no one wanted any new clothes for school. they told my wife, “we have some shorts already”. funny. School clothes shopping used to be a big deal in my family when i was growing up. we got dressed up for the frist day of school. I recall coveting certain brands. My kids missed that. Homeschoolers bubble.
My oldest has a weird thing he’s trying to do in terms of clthes; he has one sweatshirt, a zippered grey one which he is trying to wear every day of high school. It’s shredding a bit the zippers broke, he’s a junior but he’s still wearing it. Hecsays he will retire it whfn he graduates. Cracks me up, puzzles my wife but I get it. He likes watching it fray and decay. He doesn’t wash it much. We have to confiscate it for the occasional wash.
kids did briefly consider the possibility of looting a jewelery store but the mechanics and difficulty of fencing seemed overwhelming and too risky. i also added that they would get far less than retail, and with all the risk and danger, basically it’d be easier to get a job. Crime doesn’t pay…well enough…
My antidrug discussions are also kinda detailed, involving drug purity, hormonal testosterone disruption, I like this one, seems good to attack anything that attacks masculinity. Mental developmental delays…seems better than just say no which didn’t work for me. The immediate kidlike response to just say no is, uh, why?
I try not to oversell the downside on drugs , acknowledging supershort term potential benefits buy then come down hard on the medium longterm issues.
Hopefully like their pa they’ll get paralysis by analysis on ghe issue of ingesting illegal substances.
