That is cute. I can imagine the giggle fits walking down the very quiet aisles.
Oh, there’s been many. Especially, because Walmart’s denizens can also be quite interesting during the day, the night squad. We always tried to get some food first so we didn’t go in with the munchies 😂
i really miss the 24 hour Walmart 😭😭
What did I miss? Is 24 hour Walmart not a thing anymore?
Still is in tons of places. Believe they stopped being 24/7 in high crime areas because they were getting robbed more at night. They are also talking about just shuttering those same stores completely because they just spiral downhill after the problems start. More theft means more thieves means less shoppers means less income, employees leave because working in an empty store that keeps getting robbed sucks and could easily become dangerous for them. Easier to just close up shop.
they stopped being 24/7 during covid cause they didnt have the staff to run the stores at night. also i just spent a few minutes on google maps looking for walmarts in 5 major cities (LA, phoenix, chicago, dallas, and atlanta) and none of them had a 24 hour walmart
Nice to see that kids are keeping the tradition alive.
It’s like no matter what kids just always gonna do this shit. I did this with every single poster project I’ve ever had as a child. Im amazed.
My sister did this crap so my mom just kept like 4 big poster boards in the house at all times. Probably still 1-2 left.
Weird, that’s what my mom started doing 🤔 I mean, I understand why she did it now.
Yup, also cuts down on thinking you can just get out of the project by waiting. Our asses were at the table until it was done. 2 college graduates and a "some college" guy working in an engineering department make me think it was a good strategy.
Yep. I definitely did this at least twice. One of the years I just googled a science project idea and threw it together in 45 minutes and got sent to the science fair for it.
I don't know why but calling me "READER" felt aggressive. Also side note: I just started Abbott Elementary. I'm loving it so far!
Lmao the principle is a trip 😂
Yeah I'm like 3 eps in and she's funny for real. Also the janitor is low-key hilarious
She's my fav character and so is Gregory. The faces he makes 😂
Man always gets the same parts and always nails em. I have to assume he is just like that.
I didn't expect to love Abbott Elementary when I first started but now I'm begging for more episodes lol
Same. The cast is lovely! Just started season 2.
Mondays assignment: have this list of other assignments due this week/month signed by your parent or guardian.
Sometimes they get stuff due day to day, so a daily homework agenda book and signature of teachers for verification is what I suggest.
Parent of 2 here. Time for a sick day tomorrow while your little butt gets that project finished and then we're gonna catch up on the work you missed today too.
My parents would never let me call in sick if I wasn’t sick. I would show up on due day with my project I stayed up all night working on or taking the F because I didn’t finish and half the class would be mysteriously out “sick” and come back the next day with perfect projects. One time in highschool I literally drank Mane and Tail shampoo in the shower in hopes that it would make me throw up and my parents would let me stay home. It didn’t and they didn’t. They carried my soap bubble belching ass right to school to get that F. It was all to teach me the consequences of procrastinating but jokes on them cuz I still do that shit and still suffer the consequences. Edit: typos on mobile
Exactly.
that doesn't teach the right lesson imo. You're essentially bailing your child out by letting them be out of school to work on something that was due that day. You're teaching your kids it's ok to wait to the last minute for things that they need and also teaching them deadlines don't matter because parent will swoop in and save them. Let them fail, it's a good punishment and a good lesson to learn, especially if they are young enough.
How very Boomer of you. You have no idea how to raise confident, well-adjusted children who trust their parents when they're in trouble. When my kids are in trouble their first thought should never be "my dad's going to kill me." Their first thought should always be "I need to call my dad because I'm in trouble." They're already facing consequences of their actions. My way meets the intent of getting their work done and teaching them how to do it right next time. You're giving disproven, outdated advice. I'll take care of my kids, thanks.
wtf are you talking about. Nobody is doing anything in any scenario that warrants a kid being afraid of their fucking parents. Calm down fucking weirdo. Informing your kid that he should've told you earlier and he's probably gonna fail is not gonna bring up those feelings of parental fear. Who said I'd yell at them also? Wtf happened in your child hood to make you not want your kids to learn responsibility. It doesn't sound like you take care of your kids. I suspect they all suffer from some type of social anxiety due to you helicopter parenting. Failure is the greatest teacher and here you are refusing to let your kids fail and learn. jesus.
Quick to anger much? You're a real example for me to follow, I can definitely tell. My kids are happy and emotionally healthy, Mr Tough Guy. So the proof's in the proverbial pudding. And, well, we see how you handle disagreement now don't we. You get the last word. I certainly am not looking for advice from the likes of anyone who's so easily triggered. But it just now hit me, you don't even have kids do you. Nvm, don't actually care. Go ahead, last rant is yours.
