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@salingergregor @kpatrickpayne

@kpatrickpayne I am currently renting an apartment in a house that is over 600 years old and is obviously protected, the walls are rather 3 ft thick

Americans talking as if one could just just drill a hole through 2 ft thick walls

@emzanotti As Milli Vanilli would say, “Took the words right out of my mouth!”

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@LDSBoomstick Not me trying to recollect what all my group has done the last few months that might have warranted this admonishment… 🫠

Alright, who planned the unsafe activity? Generally speaking in my youth days if the activity ever got unsafe it was because we as young men went off on our own and did what stupid young men do.

@DemocraticWins LOLOLOL. Righhhhhhht. The Chronicle is so far left, it’s just about fallen off the scale.

BREAKING: In a stunning coup against Ken Paxton, the Houston Chronicle, one of the largest papers in Texas, just endorsed James Talarico. Let's go!

@Melissa48039358 @end3of6days9

@end3of6days9 Except many of these kids being homeschooled without a routine grow up into adults that are appalled that they have to be at work on time, or be told a schedule at their job, or have deadlines to meet. I’ve seen it often.

This homeschool mom was asked what her kids are “missing out on” by not going to traditional school… and her answer flips the whole conversation. At 10:37 on a Monday morning, one daughter is still sleeping in, the other is calmly doing schoolwork, and there’s zero rush for the bus or stress about exams. She says her kids are missing out on lockdowns, homework, bullying, fluorescent lights, bells, and that prison-like environment where kids are controlled and lined up by age. Instead, they have peaceful mornings, full parental control over what they learn, and real socialization through neighborhood friends, sports, and community — not just sitting in a classroom all day. With over 3.4 million kids now being homeschooled in the U.S. (about 6% of school-age children), more families are seeing the benefits. Research shows homeschooled students typically score 15–25 percentile points higher on standardized tests, and the vast majority of studies find they’re better adjusted socially and emotionally. Sometimes what looks like “missing out” is actually the best decision for your family. What do you think — could homeschooling be a smarter path for more kids these days?

@martinamcbride I’m embarrassed for you. 🇺🇸

@JeremyWingert79 LOL. Ok

If you don't think James Talarico is an unequivocally better & more principled human being than Ken Paxton, then I wouldn't leave my kids with you, I wouldn't loan you anything, I wouldn't trust you for a moment, & I sure as *hell* wouldn't dream of considering you a Christian.

@amyklobuchar LOLOL

Talarico is going to win this.

@BuenoForMiami 🙄

Spanking your kids is teaching them to resolve their emotional conflicts with violence. You’re not parenting them, you’re teaching them the same traumas your parents put on you. It’s time to evolve and teach kids to deal with their emotions in a meaningful and positive way.

@NYCBroadwayBaby @historigins

@historigins Gore won the election though Republicans including Jeb Bush manipulated the votes And of course a corrupt SupremeCourt went along

During the third presidential debate in 2000, Al Gore walked across the stage to stand right next to George W. Bush while he was answering a question about the Patient Bill of Rights. ⁠ ⁠ The moment became iconic when Bush interrupted his speech to give Gore a dismissive, mocking nod, which the audience greeted with laughter and which critics later deemed a tactical error on Gore’s part.⁠ ⁠

@SandraW5386 @PeacemakingSt Ma’am, I didn’t say those thing would take 8 hours - just that there are things to do throughout the day when kids are gone. I’m sorry you didn’t plan well enough to be able to stay home with your kids - I wouldn’t change it for the world!

@sewRight25 @PeacemakingSt Managing the household takes at most a few hours a day and everyone should participate in that. Volunteering and organizing future endeavors??! For 8 hours a day?? Lmao

When I was in high school, I attended a "plan your future" workshop with my friends and classmates. One of the workshop leaders had us all go around and share what career path we wanted to pursue. One of my friends (a Latter-day Saint girl) told the instructor, "I'm just excited to be a mom." The leader (a woman) responded, "Well don't you want a real career?" The leader proceeded to grill my friend about her interest in various "real careers" for the next two minutes. She simply could not understand why a teenage girl would want her future to be taking care of her kids full-time. Being a stay-at-home mom is a real and honorable career. There is nothing wrong with women who stay at home full-time to raise their children.

