by Williams 6 months ago6 months ago View Full Post Confession, family, parentingGood dad rconfession u/46irom1971 have lied to son about manatees for the last 24 years 24 years ago, my 6-year-old son got me a birthday present: It was a mug with a picture of a manatee on it: He got upset when wasn”t sufficiently thrilled with his gift. assured him that | loved it saying that manatees were my favorite animals Since then, manatee themed items have been my default gift from him: Manatee shirts, manatee calendars manatee beer steins, and sO much more. 24 years of manatee items My confession is that manatees are not my favorite animal in the whole wide wiorld. Never have been: Now my deception has reached it’$ zenith: Next year am turning 55 and he is turning 30. For Christmas,my son has booked a trip for the tWo of us to go to Florida to see manatees My son is sO excited for this trip and is everyone in our family about it: my telling
by Williams 6 months ago6 months ago View Full Post discipline, parenting, toddlerJeremy Kauffman When one of my children was 2,he dropped carrot on the floor and refused itup_ He was told he would not be allowed to do anything fun or have any privileges until he picked up the carrot. He refused for hours: He cried and screamed: He even napped, woke up, and continued to refuse. His commitment was impressive. We held fast: Until he picked up the carrot; he would receive nothing other than water and basic food to live. After over hours, he picked up the carrot and logized. It”s the longest he’s fought us to this Disobedience is a choice of parents: You get the behavior that you tolerate. pick apok day:
by Williams 7 months ago7 months ago View Full Post childcare, daycare, parentingLook at me am the daycare provider
by Williams 7 months ago7 months ago View Full Post generations, music, parentingDad and Buried @DadandBuried Holy shit when did everybody start caring so much about which generation they’ re a part of? When was a kid we had three: US, parents, and the olds, and everyone hated each other’ s music WHICH IS EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD BE:
by Williams 7 months ago7 months ago View Full Post coffee, funny kids, parentingWhen my son was 5 he asked, “What does coffee taste like?” 1 replied, “Unfortunately, not as good as it smells: His response “Oh. Like shampoo_
by Williams 7 months ago7 months ago View Full Post Brian Krassenstein, parenting, twitterBrian Krassenstein Xcom @krassenstein Yesterday; my nine-year-old son asked me why Black people seem kinder than white people: paused, not because disagreed, but because didn’t want to overwrite his lived experience with an adult lecture: So | asked him if that was something he’d noticed himself. He nodded: “Yeah: just are 1243PM – 12/15/25 3.5M Views 6 8k 1l 736 2k 588 Beardson Xcom @BeardsonBeardly Yesterday my 6 year son asked me why the Krassenstein’s are retarded: paused, not because | disagreed; but because didn’t want to overwrite his lived experience with an adult lecture. So | asked him if that was something he’d noticed himself. He nodded. Yeah: ‘re also gay:. They old They’
by Williams 8 months ago8 months ago View Full Post Bulgaria, childhood, parenting@marinsimeonov2315 vor 9 Monaten Growing up in Bulgaria, my parents used to tell me that if don’t finish my plate; the gypsy kid would be stronger than me in a fight: find this inspiring: 3725
by Williams 8 months ago8 months ago View Full Post child discipline, family problems, parentingWhen your mom is beating you and all of a sudden you visitors got
by Williams 8 months ago8 months ago View Full Post depression, kids, parentingmaura quint @behindyourback my kids said being a grown up must be awesome because you can eat junk food and no one makes you up in the morning and you don’t have to take showers if you don’t want to and |didn’t want to ruin it for them by explaining that they’re describing depression get
by Williams 8 months ago8 months ago View Full Post Dad jokes, Family life, parentingKG. @jaketheoptimist 1 judged my father too harshly for falling asleep on the couch at 8pm after work