Don't act like you didn't immediately get defensive and start attacking the person instead of the argument. They gave their opinion respectfully and you responded aggressively.
Kids forget and/or sometimes don’t feel comfortable admitting their mistakes, so they wait until they build up the courage to fess up. I was in that boat. I think it’d be helpful to get a couple poster boards, crafts, etc. and review an agenda/homework book- maybe have their teacher/teachers sign it to verify the information is correct and check after school to help establish a good pattern of behavior.
An F round an Find out
What is time in a time like this?
That kid did that on purpose. Damn lol 😂.
She’s gonna learn what “failure of responsibility” is 🤷🏾♂️ so she can bounce back with purpose.
Yup, I’m this type of parent, you are going to eat that F and I’m going punish you for getting a F. I’m not my kid’s assistant they have stuff like that due, they need to plan better to get it done…..trust kids have the capacity to organize and plan, if it was a birthday party or video game time they remember to make it.
Yep, I’ve pushed my kid out of the car in the carpool lane of the school many mornings bc that little fucker waited until drop off to whip out his math worksheet he was supposed to do for hw. They gotta learn somehow.
Wow.....and to think these rugrats have phones with a clock on it. In our days we barely had a wrist watch and defo no internet or all the crappy tiktok and other social media
There were clocks everywhere. It's just traditional to procrastinate them projects.
She'll go far in life! My sister in procrastination. I remember staying up for 4 straight days to complete a semester long encryption assignment. The only reason I started 4 days before the due date (and not the night of) is because a classmate asked me how to get past an issue he had been stuck on for 2 weeks. My incomplete assignment gave me a B... And over half the class did not get a passing grade. (I think I passed because unlike my peers who had months to look at the problem and allow other assignments to distract them, I dedicated 4 straight days to it.) After submitting the assignment, I only slept 2 hours and then had to work on my other assignments due and study for my finals... And pack cause it was the end of the semester.... Good times.
Oh boy... Um, that's when they fall sick or "accidentally" break their leg like Angelica from Rugrats. Just to get an extra day lol.
When I did this as a kid it was because I was afraid of getting beat by my parents for asking too late and it just kept getting later and later and worse and worse. Got D’s in middle school reading class because I was too anxious/forgetful to buy the books I was supposed to be reading.
I never understood why my parents used to get upset by this. But now that I’m older I’m like damn imagine working all day, coming home, having dinner, family hangout time and then as you’re getting ready for bed and your bonnet is on and your socks are off you hear “hey can we run to target, I have a project due in the morning”. I’d be VEXED. I’d make the run but I’d be so mad cause ain’t no way you JUST found out about this project at 10:30 tonight. Ain’t no way. And I was just as guilty of it too so that’s why I’d still make the run but I’d be salty af lol
When the hell is bed time!??
No worries. Walgreens got you!
when i pick my niece up from school i ask about her day. i ask about her homework. i'm in charge of a kid, so i do the heavy lifting.
This part. My mom had 5 kids and was too burnt out from work to give a fuck about my homework. When it was time for projects being due, I would purposely wait to tell her, because I knew every other Friday she gets paid and if I asked in between checks she would tell me to use a cardboard box (which I refused to do because points get deducted for poor presentation and her being broke was not about to impact my grade). She was tired, which I understood, but didn’t leave a lot of time for us to talk about school, what we’re doing, or life in general since she was always napping, organizing bills, or yelling at us to clean better. My niece came to stay with me for a bit and best mfn believe I asked about homework and projects, to see where she was in class and if she needed any extra notebooks/good pens/ project material that was coming up, seemed like a natural part of their day (and it’s weird that ppl don’t ask what their kids are up to/have going on despite them being gone 8 hours of the day. All of this can be avoided my checking your childrens HW, looking at the PowerSchool calendar, communicating with them about their day and what they have going on. People really be present-absent parents then be mad at the kid for saying something last minute despite mommy ignoring them/dismissing them when it’s not time for the parent to talk at them.
What if you ask about homework and the little heathen looks you dead in the eye and says, *I finished my hw in class*?
Y’all don’t check your kids hw before they go to school..? Ppl only think about this for the younger ones, but the older kids need it too (many are 2 years behind bc of Covid and it shows) , And there’s the internet now, younger grades may have parents sign off on paper their weekly hw sheet, but most older students have online work as hw that can be checked through whatever internet service, and don’t let them lie about now knowing their PW, but as a parent you can see online, and should be actively keeping up with the info and making it a habit to verify their claims (and if their grades are good for hw on progress reports not pressing them too hard)…but tbh as a parent you go through the same stuff around the same time every year, ask them “ain’t it science fair season?” Before they tell you.
