Parenting
#parenting · 6 voices
What people keep running into
- Arts program funding cuts threaten children's classes and budgeting (1 voice)
- Parents fear fines and accidents from kids riding fast electric bikes (1 voice)
- School lockdown drills leave children confused and anxious (1 voice)
- Schools give no clear updates on disease outbreaks, leaving parents anxious (1 voice)
Voices
- Local arts program my daughter loves might lose its funding grant next year, maybe im overthinking this but she's already asked if she can still do the pottery class if it closes and I didn't have a good answer... these programs always seem to be first on the chopping block and I don't know what…
- maybe im overthinking this but my son got one of those fast electric bikes for his birthday and ive been reading all these stories about parents getting fined or worse when their kid crashes one of these things and now every time he leaves the driveway i check my phone to see if hes near a main…
- My son's school did a lockdown drill this morning and when I picked him up he asked me, completely calm, which closet was the good hiding one in his classroom. He wasn't scared telling me. That's what got me. He just answered it like a logistics question, the same tone he'd use for where the extra…
- Took the kids to the fair this weekend. Spent the whole ride on the ferris wheel doing math on when it was last inspected. Didn't say anything to them. Just held on tighter than usual.
- maybe im overthinking this but the measles numbers near us keep climbing and my daughters school hasnt said anything official yet, just parents group chats full of half information... i checked her records three times last night even though i already knew she was up to date, i just dont trust my own…
- Full-time daycare in my city costs more than my rent. We are a two-income household and still cannot make it work without dipping into savings every month. Are there any subsidy programs or co-op childcare models that have actually worked for people here?