Proud Parental Unit Crowing Thread

[sancarlos]

It's a great school and certainly not exclusively fossil fuels at all.

Yeah, growing up in Colorado, everybody knew and respected Colorado School of Mines.

[Steve of phpBB]

It's a great school and certainly not exclusively fossil fuels at all.

Yeah, growing up in Colorado, everybody knew and respected Colorado School of Mines.

I didn't really look into it all that much before my kid applied - they sent him an email soliciting an application after his ACT score, and we just sat down and filled it out. But damn, it does look like a good school.

I don't think my son is ready to go that far from home yet, though. He's pretty needy and quick to run into emotional stress. So I think U of U is his likely destination, at least this year.

Also, Mines is something like $50K per year, twice as much as the U.

[Nonlinear FC]

The Girl got into Denver and Vermont, both throwing pretty solid grant/scholarship money her way, as well.

I think she has her heart set on going to school in Boston, so we'll need to see what happens with NU and Northeastern. She didn't get into BC, which... I never understood how that was on her list to begin with... not a great fit culture-wise. We took her to the MI-MD tailgate and I think that got her thinking she wants the big time football experience now. She had been really focused on schools having a good hockey team.

Priorities?

Oh, she got into Fordham, too. But no money and I don't think she's all that enamored with being in the Bronx. (As lovely as that campus is... we visited last spring.)

[Square Rob]

Steve, CSM is a great school. I have several colleagues from there, and Golden is a great town. For a similarly ranked engineering school at much less cost, my alma mater (SDSMT) is also worth a look. Not a good fit by distance, but there is a direct flight from SL to RCSD. Rapid City is a hell of a town too.

[bfj]

Second from left on trumpet

[Square Rob]

Second from left on trumpet

Awesome! Playing in my high school jazz band was very rewarding, even if I was just a time keeper in the rhythm section. About 90% certain we played that first song at some point.

[The Sybian]

Second from left on trumpet

Having only been to elementary school band performances, I had no idea school band concerts could actually be an enjoyable experience. Nice job, Jack and backup band members.

[Moreta]

Second from left on trumpet

Having only been to elementary school band performances, I had no idea school band concerts could actually be an enjoyable experience. Nice job, Jack and backup band members.

The high school ones around here are quite good, although I admit a certain amount of bias.

Also, go Jack and friends! Very nicely done.

[Nonlinear FC]

Now, admittedly, the high schools around here have as many students as a lot of small liberal arts colleges, but I am pretty constantly amazed by the art and music I run across at my kids high school. (My alma mater, as well.)

They put on an art gallery every year, and my boy (now off to college) had his junior and senior year stuff on display. And I could spend an hour at that show, easily, roaming around looking at the other exhibits.

That school also puts out a nationally recognized literary magazine, The Spectator*, that both of my kids have worked on. http://spectator-magazine.webflow.io/

* - Walter Johnson H.S. So everything has to have some kind of baseball reference. Newspaper = The Pitch. Yearbook = Wind-Up.

Spectator is kind of funny to me, as its as far from baseball as you an get while maintaining some loose connection. Clever folks.

[DaveInSeattle]

So...anyone ever had to deal with a kid and eating disorders?

My youngest (13 year old) daughter has decided not to eat.

[tennbengal]

So...anyone ever had to deal with a kid and eating disorders?

My youngest (13 year old) daughter has decided not to eat.

Yes. About the same age. We went to a counselor. Immediately.

[A_B]

Our has had some issues with this, and it coincided with being put on birth control. Obvs don't know your situation, but we are keeping a close eye on it and in constant contact with the GYN. They said it is a side effect. ANd she isn't to the point of not eating at all, mind you, just a significantly reduced amount.

[DaveInSeattle]

So...anyone ever had to deal with a kid and eating disorders?

My youngest (13 year old) daughter has decided not to eat.

Yes. About the same age. We went to a counselor. Immediately.

