i am so sick of people who can’t even understand how the fucking parents in bluey are so great and pull a “it’s only 7 minutes you can be a good parent for 7 minutes” and they think that’s, what, inspiring? motivating? you aren’t showing up for your kid for 7 fucking minutes of the day?

you go and yell at educators, you act like the children are the problem for screaming when you take the ipad away, and you completely misuse and ruin the actual point and process of gentle parenting. then you come and yell about expecting a ma’am/sir?? i’m sorry?? no because i’m so fucking sick of it.

i’m so sick of parents not raising their children then acting like childrens bad behavior is the child’s fault, and not only that they get upset when educators expect respect and manners from children. you are so far up your own ass you have no idea what raising a child is like even though you fucking have one! people pay more attention to mostly self sufficient cats then some of you pay attention to your own kids, then you think you have the right to critique intentionality and routine based discipline. get the fuck outta here.

actually no. stay here a minute longer. i'm so fucking sick and tired of dancing around this. there is a sick and disgusting epidemic of negligence among parents in this culture. it is sickening. i am so past the bare minimum. "i'm trying my best" try fucking harder. im sick. you are neglecting your child. you are doing a disservice to them, to the people around you, and to society and humanity as a whole. i am not taking the excuses anymore of "i'm so tired" "i've been working all day" you had a kid!! you fucking have a child at home that you won't even teach what colors are you sick fuck. how many children do i have to see come into my classrooms not knowing their colors, not reading books, having poor communication skills?

the communication skills? the lack? do you know what thats from?? it's from parents not talking to their kids. this neglect, for most people i see, is child abuse. and people get so upset and get their panties in a twist about it when i call it out. no you are choosing to put your three year old child in front of a screen. you are ignoring them. you can't tell me that your child has four fucking hours of screen time a day and then turn around and tell me thats not neglect.

there is this idea that you are so put upon and hurt and tired and deserving of care and love and patience and for people to be kind to you because you have it so goddamn hard raising children. guess what! those kids you ignore and refuse to raise are off worse. where is the love and care and fucking patience for those kids? it's disgusting how common this is. how casual people discuss not being able to handle their own children and sticking them in front of screens and praying for school to start back up.

1.) A teacher saying to a child "you don't say no to me"

2.) A teacher not respecting a child's personal space

3.) Water play

4.) Getting the kids in snow gear

Sorry I took a bit to reply to this - I was thinking about it for a hot minute

I am currently studying Maria Montessori's educational philosophy. A few elements I am definitely going to implement in my own household should I ever have kids of my own are:

To be friendly with error: Not needlessly punishing them for things that are mistakes which have natural consequences they can learn from instead of a traditional punishment.

Always speaking to them with a firm but kind tone, never raising one's voice to them (similar to the Inuit philosophy from what i've heard). {I find myself closing my eyes and taking a deep breath very often when I'm in the classroom}

I work at a daycare, and one of our older kids has learned how to recognize the Hot Wheels logo.

And they’ll go through our matchbox-style cars and proudly ask for confirmation that they found a Hot Wheels one.

Yes, it’s a bit tedious for us adults, but it’s inspired the other preschoolers to look for the distinctive swish.

And it’s literally early literacy, recognizing that a specific image holds symbolic meaning independent of its literal appearance.