Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just today:

Me: your tutor just told me she's raising her rates 20%.

Teen: oh, I guess I'm so hard to teach. Great. (Dejectedly)

Me: no, she's increasing rates for everyone.

(Teen assumes everything is a criticism of her)

No offense, but I would not have told my teenager that. Even if we were forced to discontinue for financial reasons.

NP, just curious about why one would you avoid mentioning this. I assume the teen knows the tutor gets paid to work with her. Why wouldn’t you want a teenager to start understanding the market value of various goods and services?

Presumably the tutor is a necessity and if the family can afford it, there’s no need to add to the child’s existing anxiety by discussing the exact cost. If the child is wasting the service, that’s a different conversation, but akin to telling a child to not waste food by leaving the milk out of fridge or turning lights off when they leave a room.

My kids know how much things cost but we keep it neutral. “With demand for tutoring rising, tutors are increasing their rates.” would have sufficed without upsetting PP’s kid who already seems to have anxiety and self-esteem issues.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just today:

Me: your tutor just told me she's raising her rates 20%.

Teen: oh, I guess I'm so hard to teach. Great. (Dejectedly)

Me: no, she's increasing rates for everyone.

(Teen assumes everything is a criticism of her)

No offense, but I would not have told my teenager that. Even if we were forced to discontinue for financial reasons.

NP, just curious about why one would you avoid mentioning this. I assume the teen knows the tutor gets paid to work with her. Why wouldn’t you want a teenager to start understanding the market value of various goods and services?

I’m not the PP but I wouldn’t have mentioned this either. My DD has low self esteem and anxiety and often worries that all her problems are going to make us go broke (they’re not) or that she is not worthy of expensive interventions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just today:

Me: your tutor just told me she's raising her rates 20%.

Teen: oh, I guess I'm so hard to teach. Great. (Dejectedly)

Me: no, she's increasing rates for everyone.

(Teen assumes everything is a criticism of her)

No offense, but I would not have told my teenager that. Even if we were forced to discontinue for financial reasons.

NP, just curious about why one would you avoid mentioning this. I assume the teen knows the tutor gets paid to work with her. Why wouldn’t you want a teenager to start understanding the market value of various goods and services?

Anonymous wrote:Just today:

Me: your tutor just told me she's raising her rates 20%.

Teen: oh, I guess I'm so hard to teach. Great. (Dejectedly)

Me: no, she's increasing rates for everyone.

(Teen assumes everything is a criticism of her)

No offense, but I would not have told my teenager that. Even if we were forced to discontinue for financial reasons.

“Doing [X activity] virtually will ruin it for me forever.”

I've been told that I "walk too quietly" and that when I'm in the kitchen it "ruins the vibe.". I didn't know that either of these things were possible.

"Mhm"

Just today:

Me: your tutor just told me she's raising her rates 20%.

Teen: oh, I guess I'm so hard to teach. Great. (Dejectedly)

Me: no, she's increasing rates for everyone.

(Teen assumes everything is a criticism of her)

I told him that he was yelling and he googled how many decibels is considered yelling and then informed me that he was well below that range.
I had to laugh. Couldn't help myself. He's incorrigible.

But my clothes are much easier to get to when they’re on the floor.

—15 year old.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are moving into a brand new house. Has a nice finished basement, just for her! Ordered new furniture, just as she wanted. I drove by the house, cause I like doing that, with her in the car.
"I could never live in such a boring house, nor would I ever want such a house. I will live in a school bus that is all hippy style and travel around the world in it. I could never aspire to something so boring as the house you choose."

That's when you stop the car and tell her to get out of your boring car and walk her entitled ass home after you take her boring phone

We might be friends in real life, PP.

Anonymous wrote:We are moving into a brand new house. Has a nice finished basement, just for her! Ordered new furniture, just as she wanted. I drove by the house, cause I like doing that, with her in the car.
"I could never live in such a boring house, nor would I ever want such a house. I will live in a school bus that is all hippy style and travel around the world in it. I could never aspire to something so boring as the house you choose."

That's when you stop the car and tell her to get out of your boring car and walk her entitled ass home after you take her boring phone

Anonymous wrote:15 yr old DS just explained the GameStop trading issues. He and his dad are still taking about it now.

Trust me.. 15 yo doesn't understand the game stop trading issues.
It's not a revolt against hedge funds. It's a new ponzi scheme designed to create bag holders. There's nothing new under the sun. Just new delivery methods.

Anonymous wrote:15 yr old DS just explained the GameStop trading issues. He and his dad are still taking about it now.

To the Moon!

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