Anonymous
06/08/2025 08:31
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
My dyslexic son graduated from a little known college with a sub 3.0 GPA in engineering..but is employed, financially independent, and even talking about grad school! Very very proud.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 08:26
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:My 6 year old with autism is delayed in some ways, but then surprises me with his independence. He’s been insisting on walking upstairs alone to tutoring at the library, and I always sneak behind him to make sure he gets there. We arrived before the tutor for once and I found him asking the librarian where to go for tutoring. I was so proud of him for being focused on what he needed to do (not wandering off to play) and being brave enough to ask someone he doesn’t know.
Amazing!
Anonymous
06/08/2025 08:23
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
My 6 year old with autism is delayed in some ways, but then surprises me with his independence. He’s been insisting on walking upstairs alone to tutoring at the library, and I always sneak behind him to make sure he gets there. We arrived before the tutor for once and I found him asking the librarian where to go for tutoring. I was so proud of him for being focused on what he needed to do (not wandering off to play) and being brave enough to ask someone he doesn’t know.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 08:02
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:DS is already in 3rd grade but since he was a toddler I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop because I kept hearing stories from parents of slightly older kids, like “Oh just wait until age X! Then you’ll appreciate the now times!” “He’s cute now, but wait until 3!”
But still waiting on that shoe. He’s always eaten his food and not been picky. He’s slept well and doesn’t ever run into my room and insist he has to sleep with us. He loves activities and throws himself into them but is also cool to just flop onto the couch and read quietly for hours. He’s cute and charismatic.
Every age - terrible 2s, threenager, and so on - I’ve expected all these stages and they never came! I’m sure I’m in for an awakening by the time he hits middle school, but for now I feel like I won the kid lottery and am enjoying having a delightful, motivated, and loving kid.
+1 to all of this
Anonymous
06/08/2025 07:58
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My teen is not a great student but he modeled for his school’s fashion club magazine and he got a certificate for a national exam in an obscure language. It’s the little things! I am glad he put himself out there with the club.
This is set!
Weird autocorrect—meant to say this is awesome!
Anonymous
06/08/2025 07:58
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:My teen is not a great student but he modeled for his school’s fashion club magazine and he got a certificate for a national exam in an obscure language. It’s the little things! I am glad he put himself out there with the club.
This is set!
Anonymous
06/08/2025 07:51
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:My older kids are home to celebrate the graduation of my youngest. It has been so wonderful watching them together again. Lots of laughter and love and silliness and hanging out. The big kids are very excited and supportive of the youngest. I think my kids are awesome people and I love that they seem to have a close sibling relationship. Hope it continues!
Good job. I love hearing this.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 07:10
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The world is feeling a little dark these days, so I would appreciate a bright spot.
My teen is generally shy, but really great with kids who have special needs.
My tween has a heart of gold and has written the sweetest heartfelt thank yous to teachers at the end of the year.
Stuff like this makes me happier than good grades and sports trophies.
Please share yours.
Maybe you are in a dark place because you like to put down other people and things. I mean really you want to lift people up by putting down good grades and sports trophies? You seem like someone who only appreciates feminine traits so what if someone here wrote this and then said I appreciate this more than great drawings my kid made or having a great singing voice. You would notice they were putting down others while putting up their own child, no?
OP here. I think you’re just trolling, and I’d prefer to keep this thread positive (keep them coming!), but let me clarify.
At the risk of sounding like an a-hole, my kids get good grades and do well in sports. So that was referencing my own kids and not putting others down. But I care more about the fact that they’re thoughtful and treat their fellow human beings well.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 05:00
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:The world is feeling a little dark these days, so I would appreciate a bright spot.
My teen is generally shy, but really great with kids who have special needs.
My tween has a heart of gold and has written the sweetest heartfelt thank yous to teachers at the end of the year.
Stuff like this makes me happier than good grades and sports trophies.
Please share yours.
Maybe you are in a dark place because you like to put down other people and things. I mean really you want to lift people up by putting down good grades and sports trophies? You seem like someone who only appreciates feminine traits so what if someone here wrote this and then said I appreciate this more than great drawings my kid made or having a great singing voice. You would notice they were putting down others while putting up their own child, no?
