u/Nice_Difficulty4321

Im bummed that I can’t make it to the Philly show tonight. I think it’s general admission. Thanks!

I’m a stay at home mom who didn’t put her kids in camp all summer except for 1 week and holy moley I am exhausted. We’ve resorted to way too much TV time. We try to leave the house once a day but sometimes we don’t even do that anymore. I feel like I’m back in the newborn days where I could pass away from being needed so much. My kids don’t go back until after Labor Day. Send help 🏳️

My 5 year old is addicted to video games. We got our 7yo a Nintendo Switch for Christmas. He’s good with putting the switch down. But my 5yo…. absolutely addicted to Minecraft (not online). When he doesn’t have it he’s asking for it. When he doesn’t get it he’s rolling on the floor screaming like a heroin addict. I’m aware that it’s largely my fault for letting him play it but I’m a stay at home mom with the youngest at home with me 24/7. Now that it’s summer they’re both home all day. I need breaks too. I also need to put laundry away and write emails and make phone calls etc. And Im SO tired. I do crafts and science experiments and take them places every day and I just can’t do it all day long. And they are big outdoors kids. They play outside for hours. But the switch is all they want to do more and more.

We just implemented new rules of
1hr limit per kid
their rooms must be picked up prior to switch time
no switch before school
no switch or TV after 7pm
they can earn 5-10 min of screen time by helping mom with chores.

But I’m so mad at developers for making games addicting. I’m so mad at the way we’re all letting tech take over our lives. It’s going to ruin our kids lives and no one cares except for the parents taking a stand against laptops at school which I’m so glad they are.

Why is there a big push coming from content creators to post tons of low effort videos? What is the point of that unless you’re promoting a business?

My aunt gave me a box of New Freedom maxi pads from the 80s I think. They are the MOST COMFORTABLE pad I have ever used in all my life. It’s like a cottony pillow down there. But they don’t sell them anymore. Does anyone know where I can find New Freedom? They’re in pink individual wrappers. Regular I think. I don’t have the actual box. I need to get more. I never want to go back to the plasticy feeling shit.

Relaxing at marsh creek and the park ranger keeps coming up and announcing on his little loud speaker “no swimming or wading in the lake. Go back to shore” What a bullshit rule. Why does it exist? Liability? Insurance? Regulations? How about swim at your own risk? I’m so sick of this overly policed shit. Just let people enjoy a public park. It’s the only free way to cool off for fuck sake.

Please drive down Lionville Station Road and tell me more development is the right thing for that green space. I took a video of my last drive. I’ll DM it to you if you want.

I’m so sick of the over development of this area. DASD owns the land. They were going to build a high school there. So our tax money just sat there for how long while the land appreciated in value. Will we get any of it back? Take a lucky guess. And what hospital will all these 55+ people go to? And what will happen to all the 55+ communities when all the boomers die? You think Millennials will be able to “downsize” to a $650k house?

Chester County is cooked.

I’m a stay at home mom but my husband is a freelancer and goes weeks without working. He will watch the kids for me so I can run errands or get a break but whenever I come home the house is trashed. I straighten up the house constantly and buy the things the kids need and manage the schedule and register for camps and schools and buy the gifts and make sure they’ve gone outside and have eaten properly and then I’m also picking his clothes off the floor and putting his dishes in the sink and helping him write emails and working on our business we’re starting and answering his million phone calls every time I leave the house etc He’s called me twice as I write this from a parking lot.

I feel like he doesn’t respect me and the hard work I put into keeping the house straightened up. I’ve told him that I do it for myself because when the environment is less over stimulating I feel like I can relax or be more present with the kids and I’m in a better mood and when I have to pick up after him it makes me resent him. He just tells me not to worry about it and my standards are higher than everyone else’s. And if he does do something to help he needs praise for it. Like wow you did the laundry! Good job! And then he expects to get laid too. Because told me he doesn’t feel motivated to do things around the house unless I show appreciation for it. Because why else would he do it? I said ummm because you’re an adult?????

I’m fucking sick of it. He criticized me for getting the kids a Christmas present they don’t use. He said I should consult him before I buy stuff for them. I’m sorry? I was busy researching and buying ALL of their gifts AND the gifts for everyone else while you were watching YouTube. I’m always the one who packs everything for the kids whenever we leave the house. I bring the water bottles, the snacks. But if it’s the wrong snack he’s like “why’d you bring this snack they don’t like?”

What the fuck is this behavior and how can I get it through his head that if it doesn’t change, his world will fall apart.

I spent a lot of time in the local creeks as a kid just messing around and I want to take my kids to some. For example some parts of the Brandywine creek are shallow enough for a kid to walk in but I’ve also seen snapping turtles in the more still, murky areas. Do they typically stay there? I wouldn’t take my kids into those areas but do I need to worry as much in the fast shallow areas? I swear I was in the woods and creeks so much as a kid and never gave a single thought to snapping turtles and ticks and now I’m afraid to take my kids outside.

Looking for places like the DuPont House in Longwood, Winterthur, The Mill at Anselma. Basically historical home tours but doesn’t have to be a home (can be a Mill or museum or gallery). Also interested in any historical home tours or the like. I’m just into local history but not really battlefields. Also let me know of places that just give historical vibes like Baldwins book barn.