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WELP, I finally saw the baked beans story and I’m pretty weirded out by it.
*sigh*
*sigh*
My grandfather was the person who taught me how to use tools and do most basic mechanical things. He would have never sat his ass in a chair waggling a finger in a patronizing circles to “teach me” how to use a can opener.
What a cruel and smarmy thing to do to a child.
What a cruel and smarmy thing to do to a child.
You’re supposed to be your kid’s ally, not her tormentor.
Here’s a healthier way to teach that skillset: https://twitter.com/kpanyc/status/1345778332428886017
Here’s a healthier way to teach that skillset: https://twitter.com/kpanyc/status/1345778332428886017
This also: I had undiagnosed dyscalculia as a child. I could barely add sums but I could read at a college level by third grade. You cannot begin to imagine how many teachers treated this learning disability as a personality flaw.
