*pet pet pet*

rose, 20. the world is doing me a frighten.

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New blog

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I’d like to petition that we start a new country for spoonies where all medical costs are paid for and everyone is nice to each other and there isn’t the threat of homelessness hanging over our heads if we can’t work and we just support each other.

[dulcetramblings]

Things people should know about medical aids

If you see someone using a medical/mobility aid, anything, whether a wrist brace or a wheelchair or any one of a million other things, here are some handy tips:

- If it is someone in a service environment (whose job it is to smile and make you happy) DON’T ask them about it or their health because they are not in a situation where they can tell you that is none of your business, DO be a nice person interacting with another person who happens to work in customer service. - When you’re really curious about what it is that makes someone use the aid, DON’T ask someone “what have you done to yourself” or “what’s wrong with you” (It’s not their fault, and someone’s body being different to ‘normal’ (whatever that is) does not mean it is “wrong” or broken), DO feel free to google and educate yourself on how accessible society is to people who use that aid. - If they use the aid some days but not others, or even for part of a day, DON’T comment or joke (whether to them or anyone else) about how they are faking it, or putting on a show for sympathy, DO google the term ‘flare’ or ‘ableism’, because it’s not your job to police how that person is feeling, and it is very common for people’s physical condition to fluctuate, and it does not mean that they are faking it. - If it’s your friend, DON’T make jokes about them being a cripple (even if they do about themselves), DO ask how they’re going and if there’s anything you can do to help (unless of course they’ve asked you not to).

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Yesss especially the part about flares

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not to scare you but you’ve already been in a unisex bathroom before. look out…there might even be one………in your own home…………

[chouncazzodicasino]

[curiositasmundi]

Stay classy.

[stitchingsabbatical]

honey to the bee that’s you for me 🌼🐝 http://ift.tt/1PB9XKj

[mind-frame]

healthy people have some unreal idea that its free to be sick and we get pensions and live it up in bed in a luxurious work free zone 

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"Should parents read their daughter's texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?"

Earlier today, I served as the “young woman’s voice” in a panel of local experts at a Girl Scouts speaking event. One question for the panel was something to the effect of, “Should parents read their daughter’s texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?”

I was surprised when the first panelist answered the question as if it were about cyberbullying. The adult audience nodded sagely as she spoke about the importance of protecting children online.

I reached for the microphone next. I said, “As far as reading your child’s texts or logging into their social media profiles, I would say 99.9% of the time, do not do that.”

Looks of total shock answered me. I actually saw heads jerk back in surprise. Even some of my fellow panelists blinked.

Everyone stared as I explained that going behind a child’s back in such a way severs the bond of trust with the parent. When I said, “This is the most effective way to ensure that your child never tells you anything,” it was like I’d delivered a revelation.

It’s easy to talk about the disconnect between the old and the young, but I don’t think I’d ever been so slapped in the face by the reality of it. It was clear that for most of the parents I spoke to, the idea of such actions as a violation had never occurred to them at all.

It alarms me how quickly adults forget that children are people.

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Apparently people are rediscovering this post somehow and I think that’s pretty cool! Having experienced similar violations of trust in my youth, this is an important issue to me, so I want to add my personal story:

Around age 13, I tried to express to my mother that I thought I might have clinical depression, and she snapped at me “not to joke about things like that.” I stopped telling my mother when I felt depressed.

Around age 15, I caught my mother reading my diary. She confessed that any time she saw me write in my diary, she would sneak into my room and read it, because I only wrote when I was upset. I stopped keeping a diary.

Around age 18, I had an emotional breakdown while on vacation because I didn’t want to go to college. I ended up seeing a therapist for - surprise surprise - depression.

Around age 21, I spoke on this panel with my mother in the audience, and afterwards I mentioned the diary incident to her with respect to this particular Q&A. Her eyes welled up, and she said, “You know I read those because I was worried you were depressed and going to hurt yourself, right?”

TL;DR: When you invade your child’s privacy, you communicate three things:

You do not respect their rights as an individual.

You do not trust them to navigate problems or seek help on their own.

You probably haven’t been listening to them.

Information about almost every issue that you think you have to snoop for can probably be obtained by communicating with and listening to your child.

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Part of me is really excited to see that the original post got 200 notes because holy crap 200 notes, and part of me is really saddened that something so negative has resonated with so many people.

[isitscary]

I love this post.

Too many parents wonder why their kids aren’t honest with them, and never realize their own non-receptive behavior and their failure to listen are the reasons why.

At one point or another, a child WILL keep a secret from you, but if it’s to a point where all their emotional feelings are being poured away from you as opposed to toward you, it’s probably because you haven’t been emotionally trustworthy or open. 

[fromonesurvivortoanother]

And kids these days are really smart when it comes to technology. If you read their online stuff, they WILL find out. And they’ll trust you even less. The only thing this invasion of privacy accomplishes is isolating your child and making it more difficult for them to express their feelings safely.

[neshamama]

icelandic sheep

[pr1nceshawn]

Why do people even bother buying things for their cats?

[disabilityhealth]

When I want to get active and playful but I’m too tired

[Gif of a Scottish fold cat lying on a bed looking playful. Its pupils are wide and it bobs its head as if it’s about to pounce on something, but it remains still.]

[guineapiggies]

Kristiana Kampare - zuze

[345678uyftdhjk]

I will never understand people who seem to think a virtual character has a right to their own expression. They’re fake. They’re literally made by somebody, if they’re put in an objectifying outfit it’s not of their own free will because they have no free will because they aren’t real. It is a direct decision by their creator to objectify them. why does this need to be said.

[ulibeanzz]

ppl who hate wearing socks to bed what have U got to lose?? why deny urself warmth and comfort??

[puds-archive]

but me feets overheats

[creaturey]

i drew these on my shower wall & then decided to make them into an actual comic

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