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Cake day: March 19th, 2026

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  • I somehow missed all news about Life by You. Yikes at some of those screenshots of development. The art style was…oof.

    This genre desperately needs more competition and I’m happy Paralives has survived to see the light of day. I remember learning about it a long time ago and was very hopeful then. The dev team seems really responsive to what the fan base wants as well!



  • I don’t yell at my kids, but they seem conditioned to only respond to being yelled at. getting them to do things they aren’t inclined to takes a lot of effort on my part and being consistent in that effort while working full time, cooking ,shopping and driving them to activities is more than I have managed so far. I have read how important consistently is but just have not achieved it yet.

    I feel you SO HARD on this, truly. It’s really difficult to juggle everything and still be a “perfect” parent. I lose my shit sometimes as well, it’s inevitable.

    The library is a great idea! It sets a good tone for learning and it’s not as distracting as being at home where all the cool stuff is lol



  • Reading is non-negotiable in my house. His teacher this year also required 20 minutes of daily reading as homework, so it was easy enough to keep it up. I don’t care what my kid reads as long as he’s reading - that means it can be Dogman or Captain Underpants books or whatever he wants to read for those 30 minutes. Sometimes he chooses to write something for that time because he’s found a love of writing recently.

    Outings are our family time. The experience itself is enough for me, I don’t push the educational angle a lot. We just talk about the stuff we’re seeing and it leads to deeper conversations about the world or him or whatever he wants to talk about.

    This is just to help inspire you for the summer, sorry I don’t have more recommendations for workbooks and the like. We just don’t use them outside of school because his classroom is already so structured.