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This is from the book "What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic" by Annie Kotowicz! (x)
my biggest dream is to calm down
the idea of "if a workplace is good to its workers then they wouldn't need a union" has got things the wrong way around. if a hypothetical workplace already treats its workers right & cares about them then it would have no reason to oppose workers unionizing because a union isn't threatening unless you're abusing your workers :)
I’ve heard of several cases of good workplaces unionizing. None of them made the news because there was no real conflict. The workers say, “Hey, we’re unionizing,” the boss says, “Okay. Let us know when you’re done organizing.” And that’s about it. It actually simplified things a bit for the management because some of the things HR was doing were taken over by the union. Since they weren’t actively trying to exploit the workers, business just went on like usual. Boring as hell.
me when i log into tumblr
Me right now. And dammit, it sucks.
I really think hospitals and doctors that work with pregnancy and pediatricians need to make more literature available for how to, ya know, work with kids? Because the more conversations we have about spanking (and how it’s ineffective and harmful and does more bad than good), the more I realize that a lot of people don’t know the alternatives. Or like, anything about child development or where misbehavior stems from.
So, as someone who went through childhood development classes in college, works with kids for a living, and knows multiple people who specialized in childhood education, here are some pointers when you are working with kids:
1. Model emotional response for kids. Children are learning how to recognize and respond to their own emotions. All the way up through high school, children’s brains are still developing, and the emotions they are learning to process become more complex. So with really young kids, the easiest way to help them with this is to model emotional self awareness and self care.
“Oh wow, mommy is feeling angry because the cat made a mess. I’m going to clean this mess and then go sit in my room in the quiet for a short break so I feel better.”
“You know, I am feeling very sad about not going to the park because it is raining. I bet some hot chocolate and a book would make me feel better.”
”Huh, I’m feeling kind of cranky and hungry, but daddy won’t be home for dinner for another hour. I bet I’ll feel better if I eat a little piece apple while we wait.”
2. Understand what causes child frustration and work to preempt it.
-Transitions (from one activity to another, getting in the car, etc) can be stressful, especially if the activity or location they are leaving is fun. Give kids a warning when this is going to happen. With young kids, give them about 5-15 minutes of warning (”10 minutes until we are going to leave the park and go home. Do your last thing.”), with older kids, just give them a time frame. (We are can play at McDonalds for 30 minutes, but then we have to go grocery shopping, ok?)
Not being able to communicate what they want to is frustrating. Babies can learn simplified baby sign language months before they are verbal. Kids may not know the words for what they are trying to say. Be patient and help them find the right words. On a similar note, don’t ignore kids. If you really can’t respond to their question right away because of something else, at least tell the “Yes, I heard your question. I’ll answer you as soon as I’m done talking on the phone.”
Not being able to make choices or having too much choice can be overwhelming. Give kids a limited, reasonable selection of choices. “Do you want apple slices or juicy pears on the side for lunch?” is much better than “What do you want with your sandwich?” or just giving them apple slices. “Do you want to give grandpa a hug or a high five?” is better than demanding they hug grandpa right away.
3. Understand that kids are people to. They will get hungry, tired, an annoyed just like adults do. Sometimes you have to be flexible and give them time to self care. Talk to them, explain things to them, let them be people and not just dolls. “Because I said so” is really unhelpful for a growing kid. “We can’t buy Fruit Loops today because we are already getting Frosted Flakes. We only need one cereal at a time.” is going to do you a lot more favors. “Don’t pick up the glass snow globe. It belongs to grandma and can break easy. She would be sad if we broke it on accident.” is better than “don’t touch that.”
And look, no parent is perfect. No baby sitter, no teacher, no care taker is going to be awesome all the time. And no kid is going to be perfect. They will cry and have tantrums, and not be able to tell you what they need, and be stubborn sometimes. Sometimes they need space, or quiet time. Sometimes they need attention and validation.
But kids learn from every interaction they have, so adults who yell and hit and insult children when they misbehave raise kids who yell and hit and insult others when they feel like they’ve been wronged.
This really sounds great! Learning to be flexible, especially early on, is very important in my opinion
also, don’t be afraid to show kids vulnerability. first off, it helps you not teach them that needing help is shameful. second, they love you and want to help, let them help!
an example: one time when i was taking care of my nephew for the weekend, i was feeling really frazzled, in no small part because he’d been talking nonstop about beyblades for like six hours. i told him, “i’m feeling kind of stressed out and need some quiet time. i’m going to go lie down until dinner. can you keep anyone from bothering me unless it’s an emergency?”
and this incredibly hyperactive 8-year-old quietly played katamari damacy with the sound turned down low for two solid hours to protect the sanctity of my nap. :3
if i’d yelled at him for being a chatterbox, not only would that have been mean and hurt his feelings and self-esteem, he probably would’ve made some rebellious noise to show me i couldn’t keep him down. but because i asked him to help me get some downtime, he was good as gold. kids are good people, they want to help! you just have to show them how!
Y'ever think about what absolute mad decadence we live in that "vanilla" means "plain"
@sapphicspritzee look tiktok stole the post you made like 7 years ago
im fucking losing it lads
[ID: Image one is a screenshot of a Tiktok with text that reads: “I don’t trust ppl who are organized enough to balance a shit ton of school on top of normal life because u know who else could do that??? Light yagami.”
Image two is a screenshot of a post by @TrashNoJutsu that reads: “i don’t trust people who are organised enough to balance a fuck ton of school on top of normal life because you know who else could do that??? fucking light yagami.”
Image three shows two frames from Back to the Future. Marty, labeled "Tumblr," says: "Hey, I've seen this one!" A kid labeled "other social media sites" responds: "What do you mean you've seen it? It's brand new!"
Image four is a tweet by @YeOldeBeyblade that reads: you know how whales die and drift down to the bottom of the ocean and all the shit that lives in the benthic zone feeds on the carcass? a creature they have never seen Alive before but nevertheless depend on for sustenance? in the wider Internet ecosystem, tumblr is that whale." End ID]
we all know 2018 aziraphale uses a flip phone from 2003 right. we’re all clear on this
He has a very nice bakelite phone from around 1940 in the front of the shop, and a much older one in the back of the shop. They are rotary dial phones, of the kind that would need to be rewired to work with today’s exchanges. They have never been rewired and they still phone anywhere on Earth (and probably one place off Earth) perfectly.
I’m not entirely sure that he’ll ever approve of phones that aren’t wired in to the wall.
are you sure? cuz i kind of envision him being addicted to candy crush
god I strive for the confidence of asking the man who both wrote the book and ran the show if he’s sure
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No experience more viscerally humiliating than walking through a heavily populated building with squeaky shoes. Look at me doing my little clown walk across the entire length of the building. Dumbass squeaking noises ringing out with every step. Sounds like I'm walking on two guinea pigs. I wish I was dead
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Okay but there is something very emotional and healing about watching Spike and Buffy’s relationship in season 7. The emotional vulnerability, the communication, the space for non-sexual intimacy. It’s really moving me 🥺
How to see whether a Chinese handmade teapot is well done or not - quality of the spout is an important standard.
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that last teapot is like witnessing an eternal and important truth
I just watched this with the sound on and i really recommend it because the utter silence of the last teapot is both perfectly predictable and totally remarkable.
i think chris fleming is important enby representation because they're just. so far away from what people read as nonbinary like. People expect nonbinary to look like an afab Woman Lite (TM) who spends too much time in LGBT space, but he's just a feral massachussets cryptid who is very intimate with straight culture and can spit 800 words a minute and have each one of them hit you like a truck