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    I'm fairly certain the ISR (swim) instructor for my kids exhibited racism and classism

    @disciplinedidea I’m kinda horrified for you. If someone treated someone I love this way, I would lose my mind on them. It sounds like you were professional and courteous, you were flexible when things came up for her and notified of your absence well in advance. I would reach out to the...
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    Parentified

    @airamerica That’s totally fine! One of my middles decided go fix eggs for breakfast for everyone one day last week. She wanted to. I sat and read a book while she pretty much did it all. She was super excited about it. But she wanted to. If she didn’t want to, I was fixing breakfast, you...
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    Parentified

    @airamerica We don’t ask the kids to do parent related things. No food prepping/cooking, no changing diapers, no bathing, not a part of bedtime routine unless they want (the bigger kids will snuggle up with toddler and listen to stories before bed pretty often). It’s ok to ask one to grab a...
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    I knew the baby shower would be bad, but I never could have anticipated this ..

    @raving4him Oh honey, I’m so sorry. The miscarriage is so fresh, I’m sure you just feel awful. I think you should tell your friends. Let them love and support you. I’m sure they would all be heartbroken with you. Let the people who love you, love you. You don’t have to carry the pain alone...
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    What would you have done?

    @ajewelinhiscrown I think you did ok. Sometimes you have to remove them from the situation and then work on the teaching moment later. I did see in a previous comment that you asked your daughter if she was stupid. I know you didn’t mean it like that, but please be careful how you address...
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