Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:35     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing you do this regularly because, if you did, you’d know rivers aren’t safe at all. I grew up ON a river and even I wasn’t allowed to just “hang out in the river” until I was in my teens…and at that age I didn’t want my mom sitting in the mud watching me while smoking weed. SO freaking weird.


My children wear life jackets but ok lol


They can still drown.


When we go to the river we go to a little cove that's about a foot deep, it's more for skipping rocks and cooling off our feet. The tubes, boat etc is used in a lake, though I have used the tube in the river a few times tied up to a rock, right next to my kids. If we want to really swim we swim in our pools at our apartment complex.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:34     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
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Anonymous wrote:Well this is DCUM where the majority live in the DC area. So way to post something the rest of us cannot do on the regular. Sure we have the random lake areas that are within an hour and they get filled up immediately and stay packed all day. And that’s only when it’s actually the season for it.

This is the equivalent to posting “I don’t under stand why I don’t see more families ice fishing on the weekends, We live in Alaska and do this constantly! Parenting hack!”


Sandy point is 30 minutes out


From where? Because from where I live in MD it’s an hour and a half. You do realize that that this area is composed of places other than where you personally live correct?

Also do you go there any other time than when it’s warm? It’s simply not enjoyable when it’s cold/not good weather.


From DC. Of course if you live in Hagerstown or Aberdeen or wherever all these people who aren’t from the DC area live it’ll be an hour and a half away.


There’s tons of areas in this region, where you can be in a river or even a creek.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:33     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing you do this regularly because, if you did, you’d know rivers aren’t safe at all. I grew up ON a river and even I wasn’t allowed to just “hang out in the river” until I was in my teens…and at that age I didn’t want my mom sitting in the mud watching me while smoking weed. SO freaking weird.


There’s tons of portions of the river that are extremely safe because they’re actually just little coves.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:32     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing you do this regularly because, if you did, you’d know rivers aren’t safe at all. I grew up ON a river and even I wasn’t allowed to just “hang out in the river” until I was in my teens…and at that age I didn’t want my mom sitting in the mud watching me while smoking weed. SO freaking weird.


My children wear life jackets but ok lol


They can still drown.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:32     Subject: Re:What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?

We went to the zoo once a week. We live in Gaithersburg Maryland.

We went to the indoor pool every Sunday night from 4 to 6 and I would shower them there and put them in their PJs and drive around until they were asleep which usually only took five minutes. When I got home, dinner was ready and a martini was waiting.

I let my kids pick one day in the fall and one day in the spring school to skip school.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:30     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time believing you do this regularly because, if you did, you’d know rivers aren’t safe at all. I grew up ON a river and even I wasn’t allowed to just “hang out in the river” until I was in my teens…and at that age I didn’t want my mom sitting in the mud watching me while smoking weed. SO freaking weird.


My children wear life jackets but ok lol
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:30     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for these kids. Mom’s high and drunk and they are stuck, supervising each other until she sobers up. And knowing she can’t enjoy her kids without using drugs probably makes them feel bad.
Get some help, be there for your kids. You are ALL worth it.


One white claw equals drunk lol. Alright then
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:29     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
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Anonymous wrote:I do not drink or use drugs around my kids because if there is an emergency I don't want to be impaired.

But we're in Potomac and always go on the Potomac to kayak. And we're pretty much screen free as the default


This. What is your plan if someone in your family has an emergency? This is incredibly stupid and you shouldn’t be giving parenting advice.


You couldn’t drive after one white claw? I’m not OP but this doesn’t seem crazy at all.


it’s the weed.


OP here. I've smoked the past 15 years. A few hits off my pen does not at all get me high the way you are thinking.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 17:26     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Anonymous wrote:Well this is DCUM where the majority live in the DC area. So way to post something the rest of us cannot do on the regular. Sure we have the random lake areas that are within an hour and they get filled up immediately and stay packed all day. And that’s only when it’s actually the season for it.

This is the equivalent to posting “I don’t under stand why I don’t see more families ice fishing on the weekends, We live in Alaska and do this constantly! Parenting hack!”


But...I am talking about other local parents here. They can do it and they don't!
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 15:47     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Anonymous wrote:I feel sorry for these kids. Mom’s high and drunk and they are stuck, supervising each other until she sobers up. And knowing she can’t enjoy her kids without using drugs probably makes them feel bad.
Get some help, be there for your kids. You are ALL worth it.


Oh shut up. Nobody is drunk from one drink and a frequent cannabis user is also not unable to function just because of some puffs from a vape. Nobody is making you do anything so just sit down and calm yourself.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 15:45     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Hide. I created a hiding place that no one knows about.?
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 13:57     Subject: Re:What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
Cook everything from scratch and do not allow my elementary schooler to have video games, or a tablet/phone.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 07:46     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
I feel sorry for these kids. Mom’s high and drunk and they are stuck, supervising each other until she sobers up. And knowing she can’t enjoy her kids without using drugs probably makes them feel bad.
Get some help, be there for your kids. You are ALL worth it.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 07:42     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
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Lol
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2026 07:40     Subject: What's something you do as a parent that nobody else seems to do as much?
I have a hard time believing you do this regularly because, if you did, you’d know rivers aren’t safe at all. I grew up ON a river and even I wasn’t allowed to just “hang out in the river” until I was in my teens…and at that age I didn’t want my mom sitting in the mud watching me while smoking weed. SO freaking weird.