So, if both American and Dutch parents value independence, why do Dutch kids seem so much happier? I wonder if the key difference lies in how both sets of parents understand what freedom for kids looks like.

“Dutch parenting is all about raising self-sufficient kids,” Tracy told me. “My older two (ages 12 and 14) bike more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) daily to school since there are no school buses.

“If a teacher cancels a class, students just have free time instead of a substitute. My 14-year-old had two canceled classes this morning and simply stayed home until noon. This would be a logistical nightmare for schools and parents if we didn’t just expect our kids to sort it out.”

Dutch parenting, according to the close to a dozen parents in the Netherlands I spoke with, emphasizes allowing children a freedom of movement that many American kids don’t have. When I was in Haarlem and Amsterdam, bikes and little kids on bikes were everywhere.

Good article. We moved to an open concept neighborhood (low open fences, not “privacy” style) and the kids have a lot of movement around the neighborhood since it’s safe, and it has a lot of trails, wide sidewalks, and bike lanes. Yes, it’s more affluent. They’ve definitely been a lot happier than our last house where privacy fences were everywhere. They made friends a lot faster and seem to know everyone.

https://www.tahititourisme.com/preparing-you-trip/accommodations-in-the-islands-of-tahiti/

Filter by island. Plenty of options.

Boot licker extraordinaire.

I think this is a fair perspective and more in line with the truth.

If you’re gonna troll, at least be clever about it.

Happy Father’s Day

Fair. It’s not backtracked as much as you think. Lemmy makes it sound like the end is nigh when we’re far, far from that. Honesty that’s my biggest problem with this place, events are almost always blown way out of proportion, Gaza being the exception. I guess that’s what sensationalism breeds.

As with almost anything, the line of progress never goes up constantly and steadily. Progress is as messy as we humans are, it’s spaghetti.

I don’t think I’m the exception. Most of the hiring managers I know feel the same way irregardless of the industry they’re in.

Rote memorization has definitely helped destroy the education of many generations. Definitely agree.

The sad thing is that leads to graduates that don’t understand why they aren’t getting hired. I give zero shits about a candidates GPA. All that tells me is that they can take tests well.It doesn’t tell me anything about their work ethic, reliability, critical thinking, how they handle customers/peers.

Pretty neat. Even gets the mountain shadows.

Don’t give them ideas.

100%.

You nailed it. Nothing is more infuriating than a UI element moving as soon as you go to tap it and you now miss tap something else. I echo stop re-arranging my shit!!

TIL

Excellent mission and partnership. See corporations, this is what a leader looks like.

Even the US has this in places. Definitely not a first in the word situation other than what China tells its citizens.

Shit, my 450/450 dedicated is good enough for a family of 5 with data hungry kids. I’ve also had a similar experience on 500/500 shared. Fiber of course. Screw cable.

As much as I hate to say it, because Fuck Musk, Starlink really is as good as they say in rural areas like yours. FiL has had it since the early beta and it was transformative for him. Streaming is now as good as wired broadband and “no lag” video calls are as well. It drops out very 20 min or so for a minute since the constellation isn’t complete yet but that has been getting better year over year.

Again, Musk is a massive choad, but this is the only decent option for people without anything good.

That’s only assuming the observer is at the location of the source of the light.

The “Oracle of America” has spoken.