A lot of us have read the science here and there about how screens are affecting our kids’ minds, how we should limit them to a certain number of hours per day based on age…but we’ve all also needed to clean the kitchen, bake a cake, take a “sick day,” or just drag through a particularly rough Tuesday now and then.

This mom had enough of her kids’ obsession though, and no one was more shocked than she was how much ditching the screens totally changed their lives at home – and beyond.

When mom Molly DeFrank decided to pull the plug cold turkey, she figured that, at the very least, it wasn’t going to hurt anyone. She was noticing that her kids were losing interest in socializing in person, they could be cranky and aggressive when told it was time to turn screens off, and many other negative behaviors that sociologists and psychologists have warned could be connected to too much screen time for those with underdeveloped brains.

I mean. I feel like the same things apply to those of us with supposed-developed brains, too, so take heed.

For Molly and her husband, it came to a head when they realized not one of their five children cared whether or not they spent time together or with their parents, as long as they had a screen. They put a 30-day detox plan into place, but in the end, discovered it didn’t take nearly that long to wean them off – and even the kids admitted they were happier for the switch.

Their children are all under 10, but their intense initial reaction to the decision only solidified the DeFrank’s resolve.

“It turns out that screens were doing to my children exactly what the studies claimed they were doing; cultivating distracted, grumpy, argumentative little people. …Quitting was shockingly easy, surprisingly sustainable, and my nine-year-old daughter has told me on several occasions that she’s glad we’ve cut them out.”

Instead of playing video games or watching television, family time at the DeFrank’s looks like everyone grabbing a book and reading together, or taking a trip to the library to pick out more books.

Cutting out technology all together may not be for you – if you’ve got children too young to entertain themselves safely another way while you say, shower, or you’re putting more than one little to bed and need a way to keep one contained while you put the baby down, etc. – even Molly and her husband acknowledge it’s not evil, in and of itself.

“Technology can, of course, be useful – in its right place. The key is making technology work for us, rather than the other way around.”

Basically, the DeFrank’s have proven – colloquially – that what the experts are saying is true. The limits and suggestions are rules are there for a reason, and what’s best for the little developing minds in our own homes is to follow them on the days that we can.

I know I’m going to make more of an effort with mine!

What are your rules for screen time? Do you break them more than you should? How would a total ban go down at your house?

Let’s discuss in the comments!

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If you’re a kid at school, you’re gonna et in trouble at one time or another. If you’re the six-year-old who penned this absolute takedown of a letter, though, you’ve apparently decided you don’t have to take it lying down.

The monster/teacher in question took away the child’s “hummingbird bucks” to punish him for talking in class when he was supposed to be quiet.

His response earned his mother a one-way trip to a parent-teacher conference, and the letter was shared by one of the mother’s coworkers, who thought it was just hilarious.

Little Isaiah is quite angry about all of this and he used his excellent penmanship to make his feelings known.

This lady on facebook said her coworker had to have a conference with her sons teacher because of a note he wrote. Y’all. Please read the note. pic.twitter.com/oksT80EwKv

— Kennedy (@HelloKennedi) February 13, 2020

“I am angry of you Because you took 25 of my humm-ing Bird Bucks all because I was talking to Conner that’s no big deal im only 6 I cant be qyet all the time and that makes you a theif and crook & you are going to Hell real Hell the burning 1 because you a theif.”

“I worked hard for those bucks and my Only prayer in chaple today was that god gets you to hell fast super fast and your new hair cut is Bad real bad.”

The original tweet has earned close to 300,000 likes and 65,000 retweets since it was first posted, and plenty of people are still passing it around.

This teacher doesn’t understand how a reward system works. He earned his hummingbird bucks. You don’t get to take them away. If he’s misbehaving, he doesn’t earn more bucks.
I agree with the kid. That is stealing.

— Laura (@SAHMvoter) February 13, 2020

People are largely in his corner, actually, but agree that going after the haircut was dirty business.

I admire the way he approached his predicament. 25 humming bird dollars is definitely way too much for talking to Conner! He’s displaying that he understands the act of compromise, and he probably doesn’t even know the word yet! He’s very observant, analytic and understanding.

— Julez (@JulyaShimada) February 13, 2020

“Your new haircut is bad. Real bad.” Isaiah read Ms. Jones for filth!!!! pic.twitter.com/eMHktg7xWT

— Kennedy (@HelloKennedi) February 13, 2020

I would also like to point out that Isaiah has great handwriting to be 6 and can spell better than most adults. He has a bright future ahead of him.

