Parents: Are you exhausted/stressed now thst the kids are not going back to school?

Why did you have kids if you want them out of the house ASAP? I enjoyed mine and homeschooled them. They are adults now and I miss that time with them.

Oh I bet it is. Mine are all grown up so dont have that issue thank god. This wont be ending anytime soon so my advice would be smoke alot of weed.

If most people actually had to raise their own children, the population would decrease significantly. Oh, wait....

Yes you can. You are the parents. Get creative. Find ways to motivate him.

Many kids are born to be accessories. Or people treat them like a puppy and when they get older lose all interest in them.

Yup. Teaching life lessons are very important.

No teen pregnancies or indoctrinations into the lgbtq crap.

We love the kids home. Yet it’s easier for us cause I’ve always been home with them since youngest was born. Husband spent majority of their younger years overnights so he could see them while they were awake. Even when they were in school, I was always doing some type of volunteer work or them needing something from home. Carpooling them and their friends etc. Enjoying the break from carpooling teens around.

Ideas for parents with littles
Plastic Kiddie pool filled with plastic ballpit balls.
Indoor make your own forts
Holiday coloring pages
Starfall.com, it’s free PreK-2nd
Have mandatory quiet time twice a day. 2 hours before bedtime and 2 hours in the afternoon
Play dough
Backyard red light green light
Play kitchen restaurant
Disney soundtrack songs
Run through the sprinklers
Dressup

Tweens/Teens
Cooking
Baking
Read Book classics
Read financial books
Read books and watch the movie made from those books and compare
Practice writing checks and budgeting skills
Host movie nights
Create a song list and share it
Household chores
Gardening
Car Maintenance
Menu plan
Drawing/Painting
Sewing
Animal care

Listen. It is time to wake up. It is no time for coddling. And there are tons of options for kids at home now. The net is full of homeschooling options. Workbooks can be found on amazon. This is a great time to be a family again when so many have been going their separate ways to far too long. Kids are in constant danger of brainwashing in these schools. Thank goodness they are at home for a while.

And parents start figuring out they don’t need both incomes or one can work at home part time. Needs vs wants start being acknowledged.

Of course they do but you learn to deal with it effectively.

I homeschool... No difference here. I knew what I was signing up for when I went forth to procreate so I don't complain.

Funny story, an administrator from a school said that their will be influx of pregnancies between girls of 13-18 years old because even with the quarantine the girls are coming into heat and finding crazy ways to sneak out and mating with males that they are looking for or find while in heat.
Presuming when they return.

It also applies to SSDI. If the parent goes on SSDI, the state will pay for the child monthly. I had a spouse that was not terminal go on disability and his youngest child was around 17 years old. His other 2 were older than 18 and got nothing. They paid her Mom $500 a month until she graduated from high school. They even gave her back pay.

I saw that today. It is awesome. Just sit down and take a break and watch. He teaches so much but you don’t feel like you are in school. And then when the kids are older they will know how to travel.

That for when they are in bed lol

Make a schedule for each day. And get the kids to bed at a decent hour so you have time for yourself. It is a lifesaver. Soon everyone will calm down.

Thanks, I’m sure I will . Good luck to you

Good ideas. And yes the quiet time is important for everyone.

That’s why most mothers go to work outside the home...they get more freedom at work.

You can argue all you want, most mothers became mothers to ‘check the box’...

Wow! It may be now that snow flakes are raising snow flakes. Where are the real men for these kids? Is the family really so gone that they need the government to be the babysitters to the age of eighteen.

I don't understand threads like this. You realize we're not even close to the real SHTF?

If you're exhausted/stressed now I can't imagine how you're going to be feeling in the next 4-5 weeks. How about 6 more months? A year from now? Will you require more live music shows, MEMES and social media posts to help you through?

If you don't have a game plan (and schedule) written up for you and your children, you need to do that TODAY!

Suck it up butter cup. We're just getting started!

Most men today cannot support the family on one paycheck. Part of the problem is the family lives way beyond their means and the wife decides or is pressured to keep working after kids come along.

A mother should be home with the kids. Get rid of the big mortgage and the second car and all the pretense....most people live a financial lie and their kids ultimately pay the price.

Quit bitching. Why the fuck did you have kids then? Low life piece of shit, try being a parent.

I stayed home with them all my life and loved every minute of it. 5 boys!

THIS ...... Teach him some useful skills and how to be self sufficient. Time for people, including snowflake parents to grow up and face the realities going on in the world today.

GROW UP snowflakes

100% this.

I read this whole thread...lots of good advice, but lots of shallow thoughts as well. You're going to have to dig deep within over the next couple years...no better time to start digging than now.

We are fucked, all things must come to pass, love your family and repent. That is pretty much it.