Luckyforward

EXACTLY! When my kids were growing up, I met their teachers and got to know them as persons. I made sure they understood that I was an interested, involved, and supportive of their efforts. And then I talked with my children about school, knew what their assignments were, kept up with what was going on. I never had a negative interaction with any teachers because they knew me and they knew of my interest and that I backed them. I also never spoke of the teachers in anything but an appreciative way to my children.

Why I would never be a good STEM student:

Absolutely - kudos to you, MacGyver for teaching STEM! And banning social media is not the answer; it just makes it more alluring. We have to teach our kids and grandkids what to watch out for and how to use it responsibly; just like everything else in life that is a potential life issue.

Exactly - read it all from all kinds of sources, and then make up your own mind!

If you don't get the salt thoroughly dissolved in the vinegar, it will do exactly as you say. I mixed my batch up last weekend and I've shaken it several times to ensure mixture before I will spray. (Also awaiting the rain to pass in Nashville this weekend.)

Yes; it will kill grass. You have to be careful where you spray it!

Very well said.

WELL DONE, GRANDDAD! Your statement, ". . . we don't pay close enough attention to our kids' emotional safety" is spot on! I no longer do therapy with kids but supervise those who do. So often a child is brought in for therapy when the mitigating reason for the child's issue is the failure of the parent/guardian to be emotionally present for the child.

I see your point. For me, it is less about how each site identifies itself as much as it being a place I can read a number of stories from different sites and come to some understanding on my own.

I was reading some research the other day about the correlation between adolescent screen time and depression. Lots of studies going on at present with no "100%" conclusion, but I found the following interesting: The researchers also looked to see if a child's present use of social media predicted a decrease of life satisfaction one year later. That data suggests two windows of time when children are most sensitive to detrimental effects of social media, especially heavy use of it. For girls, one window occurs at ages 11 through 13. And for boys, one window occurs at ages 14 and 15. For both genders, there's a window of sensitivity around age 19 — or near the time teenagers enter college. Amy Orben and her team at the University of Cambridge reported the findings in Nature Communications. This type of evidence is known as a correlative. "It's hard to draw conclusions from these studies," Gentzkow says, because many factors contribute to life satisfaction, such as environmental factors and family backgrounds. Plus, people may use social media because they're depressed (and so depression could be the cause, not the outcome of social media use). "Nevertheless, these correlative studies, together with the evidence from the causal experiments, paint a picture that suggests we should take social media seriously and be concerned," Gentzkow adds. Psychologist Orben once heard a metaphor that may help parents understand how to approach this new technology. Social media for children is a bit like the ocean, she says, noting that it can be an extremely dangerous place for children. Before parents let children swim in any open water, they make sure the child is well-prepared and equipped to handle problems that arise. They provide safety vests, swimming lessons, often in less dangerous waters, and even then parents provide a huge amount of supervision.

I don't know there is any "one source" to read news that we think is real. I have tended to read or watch different programs on all sides of the political spectrum and make up my own mind Take one story and examine it from more than one place and it's interesting how you reach your own perspective. One website I've found helpful is: https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

I've used diesel in the past, but it so killed the ground that you could never get anything to grow there again.