Cute story.

I thought it was pretty cool that she understood the joke and was able to extend it.

I as well, not many children at that age can deduce that at that age. Very cool.

Is your daughter going to join webdiplomacy dot net when she grows up

It would be totally fair if you banned anyone that trolled her; I would stand by that policy

Thucy, you're very presumptuous that you think anyone cares if you would stand by any policy.

LOL. I want thucy cookies.

He's a former mod. Learn some respect.

loljk #fuckthucy

Hehe

I have thought about whether or when to introduce her to Diplomacy. She's already shown that she's very capable of understanding some jokes and when I'm making a joke, or "trying to trick her" as she likes to say. I don't know if I really want to teach her a game of how to trick people into doing what you want until she's at least 18...

If she does play though, she might take over my role for me one day. Her webdip name shall be "zultarina." :)

Zultar, my 5 year old started to request playing chess for bedtime instead of books. Understands the concepts and each pieces moves. That's pretty neat and ahead of my 7 year old in that respect. He only plays to avoid losing his queen though, which is pretty good even.

One night as I shut off the lights and was closing the door he said, "Wow dad that was great strategy."

Blew my mind he even knew that word.

Kids are awesome - have fun with that Zultar.

My 10 year old has been playing chess for 4 years. Understands the mechanics well and working on forethought. It's so cool to play with him.

Wait, how old are you?

My 6-year-old daughter kicked off at school this week, had a fight in the playground, attacked a teacher and then punched 8 of her classmates.
She is adopted so we are in touch with Social Services to see if we can swap her for one with less defects, if you're gonna buy anything you want something that works properly and doesn't keep breaking down, I'm gonna check our warranty.

I'm sorry, but you apparently have a particular sense of humor that I fail to appreciate. This does happen to adopted kids and parents and it isn't funny. Please get off my thread.

I wish my youngest could play Dip. Then when one of you tried to sell her a line of crap, she could begin her retort with, "Although I was born yesterday..."

How old are your kids, Jim? Also, in 10-20 years, will you need to change your webdip name to JimTheWhite?

By the way, does anyone here homeschool their kids or was homeschooled? I'm looking for some curriculum or supplemental materials that can be used in a few month or when she turns 5.

I have a Dip-playing son from my first marriage who will turn 14 next month, and a son who turned 2 in July and the baby girl from my second.

I started referring to myself as Jim the Grey during my ex-wife's pregnancy. I'd be out with my friends and they'd say, "You're not going to be able to go out like this in a few months."

And I'd say, "I know. I'm like Jim the Grey. Jim the White won't be nearly as much fun."

Well, Jim the grey works for you now. I've met you, hehe.

Jim the Salt and Pepper? Just a tiny bit of Pepper?

@Zultar

I was homeschooled, and my sister still is.

What curriculum did you use? I would appreciate as much info as possible.

I don't mean to be nosey but what's the desire for homeschooling, unless it's based on local, or the public offering is just below standard.

Oh no, I have very little desire to homeschool my kids. I have no patience for it. My wife and I will both be in graduate school for 4 more years, so homeschooling is not possible, but I want to have some supplemental materials that I can use to teach some basic stuff to my daughter. She seems to pick up some things pretty quickly, so I want to see what I can do to help her learn.

Ah, don't get me wrong, as a parent the time that the children are AT school is like a break, I'm sure know know what I mean. I personally think homeschool in general is not the way, although to each their own, because no matter what scholastics are taught at home, the social skills of dealing with ones pears is invaluable to a child's development.

Well, I have some training in psychology/cognitive psychology/education, so it's of great interest to me to see what intellectual and social boundaries we can push. Since N=1 or at most 2, it's not generalizable, but it should be fun at least. :)

Become a teacher. N will be huge over the years and the good teachers are the ones who want to "see what intellectual and social boundaries" they can push.

Not too serious but not really joking here either.

I was a teacher for 7 years, so I know what can be done and what the limitations are. Unless you have spent 3+ years as a teacher, particularly in secondary school, you have very little idea of what the daily grind is like, how demanding the curriculum can be, and so forth. Moreover, if you seriously want to talk about N, then you've gotta talk about external and internal validities, program implementation and fidelity, program evaluation, policy effects, etc, which I don't think is what you are talk.
In any event, I'm still interested in some cool curriculum for kids that people have experienced or used.

I used sort of a hodgepodge. I was pretty well advanced, so I skipped around trying to find the hardest classes. Seton is a well established curriculum. So is Calvert. You could check those two first.

Ssorenn, homeschooling can be good for several reasons. My parents chose it because my older sister was ready for school before she was allowed to join. They loved it so much, they stuck with it. I absolutely agree that social skills are imperative. But, let's be honest, we all know that one guy who doesn't have them at a public school as well. I would say it is more of a problem in homeschooling, but I have zero problem socializing having been homeschooled all my life (other than being an introvert).

Homeschooling would be excellent for those that have an issue with the public school curriculum and would have trouble affording a decent private school, though in my opinion, a good private school is far preferable to home schooling even if the parents are confident in their abilities. That said, I'm not one to impede on the choices someone makes within their own family, so if someone wants to home school their child, who am I to tell them otherwise?

Obviously I don't have any kids, but I assisted in a first grade classroom for five years and watched them as they went into fifth and sixth grade, and I volunteer with Special Olympics, which I'd argue is more competitive at the higher levels than most other rec leagues. I was there last weekend for the state football tournament and one of the players on my team is 5 (4 at the beginning of the year). We were down something like 57-0, so I talked to the other team and they agreed to let him score one. So, I gave him the ball, he ran, and started to trip, so one of my other players picked him up and ran him toward the end zone as the other team intentionally dove and missed. Of course, being 5, he had no idea they were missing on purpose, so he scored his first touchdown.

I could have cried when his father told me later that seeing that was "worth all the practices" through the entire season.

Also, congrats Jim. I don't think many other people got your allusion, but congrats.