# The Kids Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992 "2021-02-03T23:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/tiffany/32/7975_2.png) [@Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Tiffany)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/61 "2021-02-11T18:34:46Z")
šŸ¤­ ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/62 "2021-02-11T18:34:51Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > ā€œIā€™m Colonel Mustard!!!ā€ Also hfbb for alt-speculation. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/63 "2021-02-11T18:37:20Z")
Missing all my Miss Scarlett online buddies from the AO. ---
**Author:** ![Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/tiffany/32/7975_2.png) [@Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Tiffany)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/64 "2021-02-11T18:44:10Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > Miss Scarlett _whistles_ ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/65 "2021-02-12T01:01:29Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > ā€œIā€™m Colonel Mustard!!!ā€ With the lead paint and asbestos! ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/66 "2021-02-26T14:10:19Z")
We grabbed ā€œNo thank you evil!ā€, which uses a simplified character creation and rolling system and tried a short adventure. My wife was a Superhero and my kid was a Witch. It was ohhhkay. She was way less invested than she is in pretending Cinderella for the billionth time, and got bored of the narration even though she likes novels. She was shy of roleplaying and puzzle solving, which was nice in a way, since it at least suggested a challenge. One oddity is that, as you can see from the box, the game is loaded with ā€œkid-cultureā€. Like snot jokes and buggle-gum and pizza and school-busses. Or for example a character will have ā€œhustleā€ instead of dodge. Itā€™s lots of little things, but it all adds up to make the game _less_ familiar to a kid who hasnā€™t gone to school or watched lots of little-kid-tv. Probably the best part was when she had to go potty and took her character card (which has a picture, 4 stats on it, and one ability) and we could hear her talking over and over again about how some stat was higher than the others-- which made my wife and I crack up since thatā€™s like dead-on geek behavior. Anyway, we had enough fun that itā€™s probably worth a second shot. Otoh, I just found our Players Handbook, so we might try that. [https://www.amazon.com/Monte-Cook-Games-MCG00074-Thank/dp/1939979420](https://www.amazon.com/Monte-Cook-Games-MCG00074-Thank/dp/1939979420) ---
**Author:** ![Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/tiffany/32/7975_2.png) [@Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Tiffany)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/67 "2021-02-26T15:58:38Z")
This is giving me flashbacks to Cranium. We played it once or twice a few years ago, but at least 1 kid would always end up crying because we laughed too hard at their acting or something. They also get mean if theyā€™re losing. These two have rice paper thin skin. I love them, but sometimes I want to push them into a pool. ---
**Author:** ![LuckyHat](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@LuckyHat](https://community.goactuary.com/u/LuckyHat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/68 "2021-02-26T16:18:08Z")
I play a somewhat D&D type game with my kids on a giant whiteboard. I pick a theme (pirates, castles, or something) and draw a map. Then they roll a 20 sided dice to determine how far they can move. I make up stupid characters that they can interact with and goofy adventures. The game usually lasts about 1-2 hours before we all get tired. As they have gotten older the games have gotten much more complicated. They started with each kid gets 1 guy and x money. Now its like each kid has like 4 armies, each with its own arms level, cash level, movement bonus, etc. Its been a good weekend snow day game this long winter. ---
**Author:** ![LuckyHat](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@LuckyHat](https://community.goactuary.com/u/LuckyHat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/69 "2021-02-26T16:19:48Z")
> [@Tiffany](#): > > end up crying so many games end in this at my houseā€¦ kids are just so sensitive to rules and competition. ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/70 "2021-02-26T16:44:30Z")
Kids. Can live with 'em, canā€™t leave 'em out with the recycling. ---
**Author:** ![Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/tiffany/32/7975_2.png) [@Tiffany](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Tiffany)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/71 "2021-02-26T17:09:59Z")
> [@BG5150](#): > > canā€™t leave 'em out with the recycling Wait.. you canā€™t!? ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/72 "2021-02-26T17:28:19Z")
Iā€™ve been told then you have to start over with a new kid. ---
**Author:** ![SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/stevegrondin/32/3257_2.png) [@SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveGrondin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/73 "2021-02-26T17:40:54Z")
With 400 chances you are bound to get one right. ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/74 "2021-02-26T18:31:52Z")
RN ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/75 "2021-02-26T19:57:21Z")
Birth control is not being given up for Lent. ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/76 "2021-03-10T23:37:56Z")
:bump: I put her back in Pre-K recently, and now Iā€™m soooooo0000ooo stressed by how mind-numbingly boring her class is for her. It was easy to look at these pandemic days, and think about all the time we spent ignoring her. But itā€™s obvious _now_ that she got so more from being alone and ignored than from being in a class thatā€™s too crowded and several years behind her. She canā€™t read, canā€™t draw, canā€™t learn anything, and canā€™t really talk to anybody. Yeesh. I really donā€™t want to home school her. I just feel like I should. Or rather that someone should. I guess I could yank her out of pre-k and hire a sitter, to watch over her, and mostly ignore her. But that seems pretty dumb. And a temporary fix to a lifelong problem. ---
**Author:** ![Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/kenny/32/53_2.png) [@Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Kenny)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/77 "2021-03-10T23:40:59Z")
> [@SredniVashtar](#): > > She canā€™t read, canā€™t draw, canā€™t learn anything, and canā€™t really talk to anybody. What exactly is this pre-k doing if she canā€™t do any of those things? ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/78 "2021-03-10T23:54:52Z")
They sing inane songs, run around, and occasionally the teacher reads them a picture book or teaches her something she already knows. Really, her being ā€˜advancedā€™ is most of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/79 "2021-03-10T23:59:21Z")
Speaking as a parent of a child who intellectually picks up everything like a sponge, the ability to be around other kids, pick up social cues, listen, participate, and accept feedback are all things I wish we had invested in more prior to kindergarten. He is bored out of his gourd with a lot of things, but he lags emotionally. So donā€™t discount the value of that part of preschool. ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992/80 "2021-03-11T00:01:06Z")
Good point. She is social, but not with many people. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/the-kids-thread/1992.md?page=5)