Add me please!

On my reading list, thank you for the recommendation!

Alright I will “go” to “bed” but I’ll make sure you’re fully aware of my displeasure with the situation the whole time. (will actually get really into, then fall asleep during the bedtime story)

The rules-lawyering 4 year old in me has no genuine objections to this, guess it’s bedtime!

Have you considered that I don’t wanna?

Bedtime struggle session when?

The way families are constructed is political. That I have effectively absolute authority over my children, however I choose to use that power, is absolutely political. Marginalized people live under the threat of having their children stolen from them because they lack the social capital to avoid getting ensnared in the family regulation system. That children have such limited rights to begin with is political. The power relations that exist between a parent and a child, and the structural context those relations exist in, is very much political.

It might take a little bit but I’ll try and make something coherent this week. If not something coherent then at least the nucleus of something useful.

Wearily explaining, again, to a three year old that while the regimentation of time is an artifact of the development of the capitalist mode of production and the requirements of wage labor it’s still naptime and they still have to lay down

I’m not shy at home about my political beliefs, I just find it much more useful to work with my kid on building a strong relationship than to browbeat her with the difference between labor and socially productive labor if she’s taking too long to get out of bed, say.

I burned out on organizing a long time ago too but the same principles that got any org I was involved with any wins seem to work pretty well at home too. Maybe I effortpost about it sometime.

The stuff you learn about effective communication with little kids works on people of all ages. Mirroring tone, validating feelings, genuinely engaging however you can - everyone likes being heard, everyone needs that attention. Let us know how it works!

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Leuchtturm 1917 and Rhodia both make great notebooks. Depending on where you go the price point is similar but they’re a joy to write in, the paper is way better quality than Moleskine.