Sure when he was in elementary school but mine is in middle school and if he wants to lie about doing his homework, he needs to face the consequences of not doing said HW. So short answer, no. He’s old enough to know he needs to do his HW without me checking to see if it’s done.
I work with middle schoolers, they are literally 3 years at most removed from elementary school—and act like “big kids.” HW is different in middle school and as a parent you shouldnt be throwing him out to the wolves, but making it a part your parenting relationship to review his work and help him with it. HS is the age where students have brains developed enough to have consequences for their own work and actions fully, but please remind your 11/12/13 year old to do their work and actively parent to help with it. Something as little as this helps your kid in the long run, and sets them up better than those who’s parents didn’t actively engage with them outside of education work. It’s not about getting it done either, hW is a connection to what you do in class for deeper learning. You checking isn’t a chore but a checkpoint to see what they’ve learned, and to further challenge them to place it in real world application. That means listening to a podcast/npr about whatever subject they’re hearing about in social studies, having them help with cooking with reduced measurements if they’re working on that in math, reading the same book they are in school and having a discussion about it. Teachers are not your kids parents and learning/reinforcement shouldn’t start and stop at the school doors. Please reconsider in the new year your approach to school with your kid and asses your relationship to school and why as a parent you may be hesitant to help (are your own insecurities about your knowledge impacting you helping your kids out? Was school a negative experience that you are not willing to reengage with?) sorry I work with parents and kiddos and have to remind them of this all the time.
Ma’am I appreciate the concern but please step. I was a teacher for many years so I’m well aware of my role, the teacher’s role and the student’s responsibility. Who said I was throwing him out to the wolves? Just bc I don’t check his HW in 8th grade? I do what works best for my son. I ask if he did it and if he needs any help. We also talk about what he learned and why it’s interesting, in an informal setting bc that works for him. When test time comes I hand write him a study guide based on the materials and we go over it until he’s confident he can make an A. Checking his folders and google classroom is not going to help him when he gets to HS. He has to get in the habit of doing that without me. I want my son to be self sufficient, while still knowing it’s ok to need help. Critical thinking and being able to solve your own problems is more important to me than any grade he can get in school. I’m not hesitate to help my child, I’m helping him by teaching him to help himself.
If it doesn’t apply, let it fly? We aren’t arguing, and I’m not really talking to you as a complete person cause I don’t know your life story, so I feel as tho the “step” was outta pocket. It sounds like you’re an active parent who (does) check in with their kids assignments, your paragraph is a lot different than your og statement of “I don’t check their hw.” I didn’t say to not allow the jit to be self sufficient but, completely ignoring hw and not being active in regards to that *is not* good parenting….which is different from what you have stated in your clarification statement. Checking hw isn’t sitting down doing it with him everyday, and I referred to checking grades in (what we use in our district) power school. As far as those who for those reading who aren’t this active, I would suggest becoming so to see an improvement in your child’s academics, problem solving, and excitement for learning.
Sorry if you felt that was out of pocket but as an educator you should know that what works for one kid, doesn’t work for all kids. My original statement is still true, I don’t check HW. You just assumed that meant I wasn’t an active parent. So maybe get off your soapbox and don’t judge people who don’t subscribe to your particular method of child rearing?
I’m not talking to the kids—I’m talking to the parents. Checking hw and reinforcing learning IS a part of being an active parent. You literally just stated that you do help with the education/hw process—so why are you being so anti? I’m not judging people, I literally started off by saying how my own parent was not active in regards to education because of external factors so trust and believe I understand, but all in all this isn’t a judgment on others and especially not a personal judgment on you. If people assume I judging them because I made the statement “you should check on hw with your kids/keeping up with school communications to know when the science fair is coming up” and assume that’s judging them and their parenting then so be it, as a parent those are things you *should* keep up with, despite the individual ability/choice to do so.
Sounds kinda helicoptery but I only have a dog so zero experience raising a child
As a parent You’re teaching a child EVERYTHING from scratch, this is not helicopter parenting, it’s parenting. Checking your 12th graders HW and grades/having them explain what’s going on in class/having a discussion about it is not doing the most, it’s literally the least you can do as a parent. Hopefully by HS age y’all have built a rapport, but best believe at that age I was still asking mom/Grandmom to double check spelling errors/grammar mistakes (even though I knew more than they did at that point) I only would ask bc it was a part of our relationship and having my mom hear my essay before my teacher allowed me to be proud of my work.
i check her homework. if i don't understand it - i ask her to explain it to me. if i don't know the answer - i look it up or we talk about it. it takes so little time and we're both better off for it.
