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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 6:43:45 GMT -6
I’m laughing STP our Royal and VPR worlds are colliding. In my twitter dive on VPR stuff I see so many posts from December 2022 because the conspiracy is that Meghan was using pictures of Stassi’s baby for Lilibet. So much so that Stassi had to come out and say that wasn’t the case and now people think Meghan paid her off 😂😂😂
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 7:11:49 GMT -6
Oh the theory is still going strong actually. Like Stassi allowed M&H take her baby to the UK to keep up appearances
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Post by jaidit on Mar 24, 2023 8:08:00 GMT -6
Mathilde in is South Africa
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Post by jaidit on Mar 24, 2023 8:08:24 GMT -6
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Post by jaidit on Mar 24, 2023 8:08:39 GMT -6
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Post by Eagles on Mar 24, 2023 8:51:57 GMT -6
Oh the theory is still going strong actually. Like Stassi allowed M&H take her baby to the UK to keep up appearances Honestly both sides of the Sussex debate are unhinged.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 8:57:18 GMT -6
Oh the theory is still going strong actually. Like Stassi allowed M&H take her baby to the UK to keep up appearances Honestly both sides of the Sussex debate are unhinged. This is blowing my mind. I know they felt she wasn’t pregnant with Archie but my goodness
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Post by beesquared on Mar 24, 2023 10:23:12 GMT -6
Kate's latest Early Years Initiative talking points are making me mad. The idea that we should care about the first 5 years and business should come up with ways to support the families during that time so that the kids can grow up to be better workers is icky to me. So we've gone beyond raising awareness to saying you should do something, but offering no possible solutions or examples. Plus, we can't care about kids just because they are human beings and society as a whole does better when we lift everyone up.
I think what is annoying me the most is that Kate probably really does care about concept, but she is coming at it from the strangest angle ever in an attempt to show she is serious and working, while not actually doing anything helpful? I can't tell if KP is just that tone deaf. or if the implicit bias about people who would need support is driving the narrative. Make it make sense.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 11:10:24 GMT -6
Kate's latest Early Years Initiative talking points are making me mad. The idea that we should care about the first 5 years and business should come up with ways to support the families during that time so that the kids can grow up to be better workers is icky to me. So we've gone beyond raising awareness to saying you should do something, but offering no possible solutions or examples. Plus, we can't care about kids just because they are human beings and society as a whole does better when we lift everyone up. I think what is annoying me the most is that Kate probably really does care about concept, but she is coming at it from the strangest angle ever in an attempt to show she is serious and working, while not actually doing anything helpful? I can't tell if KP is just that tone deaf. or if the implicit bias about people who would need support is driving the narrative. Make it make sense. Tone deaf and bias are their main traits
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 11:14:55 GMT -6
Also it may be my UO but while yes it’s 100% important to be present in the child’s life 0-5 years I actually find this time in DD’s life just as important if not more because damn is peer pressure real and kids are mean and so many other things.
Also I may just be having flashbacks to my MIL telling me how important the time was and I was missing things and that time to bond, but I had to work. Plus she is 12 now and our bond has always been great to the point that girlfriend is always touching me etc.
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Post by beesquared on Mar 24, 2023 12:11:17 GMT -6
Also it may be my UO but while yes it’s 100% important to be present in the child’s life 0-5 years I actually find this time in DD’s life just as important if not more because damn is peer pressure real and kids are mean and so many other things. Also I may just be having flashbacks to my MIL telling me how important the time was and I was missing things and that time to bond, but I had to work. Plus she is 12 now and our bond has always been great to the point that girlfriend is always touching me etc. Because of my job, I often tell people that kids need parents/support systems more in middle/high school than as infants/toddlers. An infant can have their needs met by anyone* and be safe/secure. The stakes for tweens/teens that are struggling or disconnected are much higher. *Obviously babies need to bond and there are lots of Devoplmental gains happening 0-5. Parents are important.
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Post by beesquared on Mar 24, 2023 12:14:00 GMT -6
Charles postponed his official visit to France over protests that are going on there. This was supposed to be his first overseas visit as King.
He should really read the room and look at what he can do differently at home if he wants to stay King. Although, I am not sure he cares very much about the future of the Monarchy after he dies. Maybe he just hopes things will limp along until he dies?
