“The satisfaction that comes with slamming down a landline phone receiver.”
Those of us who grew up in the age before the internet have memories that today’s young people will likely never have. Boomer and Gen X childhoods were simpler in many ways, not having access to endless entertainment or the pitfalls of the online world to contend with on a daily basis.
The internet has arguably made human life better in many ways, but it has also fundamentally changed what growing up looks like. Where the older generations had a handful of TV shows at set times on limited channels, younger folks can binge watch streaming shows and YouTube channels 24/7. Boomers used manual typewriters while millennials had laptops. Gen X carried Walkmans while Gen Z carries smartphones.
If they gave medals to dads, he’d take home the gold.
As a parent, it’s often hard to know how to help your kids deal with profound disappointment, especially after watching them work so hard for it, and knowing that on perhaps another day, the goal very well could have been achieved.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, a diver competing in the Olympics for Team GB, fell short of her goal this week. Only a week prior, the 19-year-old won a bronze medal in the synchronized 10-meter platform. And her outstanding performance on Monday placed her third in the semi-final.
She’s trying to find the stranger to thank them in person.
It’s very likely a universal fact that parenting is a difficult venture at times. Children are new to this planet and no matter how well we think we’ve prepared, something will come up that knocks you off kilter a bit. But you can’t stay trapped in your house forever until the kids learn how to behave in public, so out the house you must go.
You pack up what feels like your entire house in hopes you’ll have the things needed to manage whatever tantrum comes your way. Jess Jones, a mom of four found herself in this parenting predicament while on a trip to Ikea. The mom was alone with all four children in an attempt to get shopping done before the crowds picked up, but her children had more exciting plans.
The story loved by millennials everywhere might have a flawed message.
Few children’s books are as deeply ingrained into the collective millennial psyche as “Rainbow Fish.” After all, what’s not to love about those oh-so sparkling rainbow scales and heartwarming lesson about how sharing leads to happiness far better than selfishness will.
Only, according to some…that’s not the story’s lesson.
In a video posted to his TikTok, Fifth-grade teacher Mr. Vương admitted that while the illustrations were, in fact, great, and the author probably had “good intentions, he still “didn’t like” the story behind this award-winning classic.