— Kennedy (@HelloKennedi) February 13, 2020

I admire the way he approached his predicament. 25 humming bird dollars is definitely way too much for talking to Conner! He’s displaying that he understands the act of compromise, and he probably doesn’t even know the word yet! He’s very observant, analytic and understanding.

— Julez (@JulyaShimada) February 13, 2020

No word on how the parent-teacher conference went, whether or not Isaiah got his hummingbird bucks back, or whether or not his mother died of embarrassment.

I, for one, would really like an update.

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When you become a parent, you become a protective bear on the lookout for anyone and everyone who would even think about hurting your kids. That goes double when it’s a stranger in public who would dare say something to your daughter, or look at her wrong, or be everything that’s wrong with the world.

Thankfully, one of the great things about of the internet is that you can shame jerks for treating your babies wrong and everyone gives you a round of applause.

The incident started when an older man was blatantly staring at her 21-year-old daughter, Julia Frank, while they were shopping at a local supermarket.

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“A glance is one thing, but an obvious stare is another,” Julia said, and when the man deliberately stared at her behind, her mother started with “excuse me, sir, that’s my daughter you’re looking at.”

The man tried to dismiss the mother with a “mind your own business, lady,” like he’d never actually met a mother before in his life. In fact, he doubled down, following the women like a creeper through the store.

That was when Julia’s mother, Stephanie Ibarrondo, had enough – and Julia’s cousin started filming.

“You dirty old man, stop staring at my f***ing daughter’s a**,” says Ibarrondo as the video starts. “Get away from me! Now you’re bothering me and harassing me.”

@juliamfrankDon’t mess w mama & her babies.. ##fyp ##foryoupage ##crazy ##crazystory ##storytime ##catcalled ##rude ##ignorant ##livefootage ##thathappened ##mom ##fight ##omg♬ WOAH – Krypto9095

The man, who doesn’t have two brain cells to rub together, spits out “dress like a w****, you should look at a w****.”

Which…not only doesn’t make sense grammatically but also Julia was wearing sweatpants and a baggy sweatshirt. Not that it should matter, at all, what someone is wearing, but I’m just saying.

The man was escorted out of the store after employees realized what was happening, and assured the women that they watched him leave. As a mother, you feel like you have to stand up for your child, but also, these days you fear what might happen if they lie in wait for you later.

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no rain, no flowers

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As for Julia, she’s come out of the whole thing unscathed, and proud of her mother.

“She has raised me to be a stronger woman, so I’m able to teach my kids one day how to be strong as well. She has taught me that no matter what happens, it’s always important to stand up for yourself.”

A lesson for all of us, even the loser guy who couldn’t seem to slink away with his tail between his legs.

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Data collection has been on everyone’s mind in the past couple of years, ever since Facebook got bad press for selling information on users during the 2016 election. If anything, it made most people aware that everywhere you go online, every time you agree to anything before using it, there’s a good chance they’re collecting data about you that they will then sell to the highest bidder.

People have started to become conspiracy theorists about online games to DNA test kits, and rightfully so – but you might not have stopped to think about what your child’s school is collecting every time they log onto a computer in class?

Some parents have found out the hard way what’s being collected – and how difficult it might be to get that data wiped before it causes real harm.

Because of incidents like school shootings, schools are collecting data about more than grades – they’re monitoring search histories, social media behavior, and the like in order to head off potential problems. The systems aren’t taking mistakes into account, though, and there are teenagers across the country who have already paid a steep price.

The Guardian has reported on up to 10 students, who had been accepted to Harvard, having those acceptances rescinded after racist and obscene jokes in a private Facebook chat came to light. More recentlyKyle Kashuv, a conservative activist from Parkland, Florida, also had his Harvard admission rescinded after racists remarks came to light. He was 16 when he made them.

The question for many is becoming not only about what is being collected and shared but whether kids with underdeveloped brains should be held accountable for dumb remarks long into their futures.

A group of parents in Montgomery County, which is in a suburb of Washington D.C., fought for and won an annual “data deletion week,” meant to clear the digital slates from not only the district, but also from the tech companies and online applications it uses.

