JamesConeZone [they/them]

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Cake day: August 6th, 2020

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  • I banned my kid from Roblox… what next?

    I would just talk to your kid and listen to his feelings and wants. What does he enjoy about Roblox? Can he find that enjoyment with some other games? Does he understand that its not a punishment, e.g. it’s not anything that he did and that you aren’t blaming him? Sure, you can suggest a few alternatives and they might take and be fun, but you’ll need to be attuned to his feelings around what he might see as a punishment for something that he did so that he doesn’t internalize it and hurt the relationship you have with him.





  • Americans pay close to 20% of their income for childcare which the richest country in the history of the world chooses not to pay for.

    For Americans, giving birth costs thousands of dollars for the hospital visit if nothing goes wrong, nevermind the OB visits or testing necessary.

    Again in America, most people have no maternal/paternal leave. This is legislative punishment. Removing productivity from the economy must be punished and barriers to people having kids must be put up. Children cannot contribute to the economy, so are treated as burdens and a nuisance. Children are not allowed to interact in most of society because they are “loud and obnoxious” and are expected to be neither seen nor heard. When they are, parents are shamed by people like you.

    And then there’s little shits like those in this thread who sneer at the very idea of kids being around them.

    ETA: for comparison, communist East Germany had

    • 6 months of paid maternity leave while pregnant
    • 1,000 marks up front for your kid (about a month’s wages)
    • 1 year of paid maternity leave after birth of child
    • Job guarantee after that time away
    • 23 days PTO annually to care for sick children. Shift workers got additional 10 days
    • Guaranteed free childcare for 3-6 yr olds and for those under 3 if you qualified

    And they had no where near the wealth or resources that the USA does. This was in the 80s during heavy political pressure too!