How is there not a thread about that lunatic dad who screamed at the Loudon school board?

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Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


Our spring, summer and fall was filled with riding bikes, walking, hiking, playing in the backyard, camping, swimming, going to the drive-in - and that's just the beginning of the list. You're just seeing the negatives, there are so many other things that could have been done.

My kids have no friends, none, they are 5 and 9. No one in my neighborhood leaves their houses. The kids stay in and watch screens all day every day. No one appears to want to engage or develop a friendship.


Did you just move in the new neighborhood? How come your kids, especially the 9 yo) did not make any friends in school or daycare?
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Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


Yes. We go for walks or ride bikes in the afternoon. You should try to get outside - it does wonders.


Wow, how long can this continue? You can only go on so many bike rides and walks. We hike daily, we need more stimulation than this.


There are plenty of other activities you could try - if you wanted to.
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Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


It’s not a “normal year”, but kids feed off of your energy. If you think it’s a horrible year, your kids will too. Try to make some happy memories for them FFS.

Shouldn’t they have a friend? They are at critical ages to develop friendships, but can’t because they aren’t exposed to other kids. They are young ES students. They crave my full attention and seem so lonely.


So reach out to neighbors or classmates?

Who did they play with before the pandemic?

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Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


Our spring, summer and fall was filled with riding bikes, walking, hiking, playing in the backyard, camping, swimming, going to the drive-in - and that's just the beginning of the list. You're just seeing the negatives, there are so many other things that could have been done.

My kids have no friends, none, they are 5 and 9. No one in my neighborhood leaves their houses. The kids stay in and watch screens all day every day. No one appears to want to engage or develop a friendship.


Did you just move in the new neighborhood? How come your kids, especially the 9 yo) did not make any friends in school or daycare?

Moved here a year and a half ago. My kids are friendly lonely kids.
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This is going on a year now, where would a child develop a new friendship?
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Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


Our spring, summer and fall was filled with riding bikes, walking, hiking, playing in the backyard, camping, swimming, going to the drive-in - and that's just the beginning of the list. You're just seeing the negatives, there are so many other things that could have been done.

My kids have no friends, none, they are 5 and 9. No one in my neighborhood leaves their houses. The kids stay in and watch screens all day every day. No one appears to want to engage or develop a friendship.


Did you just move in the new neighborhood? How come your kids, especially the 9 yo) did not make any friends in school or daycare?

Moved here a year and a half ago. My kids are friendly lonely kids.


Reach out to the other parents, try to organize a playground class play date. Help your kids.
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Anonymous wrote:Kids need more than Mommy to play with. It’s like I am creating Norman Bates. Mommy does it all. I am my childrens’ best and only friend.


Sounds like you need to bubble with another family.
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


Yes. We go for walks or ride bikes in the afternoon. You should try to get outside - it does wonders.


Wow, how long can this continue? You can only go on so many bike rides and walks. We hike daily, we need more stimulation than this.


There are plenty of other activities you could try - if you wanted to.


Try Google. I hear there's a lot of things on the internet.
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


Our spring, summer and fall was filled with riding bikes, walking, hiking, playing in the backyard, camping, swimming, going to the drive-in - and that's just the beginning of the list. You're just seeing the negatives, there are so many other things that could have been done.

My kids have no friends, none, they are 5 and 9. No one in my neighborhood leaves their houses. The kids stay in and watch screens all day every day. No one appears to want to engage or develop a friendship.


Did you just move in the new neighborhood? How come your kids, especially the 9 yo) did not make any friends in school or daycare?

Moved here a year and a half ago. My kids are friendly lonely kids.


Reach out to the other parents, try to organize a playground class play date. Help your kids.

People in my circles aren’t socializing. It’s online school, I don’t know these kids.
Anonymous
If kids can have playground playdates, they can go to school.
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


Our spring, summer and fall was filled with riding bikes, walking, hiking, playing in the backyard, camping, swimming, going to the drive-in - and that's just the beginning of the list. You're just seeing the negatives, there are so many other things that could have been done.

My kids have no friends, none, they are 5 and 9. No one in my neighborhood leaves their houses. The kids stay in and watch screens all day every day. No one appears to want to engage or develop a friendship.


Did you just move in the new neighborhood? How come your kids, especially the 9 yo) did not make any friends in school or daycare?

