Mistakes in Parenting

[CreamyGoodness]

I'm thinking tin snips might be the way to go with that...

 

[Newsman]

Not my kid, just saw this & thought it belonged here.

Couldn't resist: IT'S HAMMER TIME!!!

 

[1977Brewer]

Couldn't resist: IT'S HAMMER TIME!!!

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[WPStrassburg]

Kid must have it rough if he knows to suit up with a helmet while playing with his sister!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Not my kid, just saw this & thought it belonged here.

My first happy customer from GoFundMe and the anti nose picker device.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I'm thinking tin snips might be the way to go with that...

Dremel with a cut off blade to drive the fear REALLY deep.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Why not just go whole hog and use a sawzall?

He would not sleep for a month.

 

[Fedora]

These little sprouts are tough, eh? I used to joke that "they're mostly cartilage at this point, so they bounce" just to make parents mad, but there seems to be a bit of truth to it.

Used the same joke myself. Always got a scowl from the wifey.

But if I was there and told our daughter, "hey good one, you bounce well" she would be fine. Wifey there with "oh you poor baby" and scoop her up and there was crying for 10 minutes.[/QUOTE]

When mine was little and would hit his head on the table or the like, I would ask him if he broke the table before he had a chance to start crying. I'd get all serious, like I was worried about the table being broken. He'd be so busy checking out the table that he'd forget to start crying. Worked every time. Well, not every time. You know what I mean.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I would ask him if he broke the table before he had a chance to start crying. I'd get all serious, like I was worried about the table being broken.

I do this with mine too.

 

[1977Brewer]

I do this with mine too.

Same here. Usually phrased as a declarative statement. "Dude, you cracked my driveway."

Works 60% of the time, every time.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Same here. Usually phrased as a declarative statement. "Dude, you cracked my driveway."

Works 60% of the time, every time.

I tried that once on something that was actually already broken (chair). And then he cried cause he was afraid he was in trouble for breaking the chair. Then the wife got on to me for getting on to him for breaking the chair.

Won't do THAT again.

 

[1977Brewer]

I tried that once on something that was actually already broken (chair). And then he cried cause he was afraid he was in trouble for breaking the chair. Then the wife got on to me for getting on to him for breaking the chair.

Won't do THAT again.

Mama pretty much lets me raise him as I see fit. I'm not abusive, I don't demean him. I try every way I can to speak to him in his level, and teach him whenever I can. I also eff with his head every once in a while. Gotta keep em grounded.

 

[OleBrewing]

My dad told me he remembers me in the roller walker and went down the basement stairs. He said IT knew you were ok when I heard you crying.

 

[sheephrdr]

on a road trip and kids were driving us crazy my wife says hey shut your pie hole! "whats a pie hole?" one of my boys asked.. I said "what do you eat pie with"? all was quiet.. the next day my 4 year old and I were sitting around the campfire and this bird kept sqwaking over and over.. 4 year old says "dad that bird is annoying".. while later " dad you need to climb up that tree and shut that birds pie hole!" I almost died with laughter.. then explained that its not really a nice thing to say

 

[1977Brewer]

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Here's a very clear non mistake. If he has his wits about him and doesn't jus pass out, this is where he prefers to fall asleep. Look at that face. I'd die for this kid, and the other two also.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

we're dying our 4 y/o's mohawk blue tonight.




wait... is this the "Awesome Parenting" thread?

 

[Gonefishing]

Car doors used to be big for that.


Smashed fingers was always one of my major fears, so I always had my kids put their hands on the top of their head where I could see them before I shut the car door. 43 years, 4 kids and 7 grands later I still do that and (knock on wood) no smashed fingers yet,

 

[slym2none]

Not my kid, just saw this & thought it belonged here.

Sometimes you just gotta let those hard-to-reach chips go.

 

[truvr]

Smashed fingers was always one of my major fears, so I always had my kids put their hands on the top of their head where I could see them before I shut the car door. 43 years, 4 kids and 7 grands later I still do that and (knock on wood) no smashed fingers yet,

Ug, this reminds me... We were bringing the kids home from swimming lessons one day. Another woman is in the parking lot loading up her kids. I hear their doors slam shut, then some crying. Thought nothing of it, little kids, right? Then the mom walks over to us with this dazed look on her face, holding something in her hand. The car door had clipped one of her daughter's fingers right off. There was a medical clinic nearby and we pointed her there. In hindsight, I should have offered to drive her there. I think everyone was in shock.

 

[ifnotuthenwho]

This is another story in the line of "things kids say."

When my daughter was young she would shimmy up the steel pole holding up the I-Beam in the basement of our house until she'd touch her head to the beam. One day a buddy and I were watching football and my daughter wanted to show off what she could do, but she was wearing slick pants and couldn't get enough grip to make it to the top. So my daughter looks at me and says:

"Daddy, can I take my pants off and climb the pole."

Not exactly the words a father wants to hear from his daughter,

 

[Psylocide]

Two mistakes this past weekend while on vacation.

1. Went 4 wheeling in the Black Hills and ended up on some pretty gnarly trails. That would have been fine, but I had my two year old on the back of mine. They don't make seats with belts for kids, so I had her strapped in with a ratchet strap and it held really well, and she had her helmet on. No biggie, right?

Wrong. As I was going up a 45° incline made up of mostly shale, my left wheels fell into a washout and the 4 wheeler started to tip over. I stuck out my leg (risking a break) to keep it from flipping over, with my kid strapped in.

I stayed that way for ~5 min before my wife noticed I wasn't behind her and she comes tearing back down the trail to get our kid out. I was then able to gun it out of the washout, but didn't feel comfortable doing it with the kid strapped in. We abandoned that trail after that.


2. Drove through the Badlands and went to Wall Drug on our way home. Eight hours in the car with a two year old on the last day.

Enough said.

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

we're dying our 4 y/o's mohawk blue tonight.




wait... is this the "Awesome Parenting" thread?

We will need pictures.

Water, smoking some chops on the smoker at work today. Our student worker form Alabama brought in turkey tails to smoke, never had them but will try them.

 

[Psylocide]

We will need pictures.

Water, smoking some chops on the smoker at work today. Our student worker form Alabama brought in turkey tails to smoke, never had them but will try them.

What thread do you think this is?

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

What thread do you think this is?

Mistakes in parenting, apparently the student worker's parents made a mistake because he is bringing turkey tails!

how'd you like that save........

 

[Psylocide]

Hey... so, you know how on shopping carts they have that warning not to put your kid in the "big" part of the cart? That they should only ride in the appointed riding area? Apparently there is a reason for that.









Good job, Mom.

 

[Fedora]

That's a helluva shiner. She fell out? You should buy the kid a helmet. Or maybe buy one for her Mom.

 

[Roadliner]

ouch.. looks like that hurt

 

[Psylocide]

Yeah... I wasn't with them so I missed he waterworks. And she just flopped out, wife went left, she went right. Of course, in true toddler fashion, she is oblivious to the whole thing and is just as crazy as ever.

 

[Firewalker11]

I will call your shiner and raise you a compound fracture...

 

[EcuPirate07]

So my buddy and I took our kids bike riding today and they sit in the pull alongs. Well at the end of the trail before we turn back there is a jump/bmx park. He got the bright ideal to jump some hills with his 3 year old in the back. We hear "uh daddy, uh daddy!" He looks back and the pull along had flipped "mid air" and was laying on its side. She was wearing her helment and was strapped in, plus it was a small jump. But of course I had to yell "father of the year!"