Anonymous wrote:I locked my 3 outside in the backyard and let them turn the hose on each other.

Ha!
Sounds like you gave them a fun activity and you bathed them. 50 points to Gryffindor.

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Anonymous wrote:Where the fvck are the husbands in these scenarios? Hiding in the attics

Essential personnel who is out of the house for approximately 12 hours a day.

Mine too. He has been at work for the last 14 hours. Not sure if/when he will make it home.

Anonymous wrote:Where the fvck are the husbands in these scenarios? Hiding in the attics

Essential personnel who is out of the house for approximately 12 hours a day.

Anonymous wrote:Where the fvck are the husbands in these scenarios? Hiding in the attics

Mine is amazing and very involved taking care of the kids, working, cooking, and cleaning.. but he's tired too. We're all tired.

Where the fvck are the husbands in these scenarios? Hiding in the attics

You aren’t a bad mom at all, I think everyone is so tired and understandably worn out from this.
I’ve never married or had kids, but I really admire all the ones with kids here. It takes such a different kind of patience that we singles wouldn’t understand.

Buckets with water in backyard for enrichment activity, takeout for dinner here.

Tomorrow, I will make bubble water with dish detergent for enrichment and carrots with fishsticks for dinner.

My kid watched 8 straight hours of TV today. I don't feel bad...I've given up. I have him addicted to The Price is Right. He's learning what my childhood summers/sick days felt like.

You seem to be implying that you normally actively play with your kids all the time. I don't EVER do that!

Kids need some time to be bored and invent random stupid things. They need time to wander around and think uninterrupted.

We have bought Dixie bowls and eaten dinner in those 3 or 4 times a week.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I’ve ever fed my kids enthusiastically.

+1. That's a guaranteed "never happened" here.

Yup. Usually I’m like “wait, you need to be fed *again*?!” It’s freaking 3 times a day every day ... ugh.

You’re fine!

My sister and I easily watched 6-7 hours of TV a day on the weekends during the 90s when we were kids. We turned out just fine, and so will your kids!

My mantra is "I am not a cruise director". You're helping them learn to entertain themselves which is a crucial life skill. Maybe covid kids won't be as...delicate as gen z.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I’ve ever fed my kids enthusiastically.

+1. That's a guaranteed "never happened" here.

I’m with you, OP. I had period cramps today so I was very hands off. We did a lot of TV too. I’m now locked in my bedroom for some alone time.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I’ve ever fed my kids enthusiastically.

Haha! This I my favorite comment.

Your kids will be fine, OP. Parenting is a marathon, not a sprint.