Anonymous
06/08/2025 04:00
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
My kid invents Pokémon and draws his own cards. I really like his creativity.
Anonymous
06/08/2025 02:57
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
My teen is not a great student but he modeled for his school’s fashion club magazine and he got a certificate for a national exam in an obscure language. It’s the little things! I am glad he put himself out there with the club.
Anonymous
06/07/2025 23:50
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
My teen is very handsome and athletic, but also painfully shy. A lot of teachers type cast him as a dumb jock because he's often afraid of participation.
He's a really good friend often to kids that don't have many friends. He once got caught in a PE teachers crosshairs because of a friendship with a kid that was having a hard time who was also overweight. That PE teacher was targeting both of them. He's at a pressure-cooker school and one of his teachers noted how he brought smiles to the classroom.
He also has "perfect pitch" but doesn't show it off or talk about it. He can pick up instruments he's never played and, by ear, play a song. He can also transcribe a song into written music by ear.
He's battled a chronic disease for almost a decade and you'd never know it. He's not afraid to talk about his disease and doesn't hide the evidence of it. It's just there, as a part of who he is.
He's a really good friend often to kids that don't have many friends. He once got caught in a PE teachers crosshairs because of a friendship with a kid that was having a hard time who was also overweight. That PE teacher was targeting both of them. He's at a pressure-cooker school and one of his teachers noted how he brought smiles to the classroom.
He also has "perfect pitch" but doesn't show it off or talk about it. He can pick up instruments he's never played and, by ear, play a song. He can also transcribe a song into written music by ear.
He's battled a chronic disease for almost a decade and you'd never know it. He's not afraid to talk about his disease and doesn't hide the evidence of it. It's just there, as a part of who he is.
Anonymous
06/07/2025 23:36
Subject: Re:Please brag about your kids here
My 5th grader just came back from a week long school trip out of the country. We gave him $25 for souvenirs and some separate money for snacks at the airport and for the week.
He came home using his $25 and change with a gift for me, dad, and souvenir for himself. The gifts for us was spot on what we like. We were so surprised, because we assumed he would spend it all on himself.
He told us he used some of his snack money to tip the tour guide and bus driver. We always tip on tours so he sees us doing it. We did not tell him to tip them before the trip. He also said he gave his 2 friends a few bucks because they needed it.
I’m so happy that he is shaping up to be a thoughtful and kind kid!
He came home using his $25 and change with a gift for me, dad, and souvenir for himself. The gifts for us was spot on what we like. We were so surprised, because we assumed he would spend it all on himself.
He told us he used some of his snack money to tip the tour guide and bus driver. We always tip on tours so he sees us doing it. We did not tell him to tip them before the trip. He also said he gave his 2 friends a few bucks because they needed it.
I’m so happy that he is shaping up to be a thoughtful and kind kid!
Anonymous
06/07/2025 21:54
Subject: Please brag about your kids here
^^^ ditto. So sorry about your daughter. How can other kids be so mean? Is there no way to stop it? I am so sorry
Anonymous
06/07/2025 17:30
Subject: Re:Please brag about your kids here
Anonymous wrote:My kid has been getting harassed/bullied at school this year, and she's handling it in such a mature, awesome way. We are moving her to a new school next year, but she's just blown me away with how emotionally mature she's been about it.
She just has an amazing attitude about it even when she's dealing with really aggressive behavior -- she'll cry and get upset, but then she'll talk through how their behavior isn't really about her, it's about them. Or she'll make these very smart observations like "they think they are being grown up by talking like this and making fun of me for being a 'baby', but that's not really how grown ups talk -- they're just pretending." She only has one friend at school and sometimes that friend joins in with the bullying, and DD will even say "yeah it hurts my feelings but I know she's doing it because she doesn't want them to turn on her."
I would never in a million years wish this experience on other kids or their parents, but I have to say it's shown me what a strong, intelligent, emotionally aware person my DD is.
Oh man this broke my heart. Your poor daughter. Kids are so mean.