The idea was pushed by attorney and parent Bradley Shear, whose second-grade son had gotten into trouble for Googling the song “Fuck You” by CeeLo Green on the school laptop. Shear maintained that the search was auto-populated and an accident, but even if it wasn’t, he’s only eight – how long should that follow him around?

Shear wanted the data deleted by GoGuardian, the company contracted by the district to monitor students’ searches and website visits.

The parents in that district won, and though it may not be as easy for those groups of parents that don’t include a lawyer and experts in security, privacy, and politics, at least we have precedence now to make regular data deletion a thing around the country.

He started meeting with district officials, discussing his and other parents’ concerns, including at least one other committee member who’d had a similar experience with her son – he’d typed in “save the land” while doing a book report on conservation and “up came the Ku Klux Klan …’Save the land, join the Klan.’”

When she’d gone to the teacher and suggested wiping the search from her son’s browser history, the teacher had told her that wasn’t possible.

Data Deletion Week means that not only have these troubling mistakes been deleted from inside and outside school systems, but official letters to certify that the data had been fully deleted, not simply kept and “de-identified” have been sent.

In this day and age, the knowledge that your kid’s mistakes as a teenager aren’t going to ruin the rest of their lives seems like a common sense thing we’d all want to make sure gets done.

But maybe also make sure they know that racism isn’t funny. Just a thought.

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As a mom of two kids under 3 who also has three jobs and a husband and a house to take care of, in addition to all of those other duties like bills and parents and extended family, I feel this post down to the bottom of my soul.

I never sit down during the day. I’m playing with my kids, I’m cleaning up after my kids, I’m trying to get some laundry in or sweep the floor or maybe clear off one of the three counters in our house that are always piled with crap.

I’m pulling the baby off the table, chasing the 3yo down when he steals the silverware holder as I’m attempting to empty the dishwasher, I’m working while they nap, and yes, I’m also unapologetically putting my kids first during all of this. They get the attention, we go on outings, and if they need a snuggle, they get one.

So, no matter how I’m always doing something at home, the house is not usually tidy. Or clean. Or both.

I’ve heard about it from my mother for years, and this is what I tell her: I’m doing my best.

It’s not good enough, I guess, but it’s what I can do and still sleep at night, feeling like I’ve been the best mother I can be today.

Which is all to say that I can totally relate to Casey Huff, the mom who wrote this piece.

I cleaned all day today.
Literally.

We’re hosting a family birthday party tomorrow and I wanted the place to look presentable.

I folded laundry and washed dishes and picked up mismatched socks and stray LEGOs. I swept up scrambled eggs from breakfast and chicken nuggets from lunch.

I helped my oldest son organize the crayons in his art set and my youngest son put away the rubber food that goes to his play kitchen.

I barely sat down, and I’m pretty sure the afternoon cup of coffee I was looking forward to is still sitting on the Keurig tray.

But despite my efforts and the efforts of my kids (yes, I do require them to help), my house still looks like this.

No, this is not a “before” photo. It is a right now photo after the hours I spent cleaning—and I just want to say this about it:

If you walk into a home that looks like this, don’t assume someone hasn’t been working her (or his) tail off to keep the place inhabitable.

Don’t assume a cleaning schedule needs to be put in place, or that better habits need to be maintained.

Don’t assume no one cares.

Instead, you can safely assume someone probably feels defeated and a bit like she’s failing.

You can assume she’s overwhelmed. Frustrated. Hopeless to the point where she’s considered burning the place down and starting over somewhere new.

You can assume she’s tired. Soooo dang tired.

You can assume she has a ton on her plate. That between her marriage, children, friendships, career, and house, something will inevitably be neglected–and she’s not going to let that something be her family.

You can assume she’s trying really, really hard, but the force of life is more powerful than she is right now.When you walk into a house that looks like this, comment on the sweetly scribbled artwork hanging on the refrigerator. Tell her you love how her house feels full of life. Tell her you’re grateful she welcomed you into her home. Then offer to watch her kids for a day so she can clean without tiny tornadoes following closely behind (Kidding… Sort of.).

Mostly, just tell her she’s doing a good job.

Because truthfully? The fact is she’s probably been cleaning all day.

I believe her when she says she’s always cleaning, because so am I. It’s a full-time job just to clean the kitchen and sweep the floors and wipe the counters and table and high chairs three times a day (plus snacks).

