#how to teach your kid to read

[clumsypuppy]

i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

[oioopo]

AU where Jason actually dies from the batarang to the neck and is isekaid in some fantasy world.

It can be anything: universe with the same people that he knows but fantasy, a book he read, or even better — manga/anime.

Shove his ass into Dungeon Meshi or Witch Hat Atelier!!

What will he do? The possibilities are endless. An assassin? He certainly possesses enough skills and more to make it far. ALSO!! The All-Blades. Does it make him some sort of a magician?? I mean, he probably learnt more than just blades. Will he go on an adventure? Will it be solo or will he meet companions?

He can meet any of your favourite characters this way lmao. (I didn't actually read Dungeon Meshi but from what I've seen I have a feeling he would like Laios or Senshi. AND HE WOULD LOVE THE GIRLS FROM WHA OMG, give him to Olruggio for shits and giggles (he will cry at some point)).

Will he try to get into some academy, because here he doesn't have to worry about someone discovering his identity, since no one even knows who he is? Maybe he will get picked up by some old guy who sees potential in him (and oh, wouldn't that hit him hard).

Or actually maybe his ass will just find an inn and work there for a living, cooking mysterious dishes and writing books (he will still occasionally go out on missions from the board in the eating area tho, that's not something he can stop easily).

But most importantly, would he try to go back? Will going back be worth it? For a father, who killed him (no matter if he meant it). For the world, that turned him into a cautionary tale. For the city, where his murderer does what he pleases. To the place, that is his by all rights, where he's just so. isolated.

[yardsards]

so apparently my roommate straightup Did Not Know that leaving your food out on the countertop for several hours can give you food poisoning. i thought when she brushed me off every time i told her to put her food away she was simply throwing caution to the wind. "ohhh, is that why i get sick so often?" FUCKING PROBABLY!!!

[solar-halos]

O-O-O-O-des-taaaaa…….i think they should have a jingle similar to the tune of “O O O O Reilly auto parts song, but I literally can’t think of the words that could rhyme/replace so feel free to add in. Also if Odesta owned a small business to support and give back to the community post revolution what would you imagine that would be? And in this universe finnick is still alive dammit

omggg i literally can't think of anything other than fiestaaa. so like "o-o-o-desta... loves a fiesta" but that doesn't fit in with the tune :( odesta nation please help us out

also i LOVE this question omg. my knee jerk reaction is to say annie makes crochet stuff, but i think that stuff would be kinda impractical for Four (even if she used bamboo yarn) but i can see her putting her sewing skills to use! like for example i think they'd mend jeans by using things like old table cloth or just scrap pieces of fabric and jumpstart a trend in Four where it is not only socially acceptable to walk around with funkily patched jeans, but something thats really trendy and cool! (which i know sounds silly bc theyre literally recovering from a war but i think people would be like "ew :/ get ur money up not ur funny up" after some time has gone by). but this is severely overestimating their likability lol, in my mind i like to think that a lot of people actually liked annie (because shes a diva) and then were like "okay... i guess we like your bum ass boyfriend too" after the war (bc he IS alive goddammit!! youre right)

omg! and then as for finnick (bc i forgot to talk about him) i think he has a knack for pottery! so he makes a ton of bowls and cups and stuff and annie decorates them <3 also maybe this isnt giving back to the community in a traditional sense but i like to imagine that he gets really into balloon art and makes little snakes and dogs and stuff for the kids in 4

and then, before i end this off, i retract my statement about annie not finding use for crochet! i imagine during storming season that everyone just wants to stay warm, so i can def see her crocheting/knitting beanies and gloves and socks and stuff like that and she and finnick give them away to sailors and stuff!

[theydreamtheydream]

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[morgana-ren]

Another reminder, because apparently reading comprehension is utterly failing online:

Do not follow me if you are under the age of 18.

I've had a spattering of minors trying to follow me and all up on my inbox lately, and look, I get it. I get the curiosity. I read inappropriate shit when I was your age too. Here's the thing, though. I'm an adult. This is not Twitter. I'm not your mommy, your babysitter, or your friend. I'm not here to give you sex-ed, and nor will I be responsible for it in any way. You make me uncomfortable, and I'm fairly certain it would make your mommy and daddy real fuckin' uncomfortable to see you here, and that's just not some shit I need right now.

The content of my work is not for you. I do not want you following me, reading my pieces, or interacting with me in any way.

