Accessory Tuesday: Eve Bar Necklace
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Here’s a fun twist on a traditional bar necklace.
In sterling silver or 18k gold vermeil, this delicate bar necklace has sparkly lab-grown sapphires on each end for balance. Wear it alone for a subtle look or stack with another necklace or two for more drama.
The Eve Bar Necklace is $148 at Mejuri.
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Things I have heard this week from 3 different parents:
“You know [child A] has a photographic memory?”
(I don’t think this means what people think it means)
“I really would like to get [child B] into a study– he has more words than any 13 month old I’ve ever known.”
(Sorry to pull the poopcup card, but how many 13-month olds have you spent extended time with given this is your only child? But also even if this is true, you think he should be studied?)
“[Child C] has perfect pitch.”
(proceeds to play me a video of child in a community theater musical in which she is very much not on pitch. this one made me lol)
I did not say any of this out loud, of course, just nodded and smiled. Maybe its just my friend group, but this kind of pedestal parenting is not common amongst my usual set, so I was surprised.
Does anyone have any hacks/ideas/devices to help a kiddo (older, like 10) have a slightly more private sleeping space in a regular hotel room? We’re going to be doing some travel where separate sleeping spaces are not an option. DD who will be 10 at the time is about 50/50 on whether she sleeps well in a hotel room or loses her mind and can’t sleep near DH and me. I’m generally of the mindset that she needs to learn to handle it and be grateful we’re traveling. But, shockingly, that logic doesn’t work at bedtime, and we’ve had a few situations where DH and I nearly lost it. If there is an easy solution that I’m missing, I’d be all over it. We’ll be flying to the trip in question, but I’d be happy to check something for this purpose. Is there a packable bed tent I should be looking at? Thank you!
We’re thinking of spending a weekend in Philadelphia in early November to meet up with some friends. 3 couples, total of 5 kids ranging from 1.25 to 6 years. Planning on the Please Touch Museum and Franklin Institute and will certainly eat at the Reading Terminal, but would love recommendations from the hive on where to stay (neighborhoods) and any other activities we might want to do. For lodging we’re thinking of an AirBnB and would love a walkable neighborhood either in the city or a close-in suburb. One family may be taking the train, so easy access from 30th Street Station would be ideal.
For those who have kids with ADHD or other neurodivergence, how do you balance the recognition that impulse control and focus are harder for them with the expectation that they need to be polite and respectful? I recently observed one of my 8 year old’s activities and was pretty appalled by her behavior. She was constantly off task and talking to her friend. They were reprimanded by the teacher about 15 times in a one hour class but nothing really changed. My initial reaction was that she can’t do the class again next semester unless I see a huge improvement in her behavior. Is that too harsh for a kid with ADHD? I understand that her brain is different and she needs to be parented differently than a neurotypical kid but I don’t want ADHD to become a crutch that we use to excuse a lot of disrespectful behavior.
Chiming in late to the explosive child discussion from yesterday. I have one. She’s 10. She’s always been like this.
I have talked to the other kids at length about it, the general message is that everyone has something they are working on, this is hers. Also, she has some underlying medical stuff which is not an excuse but it does explain that her brain has to work harder to control her emotions than yours does. Just like you have to work harder in school, or at sports, or at music than other kids for whom it comes naturally.
Some strategies that work (though never any one specific one):
– empathize with the feelings, encourage the feeling of the feelings, don’t allow the behavior.
– give them a place to feel their feelings. If they won’t go, remove yourself/others from the situation. Now that she’s 10, I go for walks if she is in a ragey mood. Sometimes she’ll even stomp out the door after me and about halfway down the block she’ll cool off and we have a. Nice walk
– encourage apologizing when she blows up. We mastered this around 3rd grade and it was a game changer. She still flies off the handle but will come back after a deep breath and apologize which makes a world of difference.
– natural consequences for anything that happens as a result of the Big Feelings. Throw a remote? You break it you buy it. We also have a hard no hitting rule which is a direct loss of screens and it has worked wonders.
My baby is turning one soon (sniff) and we (parents) are coming up blank on a gift idea for him. We want to get him a balance bike, but we have no storage space and figured it might be best to wait on that until he’s a bit older and we’ve cleared out some infant stuff. He’s an active, cheerful little guy who might become a tornado. We have a tiny patio space and no yard. Any suggestions? Note: we definitely want to get him something just from us.
My second grader’s school photos came out really badly. She has a grimace on her face, not a smile. I know bad school photos are a cliche but we’ve gotten really nice ones the previous two years and I’m bummed. However, she LOVES it. I casually mentioned the opportunity for a retake and she was not interested. I shouldn’t push it, right? I don’t want to crush her self esteem. She’s so confident and I really hope she can hang onto this self-confidence as she heads into tween years.