Judging by posts on my bump date group, the top issues newly postpartum moms deal with are 3. Figuring out breastfeeding 2. dealing with recovery pain annddd…… 1. husbands/boyfriends who play video games for 8 hours a day

We are literally built to either wake with the sun or sleep later for night owls. Forcing kids to get up that early is simply evil and goes against our very biology.

I would take more seriously arguments about schools needing to start later if I wasn’t aware of all the ways parents sabotage their kids’ sleeping habits. From smartphones to video games to tv in rooms to not enforcing bed time—there are myriad ways that parents work against their children being well rested and none of them will be fixed by changing start time to an hour later.

One thing that always gets lost in this debate: School starts WAY too early. There's no law of nature requiring 5-year-olds to be in class by 7:30 a.m., which is obscene. Instead of making everyone endure 4:45 p.m. sunsets, just...send kids to school later.

Blessed with Mr. 3 being such a good guy. Yesterday didn’t want to nap. Negotiated by bringing me his timer and said “how about in 5 minutes?” Time went off 5m later: “Okay mama you gotta come tuck me in.” Highly recommend using a visual timer for a heads up on your littles.

Listen: if your kid can't perform 8 + 9 or 13 - 8 reliably at the start of 3rd Grade, you should know as a parent that your child is behind. If they are calculating 7 x 8 by performing 16 + 16 + 16 + 8 you should know they are doing fine in math compared to other kids their age.

Physical, e-reader, or audiobook? Only pick one.

OK, I'm convinced: Reading and literacy are not essential for the future (yes, I'm serious). Technology can fill in most gaps. The ability to read long-form will be a rare and elite skill, at least for the next few generations.

PSA - it is indeed easier to homeschool elementary kids without toddlers around.

I missed quite a few of them myself. Learned the 8s while homeschooling my daughter and it was a nice way to humble myself so she didn’t feel so bad learning them late and using materials labeled 1-2y behind 😬

My brother owns Spanish greyhounds. They are "sight hounds". They don't see it, they won't hunt it. My friend has golden retrievers, which hunt by smell. Guess which breed immediately located my birds and started barking at them and which breed was oblivious to their existence?