If you won't have some semblance of respect for me, my work, and my rules, you sure as shit are not mature enough to be here in the first place.

[lesbianstarlightglimmer]

Tbh the strangest and most concerning thing about kids that I’ve observed get steadily worse is how these kids just…don’t know how to use a computer???

Like if you put a 12-15 year old kid and my 50 something year old mom next to each other and asked them to copy and paste using a computer, both would look at me like a deer in headlights!!

And yes I know some of this is because schools just don’t really have computer classes anymore (like I had ones that taught “proper” typing, Microsoft office programs like Word and PowerPoint, etc.) but like??? Every school I’ve been to so far has had computers for students so they’re all on devices all the time yet still don’t know how to use them.

Hell, they barely know how to type a URL in! Like! Huh! I’m genuinely concerned about them not knowing how to use a computer properly and how they use it so freely without proper thought and care as to what they put out into the world.

[squarebracketsmileyface]

hot take while we're on the topic of the kids' births; Tim didn't even need to push Birdie out. he just did a giant-ass Dad Sneeze, and Birdie just shot out of him like a rocket almost directly into the doctors face 😂 everyone in the room (especially Jark) is just SHOOK, while Tim's just sitting there like god damn what a relief, that was so easy 😂

Okay this is very silly, but I was genuinely thinking that Birdie's birth was quick. Like, 6 hours start to end of labour. Like. Quick and pretty painful because of how fast he was dilating and shit. Then I was thinking even shorter for Jesse. Like. Scary fast.

Like, yes this is funny but why does it actually line up with the idea about it I've been mulling over since Christmas?

[ablednt]

Granted I have the overall geographical and cultural knowledge of a 4th grader but from what I can tell the nuclear family model really does seem to be a white colonial invention

Different cultures have different approaches but I mainly hear about either large family units where multiple generations support each other and raise their children and grandchildren together or an "it takes a village" approach where children are raised somewhat communally

And I can't really speak on it much or claim that these families were free of abuse or that children aren't often an oppressed group basically everywhere I know of but the way ownership of your children is so engrained into white society is so bizarre

Like once you notice it you can't unnotice it even the most loving well meaning parents don't know what to do about it because everyone is so isolated from their own families and their own communities so you wind up with 1-2 parents who have full legal ownership of their child and are raised in a culture where you don't have personhood until you're 18 and all attempts at self actualization before them are seen as clueless rebellion. Like our culture is so divorced from the concept that a parent is someone who is helping mentor and care for their child so they can thrive as a fellow human being and it's actually so alarming

And ik this problem isn't unique to white and colonized people but it's honestly really soothing to hear about how other cultures approach and view parenting and community as a whole and to internalize it doesn't have to be this way

[borrelia]

ohhhh [nods my head serenely] its because nobody is taught how to read right

[monstermoviedean]

at the end of my fucking rope with "conversations" about k12 chronic absenteeism.

[artist-issues]

"A Prince who basically stalks her--weird!"

[knaveofmogadore]

I dunno. I think once everyone realizes that the urge to commit violence and hoard things is a stress response we'd make a lot of progress in, like, everything

[nettlewildfairy]

you know I had a conversation today that made me realize that perhaps analyzing symbolism in a film on the fly is a skill I have actually and not something everyone can just do. Did I sacrifice the mental stat of understanding any pop culture reference ever in exchange for esoteric knowledge of folklore and Death symbolism? perhaps.

[talkfastcal]

Just saw a lady on my fyp talking about “red flags she saw at a daycare center” and all of the comments are early education teachers roasting her 💀

[vamptastic]

honestly maybe it's bc i'm from a small town in florida where we didn't have a lot of covid cases until spring break hit, and also florida just... never really enforced a lockdown but every time i see a post talking about the Youth Of Today were all extremely damaged by lockdowns its like??? i think maybe ppl just haven't been around a lot of kids but working at summer camp before and after lockdowns the kids (5-13) seem fine & their behavior is the same. i was a freshman in high school when covid hit and certainly some people had a rough time mental health wise and i had friends i didn't see for years bc they were immunocompromised and had to switch to florida virtual bc schools here just stopped offering online school. like, it sucked, it still sucks, it was definitely a disruption. I'm just really not seeing any visible kind of developmental or behavioral issues in young children, anecdotally. Especially not to the extreme level suggested in some posts