Thank you. The key thing is that I didn’t make it “I’m your parent and I control your life”, no, I reasoned with him and explained to him whatever we do. I have built a very good friendship with my son that he trusts me when I do something for him. I’ll never make him feel that I control his life or what he does on the PC, I’ve just made him aware of things. Not gonna lie, though, we do have one strict rule, no social media of any kind. Also, I’m too lazy to type all of this again, but here is my response to another commenter when they asked if my kid has a social life in real life (basically, they were worried that I’m caging my kids lol).
No, I have them both locked up in a cage in the middle of the Pacific ocean 😂 My friend, there is a whole world out there beside this virtual one (internet). My son goes outside all the time to play with his friends IN PERSON. Rides his bike with them, does sleep overs and whatever we did back in the day when we were kids. He just doesn’t have any social media accounts. I have a full Linux PC sitting in his bedroom that he can do whatever he wants on. I just make sure he’s safe on there. I have a firewall on there and an ad blocker on the browser. My daughter is special needs, so, that’s another story :)
No, I have them both locked up in a cage in the middle of the Pacific ocean 😂 My friend, there is a whole world out there beside this virtual one (internet). My son goes outside all the time to play with his friends IN PERSON. Rides his bike with them, does sleep overs and whatever we did back in the day when we were kids. He just doesn’t have any social media accounts. I have a full Linux PC sitting in his bedroom that he can do whatever he wants on. I just make sure he’s safe on there. I have a firewall on there and an ad blocker on the browser. My daughter is special needs, so, that’s another story :)
Same here, overworked and underpaid, two kids. Neither has a smartphone nor has access to any social media site beside kids YouTube and Netflix. I meant kids shouldn’t be on social media, in my original comment. I always utilize the iPad for my daughter when I’m working or need her to sit so I can get shit done. My son, who’s the oldest, doesn’t have a phone yet. He has two gaming consoles, neither of them has online access for multiplayer. That’s what I mean by why are kids on the internet.
It will never happen as long as there is injustice in the world. Also, there isn’t a perfect world where justice is 100% served. A good book to read about that (political book, but goes through the us vs them) is “why we are polarized” by Ezra Klein.
This is the saddest fucking thing in the world. Why? Why does our government hate us this much? And we are we just a bunch of fucking pussies that we accept their beating all the time?
Time for a new job. There are plenty of remote jobs out there. You have good experience under your belt, so don’t let them scare you into going into the office. Give them the bird and leave. Companies don’t care about you, no matter how long you’ve been with them, and you shouldn’t care either. And no, your team isn’t your family, they’re just people you work with. Don’t be attached.