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Diggerland says
Has anyone been to Diggerland near Philadelphia? We are thinking about going this summer but being outside on metal construction equipment seems problematic. How do you use the park without getting burned?
Anon says
I haven’t been but every year we talk about it. I assume the parts you sit and play on are for the most part not metal — like any amusement park with metal rides. There’s also a water section that looks cool
anon says
My son wasn’t all that into the construction site part but the waterpark is great and lowkey for kids 5 and under. it’s so cheap too. we stayed at the hyatt place nearby and got to the park early
Artemis says
We went years ago on a VERY hot day and this was not an issue but I don’t remember why—pads on seats and handles? Anyway it was fine. We had so much fun.
Spring Break 2025 Ideas says
Any ideas on Spring break with a nearly 5 year old for next year? Traveling from atlanta and would prefer to keep a flight under 4 hours or drive less than 6ish. We all have passports. We tend toward outdoorsy trips but open to city-centric ideas as well.
I know it’s super early but I like to start brainstorming and researching pretty far in advance so we can decide between multiple options as a family.
Anonymous says
Arizona – grand canyon and hiking in Sedona, or you could spend more time in Phoenix. Philadelphia or DC would also be fun at that age and not too miserable weather-wise, depending on when your break is.
Anon says
I love going to southern Europe at spring break time (the weather is mild but it’s still low season in terms of prices and crowds), but that would be a longer flight than you want. You have a lot of non-stop options from Atlanta though.
The Caribbean is another good option, though pricey at that time of year. We love the Beaches resort in Turks and Caicos, although our most recent trip there (at spring break) our airport experience was so bad that we’re not sure we’re going to go back.
Anon says
Costa Rica
Anon says
We had a great time in the Monterey area with 5yos for spring break–lots of hiking, beautiful scenery, boat rides, baby otters and seals all over. It’s probably longer than a 4 hour flight, but pretty close.
Anon says
I’m at a work crossroads and would love thoughts. I’ve been with my company several years, senior but just below executive level. I’ve always received good performance reviews, but not the highest score. I have a great relationship with my boss, find it to be a non toxic environment and like what I do overall ( in my experience those things are extremely rare). I also work reasonable hours, am decently paid (could absolutely make more if I left) but my salary keeps us comfortable. I’ve just returned from having a baby- my third.
Within the last month, several of my peers have been promoted. FWIW, my previous manager indicated everyone at my level on his team knocks it out of the park- and promoting one person would mean we should ALL be promoted. I’m furious because now I feel that the company has valued my impact and contributions significantly less than others.
However, at this stage of my career and with 3 kids under 6- I’m not really looking to climb, push ahead etc… I’m just trying to do a good job but don’t mind flying under the radar- at my company, moving ahead and into leadership means a lot of stress and abuse.
I don’t know what to do- I’m just looking to get the recognition I deserve, but can’t decide if it is just my ego talking. Should I take advantage and see this as an opportunity to lean out a bit, as I’ve wanted to do for awhile and haven’t been able to? Or do I fight for the recognition I want?
Anonymous says
It sounds like you have a unicorn job and IMO that was a weird thing for your manager to say. I’ve never worked somewhere that everyone gets promoted at once, even if we all deserved it. I’ve never been a go-getter but I vote you lean out. Also, I wouldn’t discount your baby needing you to take some time off: my youngest was constantly out sick his first few years of day care. If you have a nanny that’s a bit different. Anyway, remember the advice not to do anything drastic your first year back? I think that applies here.
Spirograph says
To me, ego aside, the status quo sounds like a pretty ideal situation. That said, it’s not crazy to lean in while your kids are in daycare if you want to make the jump to executive. IME, those were the easier years to devote more time and mental energy to work and tolerate the stress and abuse, as you put it. I was an exec for a few years and with kids in elementary school and several activities, it resulted in pretty severe burnout… To the point that I asked to be demoted and subsequently left the company. I was miserable. There were a lot of other variables (pandemic, mergers) so it’s hard to say it was specifically the exec jump that made the difference, but anecdata.
Maybe start with some fact-finding. Ask your supervisor what you would need to show/do in order to be promotable. This could give you some insight into why you were passed over in the latest rounds, and also inform whether you really want to go that route.
Anon says
I love all these! You’re both echoing my own thoughts and it’s so validating. – Poster
Anon says
Honestly, I think it might be a little bit of ego talking. Do you feel like you’ve really contributed more than your promoted peers and are being overlooked? Or have you been focused on stability lately and not really pushing towards the promotion?
Anoon says
Agreed, you actually sound really content in a really good place. It’s hard not to adopt the ambitions of everyone around you but try to remember what your own goals are. Sounds like you dont actually want a promotion right now, so why feel slighted for not getting the thing you dont want?
I think the suggestion of speaking with your supervisor is a good one. It will satisfy your need to know whether the lack of promotion reflects a performance issue and what you would need to change to be eligible for a promotion in the future (if you want one!).
I went to a highly competitive law school (yes, that one) where my classmates were all struggling to make the best grades to get the best clerkships to get the best firm jobs. Every once in awhile I’d have to remind myself that those were not my goals and that I could choose not to compete for the thing I didn’t even want. Try to recenter yourself in this narrative.
Anon says
I think you are suffering because you are comparing yourself to others and feel slighted, not because anything went wrong necessarily. Why would your whole team level be promoted together? How would that even be possible? I think that’s an unrealistic notion that shouldn’t be taken to heart. In my own experience, promotions aren’t just about an individual deserving it. Promotions are more about a company filling a perceived need by moving an individual into that role. Promotions are not designed to be fair or equal, like getting a score on a test or an A in a class. Refocus on what you want in a job, and let the sting to your ego lessen overtime. I would not fight for recognition like the company owes you or something. Decide what is a reasonable effort to make at your job and focus on key priorities but also enjoy having a job that lets you be attentive to your family.
