'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Plus, some people freak out when they see the natural result of predator/prey interactions.
Yeah. But they should just learn to cope.
"Mommy, what is that bird doing to that seagull?"
"Well, sometimes when a falcon loves a seagull very much, the falcon will grab the seagull with its claws and use its beak to rip the seagull's neck apart. That way the seagull will hold still while the falcon eats it. Because they love each other."
Maybe it's a good thing I don't have kids of my own.
One of the programs we run, with state funding we are still hoping for!, is a refresher course for people with RN's who haven't worked in a long time. There is a nursing shortage, but if you have not worked for 5 or more years, people will not hire you-- they would rather have no one (which I think is weird). So we do a re-training for those who stayed home to raise a family or took other jobs.
It depends on the game for me and the number of wins. Less so now that the kids are getting older. Some games I just don't play all out, I don't try to prevent access to double and triple word squares in Scrabble, but I don't overlook words I can use. In Clue I try to ignore hints I get from the kids guesses and just use what I get from regular play. That sort of stuff.
Oh- my mom NEVER let me win anything, and I am a super-competitive game player-- I hate losing! Make of that what you will!
I am sure my parents let us win stuff when we were very young, but my grandmother and great aunts/uncles on my mom's side, they NEVER let us win anything on purpose and we played cards every day over Thanksgiving break. It was brutal games of hearts, canasta, spades.
I think I left all my energy and motivation back there in the Aughts.
This could be a problem.
For the most part, we don't let Emeline win. A lot of that has to do with her refusal to actually learn the rules of the game and just wanting to play it until she wins.
I think I left all my energy and motivation back there in the Aughts.
And mine are keeping your's company.
Over Christmas, I was playing Monopoly with my 9-year old niece and my 13-year old niece, and the 9 year old was trying to throw the game.
I let kids win up to about 8 or 9. After that, I might go a little easier on them, depending on how well they knew the game and how invested they were.