rose_fern_8903
@rose_fern_8903Joined August 2025
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Is 13 old enough to be in charge of his 10 year old sister for three hours?
rose_fern_8903Working Parents & Childcare
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New rule at dinner: nothing gets picked out. My 10 year old eats the curry leaves first, eyes shut
rose_fern_8903Food & Nutrition
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A month of homework in the back of our shop
rose_fern_8903Working Parents & Childcare
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My son quit his drawing class the same week his little sister joined it
rose_fern_8903Activities & Sports
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Son's holiday project is a family tree, and he's asking about the uncle nobody mentions
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Saturday is our busiest day at the shop, and it's the day the school puts every event
rose_fern_8903Working Parents & Childcare
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6on Neither of us can answer a phone between 8 and 3. Whose number does daycare get first?
also write on the form what counts as a reason to call. ours used to ring about a scraped knee. now there's a line on it saying minor things go in the diary, and the calls dropped to almost nothing
1on is a stroller any use on saket footpaths or do we just stick to the carrier
ours lived in the boot. malls, airports, one wedding. on the street the carrier won until he could walk, then neither. if the carrier is getting hard on your back try a hip seat, that's what got us through the heavy months. second time round we didn't buy a stroller at all.
3on A month of homework in the back of our shop
with a little one i'd guess it's different, mine are old enough to sit still. though tonight the younger one fell asleep on the saree bundles at 8.30, so maybe not that old
1on A month of homework in the back of our shop
first few days: homework done, mostly. the 9 year old now folds sarees better than me. the 12 year old has turned the stockroom into his room and the staff knock before going in
4on I work in cybersecurity. Our class 7 daughter's new school portal password was her name and 123
at least yours made one. mine wrote his on a sticky note inside the pencil box. labelled 'password'
4on Saturday is our busiest day at the shop, and it's the day the school puts every event
the calendar changing is the real problem. we closed the shop for the morning on saturday for her play, first time in years. sales were down and she was over the moon, so i'm calling it even
1on Private under-16 cricket league wants a fee just to attend selection trials. Normal?
ask them how many were selected last time and out of how many. if they dodge that, you have your answer. we get the same thing here every summer. the trials are the business