#Parenting Insights

[motherhoodtherealdeal]

Why I stand behind banning smartphones (and social media) for children under 16

As a parent, I have always been concerned about the impact of technology on my daughter’s development, mental health and wellbeing. In today’s digital age, smartphones have become an integral part of our lives, but are they really suitable for children under 16? We eventually succumbed to giving our daughter a smartphone when she turned 10 – mainly because she was walking back from school by…

[joyful-daddy]

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[ghost-comets]

as soon as riz mentioned that thumbs up this was all i could envision for that scene

[tanuandthetriplets]

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[itspileofgoodthings]

one of the things that continues to strike me on reread is how much the character of Darcy, and Austen through him, finds Mr. Bennet dead. And how much Elizabeth, in growing and changing and discarding her past blindness, has to move past her way of seeing her father and thus of seeing reality, because the two are connected! Darcy’s letter exposes her father’s flaws to Elizabeth in a way she’d never been able to see before. Most especially the way his laziness and neglect of his own gifts have hurt his family and that ultimately he doesn’t. care. Not enough to change. It literally says that she comes home from Hunsford and tries to laugh at her sisters’ and mother’s folly (the way she used to; the way her father has taught her to by example for her whole life) and she can’t anymore! It sticks in her throat. She is grieved by the failures that she sees in him, all the more so because she IS his favorite and she loves him! And the thing about Mr. Bennet is he never changes. The Lydia/wickham situation exposes to him sharply his own conduct and the consequences and he feels it! Because he is neither stupid nor unfeeling. But he, like everyone, has free will. And he chooses not to change when the opportunity presents itself. He even jokes about how quickly his feeling bad will pass and how soon everything will go back to normal, to his laziness and his selfishness. He is set in his ways and he serves as a contrast to Elizabeth’s personal journey because he embodies a version of a person she could have become and was in danger of becoming if her only goal at all times was to laugh at and judge people from the sidelines.

[vaguely-concerned]

just had the thought 'in the end the most important thing varric taught rook was how to make a home for, with, and in other people' and then I had to go lie down on the floor and clutch at my head in unceasing agony for a few hours, as you may well imagine. hawke and the kirkwall crew........ in the end you kind of saved the world a bit in the most characteristically indirect and chaotic of ways. not by anything in particular that you did or achieved or accomplished (lmao imagine!), but just by -- having existed, and by the love that was always there, despite it all, in all its imperfections, even when no one was saved by it in the end. you're not here right now and you're not quite haunting the narrative but I hear your voices bickering and arguing and laughing from the other room. (and so, I think, does varric. all the time.)

'did you think you mattered, hawke? did you think anything you ever did mattered?' yeah actually, varric says with da2 and keeps saying through the series. you were here. and I loved you. and as it turns out that mattered more than almost anything in the world, no matter how long it lasted or how fucked up it was at the time or what else happens, because varric manages to pass that feeling, that intangible... home, that echo of you all as you were together, that love, hopefully the best parts of it, on to someone else for them to bring with them on their journey, with their family. and maybe the world will be kinder this time. you never know. merrill's line of 'Everything affects everything. We were born, a bunch of things happened, and now we're in a mess with our friends.' varric's greatest fear of becoming his parents. even through the wreck and the ruin of the world, ghosts upon ghosts upon ghosts of love -- malcolm hawke, who we never even see, but his life touched hawke's and hawke's touched varric's and varric's touched rook's and rook is passing it on to the family they're creating. the unbroken legacy of love shines through in ways that are stronger and stranger than any magic. help

[borgialucrezia]

“Cesare wanted his brother dead. He waited for the moment when he felt it was right. He knows that it will change him forever and it will never be the same. A part of him thought it was the right thing, and part of him did it out of jealousy and envy. Once he made up his mind, it was set. He didn’t want to talk anymore, because he knew Juan could change his mind. But I think there was something chemical in his hatred for his brother as well that's always been there.” — FRANÇOIS ARNAUD explains Cesare's dark turn. "The final confession is his one chance to unburden his soul and he’s nice. He forgives people. He says he’s been in pain all this time, he notices when everyone else is concerned about him and their own hurting and their own pain. It proves that he’s sort of self-aware and probably hasn’t had the best life, so it kind of makes it even worse that he gets killed." — DAVID OAKES on Juan's finale moments.

SPECIAL FEATURES || BEHIND THE BORGIAS: Juan's demise

[cupoteahatter]

No One:

Me: Anyone ever think about how because Tyler was tricking her, he accidentally ended up as the one person who was seeing Wednesday for who she is and not who everyone wanted her to be? Specifically not who he wanted her to be, because he didn’t even have another image of her to fall back upon? Weems saw her as trouble/her Mother, Gates underestimated her, Sheriff Galpin only saw her Father, Xavier as his childhood hero, Enid blatantly assigned her a social mask but Tyler looked her full in the face and took her as she was? From their first meeting to their last, seeing Wednesday as she is, as she comes, all her dark edges and bright ideas and meeting her as an Equal Opponent, never underestimating her, never covering her up…. Just her. Only her. (And that in turn blinds her to who he is, until she pulls his mask off by accident).