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 12:55:46 GMT -6
Oh my
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Post by beesquared on Mar 24, 2023 13:59:47 GMT -6
Yes, because it's super easy to just change your whole system of government. I'm sure it financially super cheap too. They can just run new money down at the local Kinkos if they have any of those pesky colonizers on it and new rules for governance never have any debate or disagreements.
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Post by pitchslap on Mar 24, 2023 14:13:58 GMT -6
I LOOOOOOVE this dress!! I would have loved different hair but I do love the overall look.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 14:15:19 GMT -6
Yes, because it's super easy to just change your whole system of government. I'm sure it financially super cheap too. They can just run new money down at the local Kinkos if they have any of those pesky colonizers on it and new rules for governance never have any debate or disagreements. And it was the media making the tour bad
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Post by pitchslap on Mar 24, 2023 14:22:13 GMT -6
Oh the theory is still going strong actually. Like Stassi allowed M&H take her baby to the UK to keep up appearances Like I don't WANT to dignify this with a response (because what the what) but one baby was born in January and one was born in June (of their given year) so were they supposedly telling people that they just had a giant baby? If they were to do it (again, super stupid but hear me out because I'm bored), wouldn't they find someone that had a baby born way closer in time??
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Post by icedcoffee on Mar 24, 2023 14:40:14 GMT -6
Why Stassi? That seems so freaking random do they know each other or something?
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Post by beesquared on Mar 24, 2023 14:46:57 GMT -6
Yes, because it's super easy to just change your whole system of government. I'm sure it financially super cheap too. They can just run new money down at the local Kinkos if they have any of those pesky colonizers on it and new rules for governance never have any debate or disagreements. And it was the media making the tour bad Seems legit. The media have a long history of picking on Will and Kate....oh, wait.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 14:56:22 GMT -6
Why Stassi? That seems so freaking random do they know each other or something? Stassi shows a lot of MM support so they are saying it’s because of this.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 24, 2023 14:57:10 GMT -6
Oh the theory is still going strong actually. Like Stassi allowed M&H take her baby to the UK to keep up appearances Like I don't WANT to dignify this with a response (because what the what) but one baby was born in January and one was born in June (of their given year) so were they supposedly telling people that they just had a giant baby? If they were to do it (again, super stupid but hear me out because I'm bored), wouldn't they find someone that had a baby born way closer in time?? They are showing a lot of pictures of Lilibet and Stassi’s baby in the same positions. Oh and the ears 😂😂😂😂
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Post by teraiin on Mar 24, 2023 18:09:49 GMT -6
I LOOOOOOVE this dress!! I would have loved different hair but I do love the overall look. Yes, I really like this dress!
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Post by shamycooler on Mar 25, 2023 7:38:29 GMT -6
Also it may be my UO but while yes it’s 100% important to be present in the child’s life 0-5 years I actually find this time in DD’s life just as important if not more because damn is peer pressure real and kids are mean and so many other things. Also I may just be having flashbacks to my MIL telling me how important the time was and I was missing things and that time to bond, but I had to work. Plus she is 12 now and our bond has always been great to the point that girlfriend is always touching me etc. Because of my job, I often tell people that kids need parents/support systems more in middle/high school than as infants/toddlers. An infant can have their needs met by anyone* and be safe/secure. The stakes for tweens/teens that are struggling or disconnected are much higher. *Obviously babies need to bond and there are lots of Devoplmental gains happening 0-5. Parents are important. I think I told this story before, but when DD was an infant, ExH and I were at lunch and started talking to the sweet old lady at the table next to us. Before she left, she said “is I could give you any advice as a new mom, it’s that teens need you a lot more than babies do. People always stay at home when their kids are babies and then go back to work when the kids go to school. But you school do the opposite.” At the time I had undiagnosed PPD and in a marriage that was falling apart, so I didn’t get it. But wow…I completely understand her now.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 25, 2023 7:41:53 GMT -6
Because of my job, I often tell people that kids need parents/support systems more in middle/high school than as infants/toddlers. An infant can have their needs met by anyone* and be safe/secure. The stakes for tweens/teens that are struggling or disconnected are much higher. *Obviously babies need to bond and there are lots of Devoplmental gains happening 0-5. Parents are important. I think I told this story before, but when DD was an infant, ExH and I were at lunch and started talking to the sweet old lady at the table next to us. Before she left, she said “is I could give you any advice as a new mom, it’s that teens need you a lot more than babies do. People always stay at home when their kids are babies and then go back to work when the kids go to school. But you school do the opposite.” At the time I had undiagnosed PPD and in a marriage that was falling apart, so I didn’t get it. But wow…I completely understand her now. Seriously! I tell people this now. I love being home now because she can chill and do homework and have time to be a kid while also we have that time to talk and I can make my house the house to be at. I know I can still miss stuff and kids are mean and sneaky but i love being her safe spot and she knows she is coming home
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Post by icedcoffee on Mar 25, 2023 10:55:15 GMT -6
MH and I have had this conversation a few times. With the youngest going to K this fall I will have all 3 kids in school full time and wondering what I will do with myself.