So, give your friends with little kids and a bunch of other responsibilities a break. We’re doing our best, on all fronts, and as for me, I make no apologies about putting my husband and kids first.

My friends (if they’re really friends) won’t mind the clutter of a mom who’s trying.

I know I don’t.

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There are some days that I think parenting is a lot harder than it used to be. I feel like, in some ways, today’s parents are trying too hard, and putting more pressure on themselves than generations before us, and it’s all making us crazier than we need to be to turn out healthy, happy kids.

Which is why I love this list of things that “happy parents” have just waved goodbye to in the interest of streamlining their life.

13. Boredom is good.

If you feel like parenthood is a treadmill you can’t keep up with, you may be taking too much responsibility for your children’s time. Make plans that support your children’s development, but don’t map out every minute for them. Downtime is supportive for many children.

Moments of boredom allow children to take responsibility for their own time. Make resources available, and then let your children create the experience they want. You’ll all be happier.

12. Don’t worry about what you’re supposed to do.

We were conditioned by our own early family experiences to believe that parenthood or childhood are supposed to look a certain way. But if you hold onto the way things are “supposed” to be, you may miss enjoying how they actually are. Be willing to question what you prioritize as a parent and why.

11. Take care of yourself.

As a parent, you generously give love, time, and attention. But you shouldn’t give up your core self just because you’re a parent. When you ignore your basic needs, you teach your children that when they grow up, they shouldn’t take care of themselves.

10. It’s not a competition between you and other parents.

What does your mental scorecard keep track of: Which parent does more? Who’s most consistent? Which mom or dad contributes most to your child’s class? Who’s most involved in your homeschool group? Keeping score wastes energy. Just do what you feel inspired and able to do. Don’t feel obligated by others’ contributions. Don’t obligate them to live up to yours.

9. Easier said than done but we can work on it.

Parents sometimes fall into the self-sacrifice trap because they feel unnecessary guilt. Guilt can be useful if you use it to recognize where you need to make changes. But overwhelming, paralyzing guilt that makes you feel worthless as a person or parent doesn’t accomplish anything. You are enough, just as you are.

8. Butting heads doesn’t benefit anyone.

As a parent, you have a responsibility to set boundaries. But if a child consistently resists a certain boundary, don’t just force them to comply. Ask yourself and your child, “Why?” Think of yourself as your child’s trusted and effective guide, not their dictator. When they experience you as their guide, they’re more likely to listen, which means less struggle and frustration for both of you.

7. What a novel idea!

As the parent, you often have the final say. But you and your child will both be happier if it’s not the only say. When it’s appropriate to do so, involve your child in decisions that will affect them. By enrolling children in the decision-making process, you’ll empower them to make their own good decisions in the future.

6. Seriously, it doesn’t help you OR them.

If you’re not a yeller, this one isn’t for you. But if you tend to yell when you’re feeling upset, consider this question: Has yelling ever strengthened your relationship with your child. Yelling usually happens in anger, and it often frightens and intimidates children. It destroys trust and a child’s feeling of safety. Pay attention to times and circumstances when you yell and then commit to changing those scenarios in the future.

5. Talk to them how you wish people would have spoken to you.

So many messages are repeated to children: You’re too loud, you’re too quiet, you ask too many questions, you’re exhausting, you’re demanding, you’re too talkative, you should make more friends, quit moving, speak up, settle down, smile more. Try this instead: Comment on the exact same behavior in a positive way. For example, you can see the trait of, “You’re too talkative,” as “You really make friends easily.”

4. Laugh. At. Your. Self.

Hear me now: There is no such thing as a perfect parent. Embrace your imperfections. Laugh at yourself. The best parents are willing to always learn, change, and improve.

3. You can’t fix the past.

What did you experience that you most want your children to avoid? Being teased at school? Lack of money? Feeling “not enough?” Your fears may actually set up that same pattern to be re-created. Don’t trap your children now in your fears of the past. Let them go. Create what you want, not what you don’t want.

2. Seriously this one changed my life.

If you demand a certain number of bites from your children, you set yourself up for a struggle at the table — and you set your children up for struggles with food later in life. Guide, direct, encourage, and prepare healthy food. Let your child voice their preferences. Focus on healthy overall patterns, rather than forcing a certain regimen at a specific meal.