Moved here a year and a half ago. My kids are friendly lonely kids.


Reach out to the other parents, try to organize a playground class play date. Help your kids.

People in my circles aren’t socializing. It’s online school, I don’t know these kids.


What kind of online school?
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


Our spring, summer and fall was filled with riding bikes, walking, hiking, playing in the backyard, camping, swimming, going to the drive-in - and that's just the beginning of the list. You're just seeing the negatives, there are so many other things that could have been done.

My kids have no friends, none, they are 5 and 9. No one in my neighborhood leaves their houses. The kids stay in and watch screens all day every day. No one appears to want to engage or develop a friendship.


Did you just move in the new neighborhood? How come your kids, especially the 9 yo) did not make any friends in school or daycare?

Moved here a year and a half ago. My kids are friendly lonely kids.


Reach out to the other parents, try to organize a playground class play date. Help your kids.

People in my circles aren’t socializing. It’s online school, I don’t know these kids.


What kind of online school?

Distance learning, virtual school, whatever you want to call it
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Anonymous wrote:Everyone on here expressing shock and disgust over this father. Honestly, have you never, in your adult life, yelled like this? Because it wasn’t really that bad. Are you all quiet bookish types? I love to yell and do so often.


That's called having an anger management problem.


What was so shocking about it? He didn't curse. He didn't call anyone names. Seems like a pretty controlled response to the harm the public schools have brought onto our kids. I'm surprised someone hasn't done worse. The public had been beyond patient.

This. Enough is enough. Even CDC says back-to-school.
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Anonymous wrote:The thread has finally made it full circle. From lunatic Dad to lunatic conspiracy theories.


Yup. Lunatics love their lunatics.

Do you have elementary school age children? Because they haven’t had a childhood for almost a year now. They have been sitting inside looking at screens for almost a year now.


So that's really just ridiculous. All the kids who are home schooled and/or attend school online regularly (not during a pandemic) are "not having a childhood"? If your kid isn't having a childhood it's your fault. There are plenty of things you can do to mitigate the negative affects of DL. If you are allowing your kid to lose a whole year of their childhood you need to own it. They may not be having the idyllic childhood year you would have preferred, which by the way isn't always that great even when kids are going to school in a school building, but they should be mostly having an enjoyable life. If you really want them to, that is.

Nope, we are unable to visit many child museums because they are closed indefinitely, unable to play with other kids indoors, unable to play with a large group of kids indoors or outdoors, unable to enjoy a birthday party with family and friends, unable to go eat at a restaurant, unable to travel very far, unable to attend a camp, unable to make any new friends, unable to visit older family members, amongst many others. This, contrary to your belief, is not a normal childhood. Facetime playdates are not healthy or normal, sorry no.


Our spring, summer and fall was filled with riding bikes, walking, hiking, playing in the backyard, camping, swimming, going to the drive-in - and that's just the beginning of the list. You're just seeing the negatives, there are so many other things that could have been done.

My kids have no friends, none, they are 5 and 9. No one in my neighborhood leaves their houses. The kids stay in and watch screens all day every day. No one appears to want to engage or develop a friendship.


Did you just move in the new neighborhood? How come your kids, especially the 9 yo) did not make any friends in school or daycare?

Moved here a year and a half ago. My kids are friendly lonely kids.


Reach out to the other parents, try to organize a playground class play date. Help your kids.

People in my circles aren’t socializing. It’s online school, I don’t know these kids.


What kind of online school?

Distance learning, virtual school, whatever you want to call it


Those usually have active FB groups where parents are trying to solve the same problem you have. Find someone close by and organize a play date. You have to create social opportunities for your kids, DL or not.
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Anonymous wrote:Everyone on here expressing shock and disgust over this father. Honestly, have you never, in your adult life, yelled like this? Because it wasn’t really that bad. Are you all quiet bookish types? I love to yell and do so often.


That's called having an anger management problem.


What was so shocking about it? He didn't curse. He didn't call anyone names. Seems like a pretty controlled response to the harm the public schools have brought onto our kids. I'm surprised someone hasn't done worse. The public had been beyond patient.

This. Enough is enough. Even CDC says back-to-school.


Ok, I guess the decision is final.
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