(setting this down and slowly backing away)
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I couldnât open it at first, so I used my account. Hereâs a gift link: When Helicopter Parents Touch DownâAt College - The Atlantic
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Thanksâ I had forgotten that it requires a subscription to read!
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Thanks for that pickleball link. Just hearing the accompanying sound raised my heartrate, and I was expecting it and wasnât annoyed by its presence. Thatâs part of what the article was about. Good to know my bodyâs response is vestigial, not just my imagination.
When there (briefly) was a pickleball court just feet from my patio I didnât want to be outside (or inside with the windows open) while people were playing. Headphones did little to alleviate the intrusion of the thwacks. Other similar noises in the neighborhood donât affect me as much; I can easily ignore the dull thud of tennis and basketball, and the high pitched twang of metal bats.
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Ugh. Those parents arenât doing their kids any favors.
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One of my favorite sayings is, âPrepare the child for the path, not the path for the child.â My gym trainer today said she was tracking her 21-year-old college senior daughter on Halloween to see what she was up to. WTH?
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On S23âs school facebook page there was a parent a few weeks back that posted something to the effect of âanyone else sitting at home on a Friday night watching where there kids are?â. Out of morbid curiosity I read the comments and was expecting (hoping!) parents to call the person out to live their own life and stop helicoptering. Instead it was parents chiming in âme tooâ. 
Heaven help usâŠ
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I had to laugh ⊠the headline references smelling attractive, followed by, Garlic, alcohol, meat and even fasting can affect our body odour!
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Hahaha, same here! Although if you read the part about garlic, some studies found that eating garlic made under the arm sweat less icky smelling. 
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This is a heartwarming story. And college related too!
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Heâs Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name.
He called himself by many names as he cycled in and out of prison. He is to be sentenced in Queens for deed fraud, but investigators still do not know his true identity.
gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/nyregion/nyc-criminal-identity-names.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y08.h0yj.-_rRJDJOvWh5&smid=url-share
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âAngry winter weather was already on its way. At 7 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a gale warning for Lake Superior, predicting waves up to ten feet tall. McSorley had two options: He could sail straight across the lake to Whitefish Bay, a familiar 30-hour journey, or take the so-called northern route, a 44-hour passage that hugged the Canadian shore, which would protect the vessel right up until the final stretch of the voyage.
McSorley had initially resolved to sail the shorter passage. But as conditions deteriorated, he changed his mind. The captain known for his boldness and efficiency made an uncharacteristically cautious decision, opting for the longer northern route.â
âThe Fitzâs legacy
Fifty years later, the memories of those lost sailors are perhaps best honored by the many forecasting and safety improvements that have been made since then.
In the century prior to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, there were more than 6,000 shipwrecks on the Great Lakes, including two in the previous 20 years that killed more than 20 sailors each.
In the 50 years since, there hasnât been a single one.
âHaving a shipwreck of that magnitude was a real eye-opener for people,â said Jay Austin, a professor at the University of Minnesota Duluthâs Large Lakes Observatory who has studied Lake Superior for the past 20 years.
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Cracking Down on What Can Be Called Kente Cloth
As the vibrantly patterned kente travels out of Africa, a new designation aims to protect its ties to Ghana, where the cloth originated.
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Really? My college-aged children track me, and I track them-itâs a safety feature for all of us. I honestly donât see anything wrong with it. I donât ever comment on where they are, and they donât comment on where I am. itâs just a safety feature we have for each other. They also track their friendsâif a few are going out to parties, and a few stay in, the ones staying in check in with the ones going out to make sure everyone is back in dorms/apts at end of evening.
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Tracking friends I understand. Iâve gone on vacation with other couples and weâve set it up for the exact same purpose (where is the person thatâs notoriously late??). Great use for the technology.
Tracking for safety/emergency? Absolutely another great use for the technology.
Tracking your kid multiple times a day just to see âwhere they areâ. Get a life. To each their own.
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There was a whole thread related to how people feel about using the tracking features on phones. Many people have pretty strong opinions.
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