1. Tomorrow really is a new day.

I’ve heard from parents who worry that they’ve damaged their child, or that they’ve made a mistake that will last a lifetime. I’ve said this many times: It’s never too late to be a better, happier parent. Whether your children are 4 or 40, they respond to genuine love from their parents.

The effects of mistakes may take a little longer to overcome if your child is older, but it’s never impossible to show up as the happy, supportive parent that you are meant to be. Don’t give up! You have everything you need to be a good parent.

Maybe getting back to the simple things, and choosing our battles, things like that, really are the answer to being more relaxed in our roles!

What things have you been happier after letting go of as a parent? We need to add more things to this awesome list!

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I’ve only been a parent for a few years, but here’s what I’ve learned: I am not like other parents, and that is okay. Other moms appear to at least glance into mirrors before they take their children places. They seem to check their clothes for random splatters, and their kids’ faces are never randomly smeared with something they found to eat in their car seats.

I am not the coolest or most organized or best smelling or skinniest mom on the block, but since I love my kids and they seem to be doing okay, I give myself a break on the rest.

If you’re sort of a hot mess parent, well, these 12 memes are totally for us.

12. And suddenly, you just want to go back into the house and chuck your plans.

11. Or my go-to, it has caffeine in it.

10. Yes I just answered this question.

9. I mean. You only have yourself to blame.

8. And somehow, your first response isn’t GROSS!

7. I feel personally attacked by this post.

6. I would say her job here is done.

5. I am really looking forward to this moment.

4. I swear they just know.

3. You change it, I’ll listen to the recap.

2. This is hilarious and also so so true.

1. It’s like we’re all Schrodinger.

I’m fine with being a mess, though I have recently promised my husband I would TRY to keep the family car clean. Fingers crossed!

What kind of parent are you? The funny thing is, our kids can embarrass us no matter what…tell me your most mortifying mom/dad story in the comments!

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As far as I can tell, marriage is mostly about no one wanting to pick what’s for dinner, always needing something from the grocery store, and yes, those little adorable habits that have turned into reasons for justifiable homicide in the span of a few short years.

Then, there are the small things we don’t even realize we do every single day because our partner does them – they’re no big deal, not a reason to get divorced, but depending on the day they can definitely grate on you.

Below, 15 men are sharing theirs.

15. My husband could sympathize about the hair.

Hair in the bath.

Irony is she feels bad about it , but I don`t care that much.

And lights on.

14. Jokes on you, then.

My wife left a “facial cleanser” in the shower for so long it started to start getting mildew under it. So one day I found it missing and I texted my wife all excited like “Hey you’re finally cleaning up that science experiment in the shower!”.

Turns out she was just replacing the bottle but had no plans of cleaning up the mess. After I started sending her pictures of how gross it was, she finally cleaned it up.

13. I don’t lock my doors but also I don’t leave anything worth stealing in the car?

Oh, and I will give one about my neighbor’s wife. Lock your damn car. She is a moron and constantly leaves doors open and never locks anything and they’ve had things stolen from their car 5 times in the last 6 months so thieves know to come through the neighborhood and it affects all of us. We’ve talked to her about it and she claims we are “judging her” and just a neighborhood full of assholes. Husband gave up years ago and doesn’t engage at all.

12. In time you will learn…not to get pissed.

Not spouse but girlfriend.

She never puts the light out before going to bed even though she’s always lighting a lot of lights that i never touch. She also spreads coffee cups all over the house and puts the coffee filter in the sink and leaves it there until the next time she wants to make coffee.

I definitely go screw it i’ll just do it myself, but i also get pissed.

11. Because she expects you’ll do it now. That’s your doing!

I’m in the same boat as far as staying up later than my GF. I always turn off the lights and blow out the candles we have going despite who lit them.

The other night I was pretty tired and went to bed before her. I wondered while dosing off if my gf would blow out the candles that she lit. I woke up to use the bathroom that night and they were still burning.

10. And they’re always back in the fridge.

She doesn’t screw lids on properly so I’ve developed an aversion to lifting bottles and jars from the top in case I make a mess.

9. She obviously doesn’t watch the murder shows I do.

Lock the doors before bed. Which is very concerning because i work 24 hr shifts and i am not there to lock up every time.

It could be that she forgets when im gone, which i dont think is the case. Which means when im home she thinks “fuck it he can lock the doors, im going to bed”

8. My husband does this too!

Whenever she visits her parents house, she’ll help prep and cook. She’ll later complain to me that their knives are garbage, and wants to buy them a new set.