@SandraW5386 @PeacemakingSt If you have multiple kids, you need to be home for more than 5. Also, my kids are in school all day, and I’m still busy and needed at home all day. Managing the household, volunteering, and organizing future endeavors. Parenting doesn’t magically end at 5.

@PeacemakingSt You don't need to be home for more than 5 years. Then what??? Americans won't vote for meaningful maternity leave for mother's, then will come and preach to us about how careers are bad and motherhood is good.

This is a first. I was just approached by someone at an event and asked, "Are you Brigham's Burner?"

Something I noticed when I visited China was public schools always started their days off with a run. A school in Naperville, Illinois, did an experiment on this and called it "Zero Hour". Before school, students would hit the gym at 7am and push their heart rates to 80% of their max. Then went on to do class. The result? Reading scores doubled. Math scores jumped 20x. On an international test, Naperville 8th graders finished 1st in science (beating Singapore) and 6th in math globally. Some of my entrepreneur clients swear by doing cardio in the morning. They say it keeps their brain sharp. I don't disagree. Cardio isn't just for your heart. It's brain fuel. Exhaust the body to sharpen the mind.

@emzanotti Spencer would not approve.

Has anyone made a hummingbird cake, and is it worth what seems like quite a bit of trouble

@KMClovesDEC @HistorianUSA1 I hope so!

@sewRight25 @HistorianUSA1 Not in my district…now had the mom come in and made plans to adjust behaviors and work with the teacher, unfortunately- you’re right. But based on this explanation- he’s getting held back here.

This teacher highlights a huge problem going on with parenting. She has a meeting with a student’s mom. She has a student who is failing every class with a 12% grade. He is sleeping through school because he’s up till 2-3am gaming. Mom’s response? “I don’t want to take the games away… he’ll be mad at me.” A grown woman said that with a straight face. My wife taught in public schools for 10 years before moving onto the collegiate level and came home with these exact stories. Yes, teachers and public education have plenty of their own problems—but this? This is parents abdicating their actual job. You can’t outsource discipline and basic boundaries to teachers, then act shocked when kids fail and teachers burn out. Parenting means being the adult. Even when it’s uncomfortable. Especially when it’s uncomfortable. End of story!

@RookieUmpire @HistorianUSA1 No, dork. Daytime is for sleeping and resting for the all-night game-a-thon! 🙄

@HistorianUSA1 I understand there are plenty of agricultural jobs available: pick vegetables by day, play video games by night. Win-win.

@KMClovesDEC @HistorianUSA1 LOL. Yeah right … most admins will make sure he scoots along with a 70 against teachers’ wishes.

@HistorianUSA1 Sounds like he’ll enjoy repeating the grade again

@HistorianUSA1 In my 3 year stint as a 3rd grade teacher, this exact conversation happened a whole heck of a lot! The “I don’t know what else to do” just about sent me over the edge! Anyhoo, left teaching, never happier.

@mattvanswol @BasedMikeLee 5? Let the kid play, read some books, and count things together. It is not rocket science. Or do you mean long-term?

My wife and I are deep in the weeds on researching how to homeschool our 5 year old son. It’s very daunting…, not sure how we are gonna pull it off but honestly… we have almost no choice. I love MANY of my public school teachers, but the system is designed for indoctrination and turning your kid into a raging liberal. Not actually teaching them any facts at all. It’s so sad. Truly. So in the end, what else can we do? Private school maybe? But it’s expensive, and has MANY of the same problems, in fact… it’s often worse. So homeschool really is the only option left. I just don’t want to screw this up… I love my son, I want his life to be the best it can be, maybe that’s homeschooling, at least for now.

Homeschooling is the future It could save America