He actually thinks it's more important for me to continue to stay home now that our older girls are preteen age. I have time to figure out everything but I do think it's a valid conversation.
*not saying that those who work aren't there for their kids, just in our situation we are fortunate I don't need to work, it would be more for me to fill my day and make some extra fun money
**he is leaving the decision up to me of course, I do appreciate that he values what I do by staying home though
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Post by bazi on Mar 25, 2023 14:58:22 GMT -6
Maybe I am just missing something, but Kates early childhood initiative seems very standard. She’s not breaking new ground here.
Is that why people don’t like it? What’s the problem here?
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Post by angelashly on Mar 25, 2023 15:37:22 GMT -6
MH and I have had this conversation a few times. With the youngest going to K this fall I will have all 3 kids in school full time and wondering what I will do with myself. He actually thinks it's more important for me to continue to stay home now that our older girls are preteen age. I have time to figure out everything but I do think it's a valid conversation. *not saying that those who work aren't there for their kids, just in our situation we are fortunate I don't need to work, it would be more for me to fill my day and make some extra fun money **he is leaving the decision up to me of course, I do appreciate that he values what I do by staying home though Seriously if you have the ability I would stay home. Or volunteer or work part time when they are in school. You will be able to do field trips or homework before extra curricular activities etc.
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Post by angelashly on Mar 25, 2023 15:38:35 GMT -6
Maybe I am just missing something, but Kates early childhood initiative seems very standard. She’s not breaking new ground here. Is that why people don’t like it? What’s the problem here? It’s not that I don’t like it I don’t get it. If I knew more about the ins and outs I am sure I would be for it In the end anything that gets parents help is a win for me
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Post by beepers on Mar 25, 2023 16:39:34 GMT -6
Maybe I am just missing something, but Kates early childhood initiative seems very standard. She’s not breaking new ground here. Is that why people don’t like it? What’s the problem here? I don’t NOT like it. But I also… don’t get it? All we ever see is her “launching a new initiative” but we don’t ever get a follow up “here’s what we did”. Maybe those follow ups happen in meetings we don’t see? Otherwise it all kind of just seems like another gratuitous photo op with a pantsuit and handshakes. Her flower garden thing made sense because it was tangible.
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Post by claudia on Mar 25, 2023 17:26:50 GMT -6
Maybe I am just missing something, but Kates early childhood initiative seems very standard. She’s not breaking new ground here. Is that why people don’t like it? What’s the problem here? I don’t like it because it seems to be all about her and not the actual project. The press about it revolves around her leaving her mark on something yet without actually doing anything new. It also feels borderline disrespectful for her press people to act like her 5 questions moves the ball far along instead of actual experts in the field being heard. Also, the “solutions” are very much all talk little action- like parents by and large know the early years are important. Telling us “hey, these years are formative” doesn’t help struggling parents figure out how to help their kids. It’s similar to a few years ago (2016 maybe?) when she was credited as doing so much for mental health with Heads Together but her speeches were all about the importance of talking to someone and how a strong family is important. Talk therapy works for some things but isn’t this universal solution and the whole “I always just talked to my family because we were close” thing does nothing to help those in mental health crises. Which, if it is all meant to be surface level and about raising awareness, fine. Just don’t try to portray it as groundbreaking new research.
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