She's been to a counselor (Pysch Nurse) and her regular doctor. She has an appointment next week with an eating disorder specialist.

[Steve of phpBB]

So...anyone ever had to deal with a kid and eating disorders?

My youngest (13 year old) daughter has decided not to eat.

Yes. About the same age. We went to a counselor. Immediately.

She's been to a counselor (Pysch Nurse) and her regular doctor. She has an appointment next week with an eating disorder specialist.

That kind of thing scares me more than anything else. Good luck, Dave.

[The Sybian]

So...anyone ever had to deal with a kid and eating disorders?

My youngest (13 year old) daughter has decided not to eat.

Yes. About the same age. We went to a counselor. Immediately.

She's been to a counselor (Pysch Nurse) and her regular doctor. She has an appointment next week with an eating disorder specialist.

Good job getting her seen right away and taking this seriously. My wife does a lot of work at the children's hospital in the healthcare system she works for, and we were shocked at how many kids as young as 10 are treated for eating disorders. For whatever reason, eating disorders are starting earlier than they used to. Good luck in working through this issue, I think having supportive parents is crucial, so it's great you took this seriously.

[Baloney]

It's a great school and certainly not exclusively fossil fuels at all.

Yep I worked on their new physics building, the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering

[sancarlos]

So...anyone ever had to deal with a kid and eating disorders?

My youngest (13 year old) daughter has decided not to eat.

Yes. About the same age. We went to a counselor. Immediately.

She's been to a counselor (Pysch Nurse) and her regular doctor. She has an appointment next week with an eating disorder specialist.

Good job getting her seen right away and taking this seriously. My wife does a lot of work at the children's hospital in the healthcare system she works for, and we were shocked at how many kids as young as 10 are treated for eating disorders. For whatever reason, eating disorders are starting earlier than they used to. Good luck in working through this issue, I think having supportive parents is crucial, so it's great you took this seriously.

Yeah, good on you Dave for getting right on it. Parenting is such a frickin' tightrope to walk.

[Steve of phpBB]

It's a great school and certainly not exclusively fossil fuels at all.

Yep I worked on their new physics building, the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering

Sounds cool. We're heading out there in three weeks for a visit. But I think going there is doubtful, since it will cost twice as much as the U of U and his options there seem pretty limited if he decides not to do engineering.

[govmentchedda]

So...anyone ever had to deal with a kid and eating disorders?

My youngest (13 year old) daughter has decided not to eat.

Yes. About the same age. We went to a counselor. Immediately.

She's been to a counselor (Pysch Nurse) and her regular doctor. She has an appointment next week with an eating disorder specialist.

Good job getting her seen right away and taking this seriously. My wife does a lot of work at the children's hospital in the healthcare system she works for, and we were shocked at how many kids as young as 10 are treated for eating disorders. For whatever reason, eating disorders are starting earlier than they used to. Good luck in working through this issue, I think having supportive parents is crucial, so it's great you took this seriously.

Yeah, good on you Dave for getting right on it. Parenting is such a frickin' tightrope to walk.

A fucking men. I'm not at eating disorder levels yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's an issue later. Right now, I've written it off as my kids being super picky, and hope they grow out of it.

[The Sybian]

A fucking men. I'm not at eating disorder levels yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's an issue later. Right now, I've written it off as my kids being super picky, and hope they grow out of it.

Teenaged girl is a completely different issue than a younger boy being picky. I made the point of early onset disorders because I may have chalked it up to a kid being picky, but they are seeing full blown anorexia and bulimia much more frequently in much younger kids.

[govmentchedda]

As I was writing that, I kinda thought I may be me tooing a bit much and thereby belittling y'all's experiences. Not my intention at all.

[The Sybian]

As I was writing that, I kinda thought I may be me tooing a bit much and thereby belittling y'all's experiences. Not my intention at all.