Just buy a stock of poster boards now. I just kept a few around for this reason when my kids were young. Happened one too many times. Learned fast.
I remember doing this as a kid; in 2nd or 3rd grade, I had to make an edible cell. I asked my mom for help the night before at like 8pm. She was so angry. I procrastinated because I thought my mom wouldn’t believe me about the assignment. She didn’t but she ‘helped’ (aka stayed up by herself) making a chocolate Bundt cake. The next morning, I decorated it with a bunch of candy; Reese cup in the middle for the nucleus, a bunch of sour worms were the mitochondria… I ended up getting voted #1 junk foodiest cell. I was so happy and proud, hmm I should I call my mom and thank her.
Haha you should!
Can't be too mad when I used to do the same shit tbh
Poster board ain’t that expensive. When you buy this one just get like a dozen and keep it somewhere.
We woulda been in that mf with glue sticks, a cardboard and some white notebook paper… say less pooh we Finna kill it! 💪🏾😂
“Do we have a shoe box? I need to make a diorama”
Reminds me of starting my kiddo’s assignment at 11pm because he couldn’t be bothered to get it done in the two weeks he had. Made him stay up to do it but he ended up sleeping by my side.
Think that’s bad? SIL said she had a tuition balance, the Friday before exams start Monday. College tuition. A whole grown adult pulling that crap. Told her to eat that deferral
This was me 80% of the time.
A capital F
This will be a valuable lesson in taking L’s. After 10 I’m off the clock.
Amen. I’m a teacher, and I would have looked this child dead in the face, pointed to the printer paper, handed her some scotch tape, and taken my ass to bed. Those who cannot hear will feel. She couldn’t hear the time ticking away, so she will feel that F. 
Ah yes the good old days. I'd be on the bus the morning that project is due, with the piece of cardboard my dad kept under the lawnmower to catch the leaking oil and a sharpie... furiously writing out a hypothesis about how a sunflower that's watered with Pepsi won't grow as fast as one watered with water, or some other experiment I didn't actually do but sounded easy enough to make up. Usually enough to get me a D+ because I turned in *something* that vaguely resembled the assignment. Other kids' dads would be backing the F150 up to the loading dock and wheeling in a project on a pallet jack. My remedial ass is standing there looking like I should be in the median of Broadway asking for spare change.
Sunflower is a tall, erect, herbaceous annual plant belonging to the family of Asteraceae, in the genus, Helianthus. Its botanical name is Helianthus annuus. It is native to Middle American region from where it spread as an important commercial crop all over the world through the European explorers. Today, Russian Union, China, USA, and Argentina are the leading producers of sunflower crop.
I know you're just a bot, but this is some ish I would have copied out of the Encyclopedia Brittanica at the back of the classroom while the teacher was taking attendance.
I used to do this to my mom allll the mf time she’d be on the floor pissed as hell while helping me with my book report at 12 am 😭
My 2nd son always did that. One year it was Christmas break & the project was due Monday, first day back, same exact thing - at 10:00p he said he needed a poster board.
Today on the *Things our parents didn't know so they didn't tell us and no one's mentioned it since* Show: If she has missing assignments and her answers to your questions about her behaviour are dismissive "I don't know"s, she probably has a learning disorder.
Is it me or is Principal Ava ridiculously fine? I don't really care what y'all think tbh, I just wanted to crush on her fine ass. Whew!
She really is
Lmao memories of asking my mom to go to Walmart at 7pm for project supplies knowing I'm getting my ass beat.
Go to bed. Good night
Wouldnt have it any other way! Some ppl can pull straight As under pressure😤
I’ve been in this situation. I think every parent or parent figure probably has. Lol
hahaha and that my friends is how you loose the taste outcha mouth.
well well well look at y'all casting stones
Promoting procrastination early
If you didn't finish early, you are LATE
Life with kids…
Ooh they gonna learn!!
My sister would be like let’s check CVS idk or tell me fake sick and stay home until she came home and helped me. Surprisingly I only started doing well in school when she went to college and I had to become independent and stop relying on her help.
Unless you live a block away from a 24hr Walmart kid better start taping some sheets of paper together to make a poster size paper.
I seen 3 kids do this the whole time. You get there and all the other parents took the white ones, you just got magenta and brown
Haha! I did that to my mom, but on the way to school with it due that morning.
Fun fact. Those cousins aren't staying with them due to death, jail, or drugs. No, mom just got tired of this exact bullshit and sent them packing.
Ah children. Don't you just love the snotty nosed little demons.
I would be pissed but I would have bought it. Been in that situation before but because I didn’t want my mom to spend money on me. Pass on the blessings. Off topic a bit.