u/Ellastarr999

I am having a hard time. My son is 11 and has always been into sports and played in our local rec leagues. Early on, he lived and breathed soccer and would play and practice any chance he got, but as he's aged his interest in soccer has lessened and he hasn't been putting in a lot of extra time and other kids have been putting in the time so I guess you'd say he's kind of averaged out. Which to me is fine - he's a kid playing for fun! My coparent on the other hand is very competitive and thinks that taking a tough love stance and riding our son is going to light some spark in him to be more competitive. In reality it's doing the complete opposite. I just dropped son off at tryouts and they were almost 30 mins late because they were in the car sobbing and telling me that after last game dad told him that if he ever played like that again he'd make him run 3 miles, apparently squirted him with his water bottle and critiqued his play, and other things. So now our son just wants to give up and quit.

I hate that this man is killing our sons spirit. He's just so difficult to communicate with because in his head he's a man and knows all, I'm too soft, yada yada. I've walked on eggshells with him for so long but I need to say something, I just don't know how to approach it.

Maybe dad's on this sub could chime in - do I need to frame my thoughts on this parenting differently??

We had a recent restructuring in my cdo and I (a grade 28 supervisor) now have a grade 27 supervisor reporting to me (of course at no additional compensation). Prior to us becoming part of Optum we would never have supervisors reporting up to another supervisor so I'm curious if this is the norm in the Optum world?

I haven't been actively looking for a new job, but my organization was acquired by a gigantic company that definitely wants way more done with way less people, so it's a matter of time before my department is looked at. I saw a posting for a comparable role at a local organization that actually pays more so I applied on a whim.

The call with the recruiter was quick, she flat out said I was definitely qualified and just wanted to confirm salary expectations, timeline, and availability for interviews. The hiring manager reached out today to confirm that the day and time still worked for me and later sent me an invite for a virtual interview and I just realized it's with a group... Is this the new way of doing things? It's been years since I've interviewed for a role, but we typically follow a format of recruiter screens -> hiring manager interviews -> group interview if you pass through -> offer

I wasn't nervous but am now!!!!