Naw, I know where you were coming from, I just wanted to post my explanation, because my wife was really shaken up when she toured the eating disorder wing. Usually when she goes to the Children's Hospital she is taking the Jets players around to visit the kids, or she'll go when she knows the therapy dogs are making rounds. Might as well make it a fun trip when you need to meet with someone there. That trip was a shock, and my daughter has made comments about thinking she is fat, which really upsets me. She is skinny as super athletic, but I fear she really believes she is fat, and I know nothing I can say will change her belief. She just turned 9, and if that shit is starting now, I don't know how I will handle it.

[DaveInSeattle]

So just getting home from the hospital....my daughter with the 'eating disorder' (not to make light of it....I'm just trying to sort out how much of this is an actual eating disorder versus depression/anxiety versus some kind of need for attention) was feeling dizzy and light headed so her Mom rushed her to the ER.

What is amazing is how much of a RAGING BITCH my Ex can be, even with her daughter in a hospital bed. I was leaving, and when I said I'd be back in the morning, she said "IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY!", meaning my girlfriend, who I've been living with for 3 years now, and is a big part of my daughter's life. I said 'I'm immediate family', to which she responded 'I don't think we should be having this conversation right now'. I just looked at her and said 'you are the one having the conversation, not me'.

[bfj]

So just getting home from the hospital....my daughter with the 'eating disorder' (not to make light of it....I'm just trying to sort out how much of this is an actual eating disorder versus depression/anxiety versus some kind of need for attention) was feeling dizzy and light headed so her Mom rushed her to the ER.

What is amazing is how much of a RAGING BITCH my Ex can be, even with her daughter in a hospital bed. I was leaving, and when I said I'd be back in the morning, she said "IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY!", meaning my girlfriend, who I've been living with for 3 years now, and is a big part of my daughter's life. I said 'I'm immediate family', to which she responded 'I don't think we should be having this conversation right now'. I just looked at her and said 'you are the one having the conversation, not me'.

All I keep thinking is "she used to give you shit when you fed them tacos for dinner". That was her, right?

[DaveInSeattle]

So just getting home from the hospital....my daughter with the 'eating disorder' (not to make light of it....I'm just trying to sort out how much of this is an actual eating disorder versus depression/anxiety versus some kind of need for attention) was feeling dizzy and light headed so her Mom rushed her to the ER.

What is amazing is how much of a RAGING BITCH my Ex can be, even with her daughter in a hospital bed. I was leaving, and when I said I'd be back in the morning, she said "IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY!", meaning my girlfriend, who I've been living with for 3 years now, and is a big part of my daughter's life. I said 'I'm immediate family', to which she responded 'I don't think we should be having this conversation right now'. I just looked at her and said 'you are the one having the conversation, not me'.

All I keep thinking is "she used to give you shit when you fed them tacos for dinner". That was her, right?

Yes, that was her, and it went beyond "giving me shit", it was "calling Child Protective Services on me".

I'm back at the hospital, and within 2 minutes of walking into the room, she made a huge scene, and stormed out to talk to the Social Worker. When I talked to the Social Worker, I was told that my Ex can't be in the same room with me, and that we have to "take shifts" staying in my daughters room.

I'm sure this will all go well towards getting my daughter through her issues.

[Ryan]

Threw our 1st grader into the local chapter of Healthy Kids Running Series this spring just because his brother does XC and we wanted him to try something new. He missed the first week, but won the two races since. Yesterday he ran the quarter mile in 1:17, which is the best anywhere across the country so far this year, according to what is probably a fairly suspect "record book" page.

[tennbengal]

Things I now know - I would get destroyed in the quarter mile by your first grader...

[The Sybian]

Threw our 1st grader into the local chapter of Healthy Kids Running Series this spring just because his brother does XC and we wanted him to try something new. He missed the first week, but won the two races since. Yesterday he ran the quarter mile in 1:17, which is the best anywhere across the country so far this year, according to what is probably a fairly suspect "record book" page.

