u/007Teacher

I have been enjoying the Lithium 250 countdown (even if some of the spots are surprising me!)

Is there anywhere to get the full countdown list?

Just signed up for Frontier Fiber (2GB plan) with installation next week. We live in a single family home in a neighborhood with several houses that have Frontier as their service (do not know if they have fiber internet or a different service). We already have a local fiber ISP (1GB) installed into our home (neighborhood service box is a block away, there is a service box in our yard by road, and the home service box is attached in a direct line from the road box to our house).

1. When they send out a tech to install, will they have to run all new lines to our house or will they be able to just switch items around at the service boxes?

2. Along those lines, will they need to change the lines into our home? I am assuming that all fiber lines are the same but I did not know if Frontier had their own line set up.

3. We currently have our own router (TP Link Archer AXE5400) that we use with our current modem. Will we be able to use the same router with their system or do they only install with the EERO system (does not include a whole home set up)?

Thanks for any information you can provide.

I know that I posted about 4 months ago about switching to Frontier but we got a call yesterday from a frontier rep who was talking about the options.

The offer was 1 Gb (same speed as our current set up) for $15.99 for 2 months and then $50.99 (after $15 a month Verizon bundle discount) for at least a year. No installation fee. Modem/router w 2 WiFi extenders and security software.

I called our current fiber company and they said that they had no counteroffers to make. We currently pay $100 a month ($85 for the service and a $15 a month fee for dynamic IP so I can play multiplayer games with friends).

We are definitely looking at switching now but I was wondering if adding this service would affect any of our current discounts for Verizon. We receive some loyalty discounts (been customers for over 20 years) and I do not want to lose those.

Hello everyone (sorry now for the wall of text),

I am the middle aged parent of a 16 FtM teen. Back in October 2024, our oldest kid came out to us as trans one evening. They had mentioned that they were a trans male and that their friend was a trans male but was now a demigirl. This was new for us but not necessarily a new experience. Since they had become friends (this friend comes with a lot of childhood trauma which our empathetic child pulls into), our child had came and told us many different things that seemed to correlate with this friend (therian, pagan, a witch, bisexual, lesbian, ADHD, ADD, obsessive compulsive, etc). Many of the things would be mentioned and not mentioned again but the bisexuality has remained. No matter what though, we wanted to be there for them.

Being surprised by this, we wanted to be as supportive as possible. I contacted a friend from high school who, as an adult, had came out as genderqueer. We (my wife and I) had an hours long discussion with them and we felt good. The friend talked about (among other things) how our kiddo would definitely benefit from talking to a therapist. Not only to deal with the issues of transitioning but also to help them learn how to advocate for themselves. They also talked about how this was a journey for our kiddo and how we needed to be there for support but not to force anything.

We took that info and went with it. We talked with our kid the next day and discussed how we would follow their lead as we went through this. We did discuss how, due to our small town and groups that they were a part of, we wanted to take things slowly socially (coming out as trans could affect whether they remained a member of certain groups). Our teen was fine with that. We were supportive of changing hair and clothes styles in order to more represent their identity. We set up our teen to see a therapist and we set up where we would talk to our kiddo every two weeks in order to see how things (not just issues involving being trans but life in general) were going. Every 2 weeks, we would talk about college, careers, jobs, etc but we did not specifically mention being trans (so our kid could be the one to lead) and instead, we would end with “is there anything else you want to talk about?” Almost every time, we got a “nope, I am good.” Occasionally, we would get a comment about how people in their school were being jerks or mention of something having to do with LGBTQ but barely any mention of their own life. Every so often, we would get questions about binding but we told them that we needed to learn about what the options were. Overall, because of it rarely being brought up, we never got into a habit of using their preferred name and pronouns (their younger sister is better at using they/them but still forgets to use their preferred name).

We have been taking the last almost 2 years one day at a time but a lot of it was quiet. A subsection of their friends knows about our teen being trans (which honestly, a lot of that group seems to be somewhere on the sexuality/identity spectrum) and they are all supportive of them. This has led to more adults at their school to now know it. The therapist had helped (our teen was able to come out as trans to their younger sister) but when we asked our teen how the sessions were going, we were only told that they talked about their favorite movies/tv shows/music and nothing else. That made it harder to open the door to any conversation beyond “it was good”. Unfortunately, we got new insurance and have been trying to find a new therapist for our kid to talk to (just last week, we had figured out a good option).

A few weeks ago, on a regular doctor visit, our kid wanted to talk to the doctor about anxiety. They did talk about it, they did a questionnaire, and our kid was prescribed medicine for that and depression. We are seeing how that is going with a follow up in a few weeks. Actually had an hour long discussion last night with our kid (after an argument) about a bunch of different things including them being trans. Now, they have informed us that they are a demiboy trans male so we can use he/him or they/them.

I appreciate that there are reddits like this out there in order to help parents and provide information. There are a few questions that I have as of this moment:

1. What are the options for binding? This seems to be an anxiety issue that pops up for them regularly. We, after reading how binding can cause issues with still developing bodies, have been just having them use their regular sports bras? We want something to find that will offer “containment” while still being safe and not too restricting.

2. What is this group’s thoughts on trans online communities for teens? Our kid has always known that we can see their activities online. We originally let our kid join discord in order to talk with friends that they now in real life. I have found that they joined the Transpeak discord (they are classified as family so I can see what they join/chat in and if they have any direct messages or calls). I want my child to have the opportunity to find community but I want them to be safe. They just started direct messaging one person last week and they have now talked to the person on a phone call for several hours over the last week). I do not want them to become a target for someone using the server especially when I know that they have a very supportive in person group. If this was my younger child, I would have the same issue with them joining a discord server and beginning to direct message/call people from that server. How do I balance the building community with keeping my kid safe? (I want to make sure that everyone knows that I am not saying that people who are trans are dangerous.)

3. this is the hardest question for me. Are we doing even close to a good job? We never want our kid to feel unloved or uncared for. We never want to lose them because of something we said or did. We never want any harm to come to them. We are trying to balance them figuring out who they are with protecting them. We just want the world (a safe one) for them.

Thank you all again for this reddit and giving people in a multitude of situations a chance to come and figure out what they can. Thanks for any information and help as well.

I wanted to thank the Reddit for the recent posts about the different promotions. I had received an email promotion for a 24 credits annual for $200.

However, I saw the posts in here for other offers. I chatted this morning and easily got switched to the $86 annual 12 credit offer.

Thanks for helping my wife and I save money.