NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Raising Children Thread

[michaelskis]

There’s no trying to follow an IEP, they have to follow it. If you aren’t getting anywhere and they refuse to implement or follow the IEP, I’d pursue moving through the complaint process entitled to you/your son by law.

Check out your state’s PTI office for state specific requirements and they may also have experience dealing with your school/district. https://www.parentcenterhub.org/find-your-center/ (Find Your Parent Center - Center for Parent Information and Resources)

That is what I had to explain to the teacher. These accommodations are not just a wish list, but an agreed upon policy for our son's education, backed by federal law.

I did follow up with a complaint to the school districts special education department and they are opening a full investigation into the matter.

 

[WSU MUP Student]

Around 12:30 yesterday afternoon I was just sitting down to watch some football pregame stuff and there was a knock on the front door. Our youngest was outside playing with the neighbor and I thought I had left the door unlocked for her but figured maybe not so I got up to let her in. I got to the door and I could see through the frosted windows there was some kid on the porch holding a sign. I figured they were going door-to-door for something and was about to just turn around and go sit back down but they had probably already seen me through the windows so I opened the door with the intention of immediately telling them "No thanks. Go away." but when I cracked the door open I saw it was our oldest daughter's boyfriend with a sign with some puns about band or music "officially" inviting her to homecoming. I did an okay job at stifling my laughter and thankfully our daughter just happened to be walking through the house just then so I didn't have to yell out for her.

Is this what the kids call "Cringe"? Because I felt it was cringe. But our daughter appreciated the gesture, and that's what matters. She was also so thankful that he didn't do it at the football game Friday night like she says one of his friends was trying to convince him to do.

Her boyfriend lives about a mile away and I didn't see his bicycle and my wife asked how he got here and he said his mom drove him but he made her park a block away and then we could see her car parked around the corner. That made us laugh.

Our daughter had actually just gotten back from a walk with a friend of hers not long before her boyfriend got here and then we wondered what he would have done if she wasn't here when he showed up - Would he have sat on the porch patiently waiting? Come back later in the day? Should I have looked up her location on "Find My Phone" and pointed him in the right direction?

That was our excitement for the day yesterday.

 

[Wannaplan?]

our excitement for the day

Cringe? Probably not. But what about rizz? I feel authoritative on this because last week I helped my son make his sign, bought him a shark costume (don’t ask), and guided him through his hoco process. He coordinated his ask with his girlfriend’s mom, and got photos and a video of it all, perfect for SnapChat. Yeah, my son has rizz, for sure

 

[MD Planner]

I guess I just don't understand why EVERYTHING is a MOMENT. I mean, these are things that everyone does but yet so many feel compelled to share it with the world. I know, I know I'm probably just a grumpy old bastard but I don't get.

 

[JNA]

 

[Wannaplan?]

I guess I just don't understand why EVERYTHING is a MOMENT.

The ever-presence of constant ongoing interactions on apps like SnapChat is intense regardless of the isolation and physical distance from the actual people, so the opportunity to show key points in your life reinforces your significance. In other words, if you think of it in Lacanian terms, the form of communication intensifies the lack, so the method of communication, and the content delivered, needs to at least look like it overcomes the apparent lack.

 

[mendelman]

I guess I just don't understand why EVERYTHING is a MOMENT. I mean, these are things that everyone does but yet so many feel compelled to share it with the world. I know, I know I'm probably just a grumpy old bastard but I don't get.

On September 29, 2025, MD Planner made the momentous statement that launched the 21st century Renaissance of Peace, Love and Plenty.

 

[MD Planner]

On September 29, 2025, MD Planner made the momentous statement that launched the 21st century Renaissance of Peace, Love and Plenty.

Coincidently, on CBS Sunday Morning last week they had Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on talking about their current Broadway production and their friendship. It was a good segment.