Wow, that's an incredible time. I don't think my 6th grader, who is in his 3rd year of running track and XC, can beat that.

[HaulCitgo]

Yeah. Thats quick. The daughter just ended her track season and they had good timing equipment for the state meet so these are times for some of the top for that age group around here.

Boys 7-8 400 Meter Dash Class A
Name Age Team Finals
Finals
1 ***, London T00 8 Smyrna Elite 1:11.42
2 ***, Dmani T00 8 DeKalb Count 1:11.74
3 ***, Miles T00 8 Smyrna Elite 1:12.16
4 ***, Dante T00 8 Cliftondale 1:17.22
5 ***, Jonathon 8 Team Savannah 1:17.32
6 ***, Randarian T00 7 DeKalb Count 1:18.01
7 ***, Kyree 8 Team Savannah 1:20.68
8 ***, Elijah 8 College Park 1:21.31
9 ***, Nigel T00 8 Clayton Coun 1:21.80
10 ***, Jhalin T00 8 City of Atla 1:22.39

[Shirley]

While we're bragging about track kids ... my son (17-year-old junior) broke 4:50 in the 1600 last week. 4:49.3. That's not D1 level or anything, but he keeps improving. It's like he realized a couple of meets ago that he could go harder from the beginning and not slow down in the middle two laps before kicking in the fourth. It'll be interesting to see what he does in the last two meets - the conference meet and then state.

[A_B]

You guys got some fast kids.

[brian]

Threw our 1st grader into the local chapter of Healthy Kids Running Series this spring just because his brother does XC and we wanted him to try something new. He missed the first week, but won the two races since. Yesterday he ran the quarter mile in 1:17, which is the best anywhere across the country so far this year, according to what is probably a fairly suspect "record book" page.

Just in case he ends up being world (or at least national class) If you don't get some video of him saying "Daddy, I wanna go fast" before he gets too old for it to be amazingly adorable in 10 years you're doing it wrong.

[sancarlos]

I don't think I could get my daughter to run 10 yards in any case.

[Ryan]

Just in case he ends up being world (or at least national class) If you don't get some video of him saying "Daddy, I wanna go fast" before he gets too old for it to be amazingly adorable in 10 years you're doing it wrong.

That won't happen, but what I DO have is him running by us at the finish line and as I follow the action you can see Cameron (acting like a complete jackass because he's hanging out with his friends) doing the make it rain thing when Nate runs by him. Moment cherished.

[Ryan]

I should say in case I die and this is later unearthed by my family, that I'm also proud of Cam, who doesn't really like performing in front of people in the way that a lot of sports make you do, but has taken to running and shows up to all his school-sponsored practices and races, and doesn't complain too much when we sign him up for the random 5K here and there. He did the mile in 6:35, good enough for 3rd in his age group, of which he's probably the youngest one, and a 20+ second improvement from the week before.

Good job, buddy. Hope you're not a 10-year-old jerk anymore!

[brian]

Interesting data from WSJ on where college graduates end up after graduation from 445 universities. Might be useful for some of you to see where your kids are (statistically) most likely to end up after college.

[Nonlinear FC]

Unfortunately, that's pay-walled. I'd definitely like to see it.

[brian]

Unfortunately, that's pay-walled. I'd definitely like to see it.

Weird, I got in there for free, but now it's pay-walled for me as well. Wonder if there's a back way in there.

ETA: Try the link in this tweet. That seems to work for me to get around the paywall.



ETAA: And you guys get to see the intra-Nevada shittalking that goes around regarding "UNR vs. Nevada".

[Nonlinear FC]

That got me in, thanks.

The talk out of DU admissions is that something like 70 percent of graduates tend to hang around Denver.

Which I'm fine with. Not the same percentage, but a very high number of Northeastern kids stay in Boston. Same vibe for me.

[HaulCitgo]

Has to be a high correlation between tuition and % in metro areas. Higher the tuition more likely parents have cash to subsidize post graduation major metro area costs for students.