Me: Anyone else ever think about that?

[jdexhusband]

Julien's parents: Janice and Malcom (feat. Implications as to why Julien is the way he is)

[motherhoodtherealdeal]

5 things I wish I knew before becoming a parent: 2024 edition

Becoming a parent is a beautiful and life-changing experience. The latter is probably a massive understatement! From the moment you hold your little one in your arms, you are filled with overwhelming love and a desire to give them the world. It’s amazing, it’s wonderful, and it’s a little bit frightening too! However, as the days turn into weeks and the weeks into months, you quickly realize…

[princessofghosts-posts]

One of my favorite narrative prospective choice is when an author let us see what a parent is feeling about their children being in a very dangerous situation (most of the times clueless about their lives),and how protective and caring they can be about them,but at the same time there is just so much sadness in them because they know they can't stop them from those situations.

Which is a shame because it's barely done,since most authors focus only on the main character without talking much about their family or people that,outside of the main group/narrative,care for them.

I would give gold to have the Gods realize how much shit they are to their kids,and how their lives are horrible and dangerous and they are always fighting for survival. And I need them to feel guilty about it because it's their fault most of the time,since they use them to complete quests for their own means. I need them to acknowledge how much shitty they are and to actually try and be better.

I want an insight on Sally Jackson's feelings during HoO,because Percy just dissapeared and she didn't know where her son was,and was emotionally devasted by it,only to find a voicemail with his voice months later where he didn't explain almost anything and doesn't know where he is. And how she must hate the fact that her son will never be a normal boy,and had to endure so much when he was already a child,and he will never be free.

I need Annabeth's family to realize how much value that girl has and how her life has been trauma after trauma and how they were a big part of it. I need them to feel guilty and horrified by it,but at the same time they are also trying to help her go through it.

I need Piper's dad to try and be close with her,while his guts just tell him something is wrong about his daughter because her eyes are just too dull,and she always look like something is going to hunt her down.

I need Rachel's dad to understand he can't force her to be what she isn't and to notice how his daughter changed,and how most of the time she looks so lost,like she miss something,and broken and doesn't know how to fix that.

And whatever other parent,really.

Those children are launched in an extremely dangerous world without support (most of the time) from BOTH side of their family,be it the mortal or immortal parent. And I just need them to be actually caring parents towards them because they are heavily traumatized,and they don't deserve it,and they were just children,and are war veterans and most of them died and they were so young.

I would die for an insight of their thoughts when they realize just how much their children suffer and how many dangers they face every day. And I need them to be better. What was going on in Sally's head during PJO,when Percy was on (easy) quests? What was Frederick thinking about when he got to see Annabeth after years of going No contact? Tristan ever cared to ask his daughter how her life was going? Rachel's dad ever fucking tried to understand her???

Ik that most of those people probably can't know about the Gods and the mythological world because their brain stand it,like Piper's dad,but that doesn't stop them from trying and being there for their child like a parent should. And the gods?? I need them to try and be better (looking at you Canon Hades-) and actually care for their children after realizing how much shit they endure for them.

PROTECT AND CARE FOR THEM FOR FUCK SAKE.

[leek-e]

Here is a drawing of one of my favourite changes in choreography in the Australian deh production :)

During Good For You, after Alana and Jared have their little solos, Alana comes to the front of the stage and crouches down with her hands over her head, completely still. At the same time, Jared goes upstage and paces back and forth very quickly - every time he has to turn around he makes stilted and frustrated gestures as if he doesn’t know what to do with himself. I was very excited by this, as it is so unlike the broadway version of this scene where they stand symmetrically on opposite sides of the stage. Instead, Alana and Jared’s reaction to their feelings are clearly contrasted against each other. It seemed so natural too; while they move in formation for a lot of gfy, here it was like they had to take a break from the song because of how overwhelmed they were! Which only made it easier to empathise with them. The whole song was spectacular of course but this particular decision I think was very successful. I have always been intrigued by the contrast between Alana and Jared and it was really brought to the forefront in this moment.

[waitmyturtles]

Emotionally, 23.5 (episode 10) is like a cheaply made puzzle, where like, the edges are cut roughly, so like, you THINK that you have the right pieces next to each other, but when you smush them in, and they don't fit QUITE smoothly enough, you're like, oh maybe there's another piece, but like, you CAN'T find another piece that works, because like, the piece you have in your hand IS the piece that is the right one for the picture you're making, or like, you THINK it is, so like, you keep smushing the pieces together, and you THINK the puzzle makes sense, but you kinda feel like you have the wrong piece, or worse, you're MISSING A BETTER PIECE, because everything's NOT QUITE JIVING.

I hope this post made as much sense as the emotional journey we attempted to take with the script in this last episode. What the FUCK is this script doing to Ongsa? A little more context, some smoother edges, would be really helpful here!

[bitchfendi]

a prediction for nwos. or at least the reaction to it.

i think people will walk away from the game confused/unsure and it'll take a couple of weeks or months for the definitive consensus

[t-u-i-t-c]

“Looks like we got a situation, here.”