Anon says
What’s the Mad Men quote about the money being the reward? That is the reward. Your previous manager’s opinions don’t really have any bearing on your current situation.
anon says
Other than medication, is it just par for the course for an ADHD 5 year old to misbehave in school / camp etc? It’s nothing terrible, but my son always seems to be in the group that can’t listen, acts impulsively, is somewhat disruptive in class etc. We’ve heard this throughout preschool and summer camps. He tells me about when he gets in trouble right after school/camp and I rarely hear it from the teachers but when I have reached out, they confirm that he’s often in the group of boys creating trouble in class. It’s disheartening as i was such a rule follower as is my first born and he’s such a loving, sweet child but he just cant help it. He gets frustrated easily and is quick to anger. He has an official diagnosis and I often find him very easy to manage at home but in group situations / parties / school etc, it can be difficult to “tame” his enthusiasm, energy, behavior. I’m not sure that he’s at an level that he needs to be medicated, but it might be something to consider as he starts kinder in the fall.
TIA for any thoughts or perspectives.
Anon says
I don’t think it’s par for the course across the board, but it could be for your particular child at this particular time. I have an ADHD 6yo and my experience is the total opposite — we evaluated because of incredible difficulties at home, but every teacher is shocked when I inform them. (My son is also borderline gifted and seems to mask really well in public, then falls apart at home because he has no reserves left). 5 is very young in general, and a lot of boys fit this description, ADHD or not.
It’s great that you’ve figured out an approach for home. Truly, well done. I bet each year of maturity will help take the edge off, but I agree with having medication in the back of your mind if needed.
Anon says
My child is more like yours in that home is a bigger problem…but OP- you mention that he is “often in the group of boys” – is he disruptive as part of a group or individually as those can be two different things. Like is this part of his way of relating to peers in group settings? What is he like when he plays on on one? Or if he is with a less rowdy group of boys? What have you been doing to address his ADHD? I don’t think he necessarily needs medication bc many kids who don’t have ADHD behave like this at age 5. Like there is a reason they say 3 is too young to evaluate a kid for ADHD as it’s too hard to differentiate.
OP says
That’s interesting. He is disruptive as part of a group. For example, last week he had minimal issues in summer camp because he had a very calm, sweet friend that he likes. This week, he doesnt know anyone and seems to relate best to the two rowdiest boys in the class and he’s now disruptive and getting in trouble daily for not listening, sharing, yelling at each other etc. He’s VERY influenced by his peer group and he always seems to gravitate to the loud, class clown types. He had a great stretch in preschool when his friends were the calmer types and then a really awful stretch of getting in trouble daily when he was playing with other boys that were like him. That’s an interesting thought that it may be his way of relating to kids in group settings. He’s VERY social and I never considered he might be struggling to make friends and get attention in a more appropriate way.
Yes, that’s reasonable that he may be too young for a diagnosis. He was diagnosed right when he turned 4. His energy level and focus in a school setting always seemed off relative to the majority of his peers but I don’t know anymore. It’s just a little distressing that he often is in the group of boys that gets in trouble with the teachers. It’s been a consistent pattern across multiple schools and camps etc and every pre-k teacher has commented his maturity and focus seems to lag behind his peers..
Anon says
+1 This is a great point. I’m 11:50, and while my oldest doesn’t have a diagnosis, he often ends up with the disruptive kids in a group, too. I am intentional about talking to him about the qualities to look for in a friend, and setting play dates with the kids who are IMO better influences, even if he keeps asking to play with the other kids. For *him* I know that the temperament of his peers has a big impact on his own behavior. And he is a bit of a “nerd” (said lovingly, as am I) so he struggles to fit in sometimes and his behavior becomes over the top to compensate.
Whereas my ADHDer gets along with everyone and remains his own sweet self…
Anon for this says
My kid is fine at home and gets in trouble for just dumb things. Thinking ‘asking too many off topic questions’ and ‘not raising his hand’ and ‘making fart sounds in the cafeteria’ versus fighting or running away. His first grade teacher was amazing for him and really was able to challenge him and keep him thoughtful and busy. He did great. Second grade teacher is more old school… she’s lovely but not a great match for him. She was immediately on us to get him evaluated because of the impulsiveness she saw. Note that it’s pretty clear he’s also bored (she is amazing at getting all kids up to grade level but that means my bright kid is doing work he mastered a year or two ago), but we did start with medication because he came home and told us he was a ‘bad kid’. He started getting so much negative feedback – even for really small things like fidgeting in line – that it was really impacting how he saw himself. He told us he was ‘a bad kid’. That’s why we ultimately got medication… to help him keep that impulsiveness in check so he wasn’t constantly ‘in trouble’.
Note that I also ended up getting an ADHD diagnosis (honestly, people I told were shocked I didn’t have one earlier…) and tried some meds which really did help keep my thoughts more linear but (again in a totally typical ADHD move…) I forget to take them and need to get them refilled…
Anonymous says
Just for moral support, waiting on news which I was told would be today about an internal promotion role I applied for, and of course today is also the day of my cycle where I am the most anxious and on edge so this is really pushing it over the top! Of course there could be reasons such as delay by the recruiter getting an offer together (which I’m very familiar with myself as a hiring manager) but of course every hour that goes by I’m more worried the offer was made to someone else. Just gotta get through the day and/or weekend…
Anon says
Oh no. My cycle really impacts my mood and anxiety. That’s tough!