Flying across country to take your teen to meet an online friend?

[VagabondMD]

This is a very odd thread that has nothing to do with personal finance or being a doctor. That is the only opinion that I will offer.

[AR]

This is a very odd thread that has nothing to do with personal finance or being a doctor. That is the only opinion that I will offer.

I presume that's why it's in The Lounge. Isn't that what The Lounge is for?

[VagabondMD]

I presume that's why it's in The Lounge. Isn't that what The Lounge is for?

I guess that's your opinion.

[burritos]

I presume that's why it's in The Lounge. Isn't that what The Lounge is for?

And voir dire'ing this through somewhate like-minded and high IQ individuals I find it plausibly more valuable than through a reddit thread or an AMITA thread. But I could be wrong and that's my opinion.

[jfoxcpacfp]

Both thumbs down.

And we’ve had similar convo’s in the Lounge before. Wordle or dog pictures anybody? I’ll confess to both departures from protocol.

[Tim]

Both thumbs down.

And we’ve had similar convo’s in the Lounge before. Wordle or dog pictures anybody? I’ll confess to both departures from protocol.

But rescue dogs are so heartwarming. Let alone hunting dogs from another unnamed moderator.
Kids are cute. Especially growing up. I don't favor the "cancelling" or silencing of regulars.

[CordMcNally]

The Lounge's tag line is "Non-financial topics. Stay out if easily offended." I find non-financial topics on here to be refreshing. I wouldn't mind more.

[burritos]

I wonder what your new DIL will say? You might not be allowed to handle the grand kids alone. Proven poor judgement? The joke might be on you! Oh well.

That might happen from my bloviating alone.

[Tim]

That might happen from my bloviating alone.

The kid learns well. Understated humility gets the chicks every time.

[burritos]

The kid learns well. Understated humility gets the chicks every time.

I'm not in that chapter of my life. But I'll let my son know.

[Shant]

Last several spring breaks we have gone to the Rockies for skiing. I've read that super cheap season tickets last year and lack of staffing has made the experience a parking lot. Is there skiing near Toronto? Don't want to go to Ottawa. That's a parking a lot.

Not really, you can see from the pics that they're basically bunny hills compared to the Rockies hills. https://www.planetware.com/canada/to...-cdn-1-197.htm
But you could fly from Toronto to somewhere like Mont Tremblant Quebec for a better experience.

[mamaham]

Perhaps some less time on the computer and more time in the real world would be best for the apparent awkwardness.

This is the answer exactly

[burritos]

This is the answer exactly

That ship has long sailed. COVID didn't help. Neither does 2 full time physician parents. Neither does daytime guardian former tiger grandparents turned to floor mat grandparents. They do get straight A's and A+'s and I haven't eyeballed their homework/progress reports since the 2nd grade if that is indicative of anything. I suspect the verdict on this thread though is a thumbs down all around. I understand.

[mamaham]

That ship has long sailed. COVID didn't help. Neither does 2 full time physician parents. Neither does daytime guardian former tiger grandparents turned to floor mat grandparents. They do get straight A's and A+'s and I haven't eyeballed their homework/progress reports since the 2nd grade if that is indicative of anything. I suspect the verdict on this thread though is a thumbs down all around. I understand.

Parenting isn’t easy. My kids are young but I do spend a lot of time thinking about how their interpersonal skills are/wool be affected by the screen time, texting, etc. I don’t have any answers. We are pretty strict right now with gaming and no phones and internet filters, but I imagine that the pressure Will be greater as they get older and it will become more difficult to navigate.

My parents (mother in particular) did not allow me to call boys. I had to wait for them to call me. never understood it. We had no cell phones at that time but I imagine that would have meant no texting boys either? Who knows. my point is that parents just do the best they can do given their experience.

[Max Power]

...I dated a girl for 3 years that I met while playing world of Warcraft. Granted we were both adults and 1 hour away, not a plane ride away in another country. We even did long distance around 6 hours away for a while before it got to be too much with med school....

Strong consideration to delete that post and don't share this with any future date or any random strangers either?