theITbaby

1 month ago | theitbaby.com | Paul King

We’re always juggling a million things, and teaching our kids about money is somewhere on that endless to-do list. Allowance, chores, birthday money… it all adds up. But handing over a wad of cash or even our own credit card to a pre-teen can be a little nerve-wracking.

1 month ago | theitbaby.com | Paul King

Saturday we decided what better way to spend the day than a day trip up to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky with a friend of ours. We sat out on our voyage from Nashville and were surprised to run across a Buc-ee’s along the way. I’ve got a ton of pictures of that but am on a system with no photo editing software at the moment and womp womp. Our first stop heading there, after picking up friend, was Buc-ee’s in Smith’s Grove.

Jan 23, 2025 | theitbaby.com | Paul King

I’ve been very … skeptical with the medicine route… this in large part is due to my reactions with any medication that involved brain functions, having been an Ambien zombie and losing solid memory of several months of my life, and near suicidal depression when put on an antidepressant in an attempt to fix my sleeping issues (which evidently were that I just was not breathing for nearly an hour a night, but not snoring.) Within 4 days my kid had started formulating plans… these initially were...

Jan 9, 2025 | theitbaby.com | Paul King

It’s been rough lately. My oldest (11) is a hoarder now among other things. She has regular meetings with a behaviorist where I believe she takes notes to later behave in a fashion that makes everyone around her lives harder. Unless we spend $240 a month on a tutoring program none of her schoolwork gets done and the program is even starting to give up on trying to make her do the work.

Dec 1, 2024 | theitbaby.com | Paul King

We’ve got a situation where our oldest is on permanent lockdown. Her phone will never unlock without an adult, and there are no plans in the foreseeable future to allow this. I’ve documented some of this on the site, but the short of it is she makes bad choices and emulates any YouTuber who “pranks” people. From the last year+ I’ve learned that both Family link and phone location are pretty much lacking.