Little does she know that her parents never sharpen their knives, and I sharpen ours every week.

7. I should start doing this for my husband.

Plugging in her devices before we go to bed. She is terrible at charging her phone, tablet, and laptop overnight. I always walk through and make sure they are plugged in and ready for her in the morning when we wake up.

6. You definitely learn to pick your battles.

Fortunately, there are only a few small things, but they include: not closing certain drawers that are at ball height, not lowering her makeup mirror so it doesn’t blind me in the morning, not putting away a few clean dishes we left to dry on the counter. Can’t really complain and it’s not worth fighting over.

5. Finding complimentary skills is not overrated.

Paperwork. My partner absolutely hates paperwork so I do all of it – taxes, forms, even his resume…

I used to get so angry about this, and once I was fed up and made him do the taxes. He got so over-the-top stressed trying to do them that I suddenly understood that he is not being lazy, he just legitimately hates paperwork. So now I do it all and he does all the car maintenance (because I despise car maintenance.) Teamwork makes the dream work.

4. That’s quite a list.

Close cabinet doors, throw away tea bags,
gas up the car, lock the door, clean any
part of any bathroom and pay the bills.

3. It’s so close just put them in!

Put dishes in the empty dishwasher. She has this habit of stacking crap next to the sink instead of taking that simple little next step.

The weird thing is that she is so damn organized and hates clutter, but this never bothers her.

2. I can’t wait for the day my husband just tidies without expecting a damn medal.

Picking up after herself. It usually involves leaving her makeup all over the place, or not cleaning the stove after making a particular messy meal, or leaving her clothing piled on top of her dresser for weeks on end. And they say guys are the messy ones

1. Samesies.

My wife knows my Reddit user name.

She does everything perfectly. She is beautiful and no one works harder than her. Truly the perfect woman in every way.

I am the luckiest man in the world. I am nothing without her.

Ok I think that’s enough to get her to skip this.

She will not take the garbage out. Ever. Not to the pail. Not to the curb. Will not take the can back in. Outright refuses to deal with garbage or recycling ever.

I love these because they’re so real. I could make a short list of my own, for sure, but never turning off lights would definitely be on mine.

What would be on your list? What do you always do for your spouse and never complain because it’s really no biggie?

We’d love to hear about it in the comments!

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If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that you need to take every single offered opportunity to pelt your children with harmless objects.

Harmless delicious objects? There is no answer other than yes.

Sure, our kids are adorable and sweet, but they are also, at the same time, demons who are ashamed of us and want to make our decision to procreate hurt.

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I came home to this. I had to do slow-mo so you can actually see all the cheese balls. #CheeseBallMachineGun #NotWeirdAtAll #DoesntEveryoneHaveOne #ThatsOurLeafBlower #YesTheyAreTryingToCatchThem #NotMomApproved #fostercare #fostertoadopt #adoptionjourney #adoption #hecallsmemom #notyouraveragefosterfamily

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Which is to say, the only way to stay sane through those middle years is to give it back to them, 100%.

This pretty amazing cheeseball projectile machine is the brainchild of DIY science geniuses Night Hawk Projects. It utilizes, mostly, a standard-issue leaf blower and a Costco-sized barrel of cheese balls.

Because the family size at the grocery store just isn’t going to cut it.

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CHEESEBALL MACHINE GUN? #WhatTheBleep Want to see more awesome things? Check out my youtube channel in my bio! Amazing work by NightHawkInLight! #WhatTheBleep #cheeseballmachinegun #HowTo #AmazingPeople #news

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You can build this yourself with just a few pieces of PVC tubing, some epoxy, and a dremel or sander to carve one essential component – a wedge that incorporates some fluid dynamics to create a vacuum in the gun barrel. The plans come with a clear, concise video so you don’t have to be an engineer or understand concepts like “fluid dynamics” to make it work (whew!).

You just have to love cheeseballs, and assaulting your kids with orange-dusted corn chips.

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Wilmapalooza Christmas 2016 #cheeseballmachinegun #wilmhoffbedandbreakfast @nwilmhoff @bare.table #merica #christmasinkentucky #buddytheelf

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And I mean really…who doesn’t?

Please, please give this a shot and report back with your successes (and images of the carnage).

I’m literally on the edge of my seat.

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