Parents Time Out

[Kopper1013]

Hey y’all thought I’d creat a space we parents or grandparents can Vent, Brag or Bitch about those two legged cherubs/monsters we created and set forth to the world.

 

[Kopper1013]

My daughter said not long ago over dinner
“Daddy you wanna know what I wanna be when I grow up?”
I said “what?”
She looked me dead ass in the eyes and said “the boss of everyone” and went back to eating dinner….
That’s my middle child, the The world child. God bless who ever she ends up with

My mom says shit like “you know she’s you right?” Damn karma

 

[tobh]

have two trophies myself. four and six. i'm trying to figure out how the hell to get them to quit destroying everything. i thought it was just supposed to be a phase, and would end after about four years old, but the six year old. she's a destructive little punk, and her brother just follows suit because he's four and assumes big sister won't ever do anything to get them in trouble contrary to his life experiences thus far lol

 

[GoodShit97]

have two trophies myself. four and six. i'm trying to figure out how the hell to get them to quit destroying everything. i thought it was just supposed to be a phase, and would end after about four years old, but the six year old. she's a destructive little punk, and her brother just follows suit because he's four and assumes big sister won't ever do anything to get them in trouble contrary to his life experiences thus far lol

I have a 3 and 7 year old. My 3 year old is a MONSTER i tell you! He destroys everything he touches, it has no chance of survival. He beats the living crud out of his older brother, swears like a trucker, will tell you exactly how he feels and doesnt give a damn.
My 7 year old, is so calm and easy to deal with most of the time, but he still struggles with a couple of everyday things lol. My 7 year old has a baseball game tonight actually, and its against my old elementary school so it should be fun!

 

[MysticEpipedon]

My big issue, as a granddad, is that it is impossible for me to spoil the grandkids, because their parents have spoiled them already, beyond my wildest dreams. By comparison to my step-daughter and son-in-law, they must think I'm a strict disciplinarian.

My step-daughter set me straight a few years ago, after an incident that was so minor to me that I was shocked at their reactions. While I was visiting, the 8-year old picked up a laser pointer, and pointed it directly at their little Boston Terrier. I reflexively said, "HEY, don't point that at him. You can blind him." Incident over, I thought.

THREE DAYS LATER, I got a text, saying that I "confused" my grandson by "disciplining" him, and they'll handle the discipline in their family, thank you. I also found out that the laser pointer belonged to the 8-year old, and his 4-year old brother also had one. (I was tempted to ask if I could give them a couple of boxes of blue tip matches for Christmas, unless they already have them, but I could see my sense of humor was not going to help matters.)

I'll have them all day soon, while mom and dad escape the hell they've created for themselves for a day. I think I'll have to take them for a hike, away from things like fast food, phones, tablets and other electronic "baby sitters." I'll just keep the "disciplining" to matters of life and death.

 

[MDK]

My kids 18 months and was playing with an empty 2 liter. He was elbow dropping it so I started to film, he starts looking at it and i say "give it a leg drop, Hollywood hogan"....he has no idea what this means...but I'll be damned if he didn't square up and drop the tiniest big leg drop you ever seen. Sent that shit to my family asap!

 

[Aqua Man]

Just waiting on grandchildren but i tell you what… i dont feel sorry for anyone with kids. I DID MY TIME… and much as a single father.

NOW i sit and secretly plot my revenge… that child will be getting drums set, thousands of stickers withe the CHEAP glue that stays behind when you try to peel them off, cap guns, water guns, whichever pets they want (just randomly show up with em and drop them off)

Oh the list goes on and on…. I CANT WAIT.

Signed, slightly deranged parent

 

[smoke]

Our daughter was about 4yo and i stopped pouring her a glass of milk and asked her if her glass was half full or half empty?

She informed me because i was pouring the milk into the glass, it was half full

 

[Kopper1013]

Just waiting on grandchildren but i tell you what… i dont feel sorry for anyone with kids. I DID MY TIME… and much as a single father.

NOW i sit and secretly plot my revenge… that child will be getting drums set, thousands of stickers withe the CHEAP glue that stays behind when you try to peel them off, cap guns, water guns, whichever pets they want (just randomly show up with em and drop them off)

Oh the list goes on and on…. I CANT WAIT.

Signed, slightly deranged parent

My kids found our old recorders (basically plastic flutes) at my parents and my mother was crying laughting as they marched around blowing those damn things and told them to take them home

 

[Aqua Man]

My kids found our old recorders (basically plastic flutes) at my parents and my mother was crying laughting as they marched around blowing those damn things and told them to take them home

That’s exactly what grandparents are for…. Payback lol.

Fun times for the grandkids at the expense of the sanity of the parents… I already like your mom

 

[Kopper1013]

My big issue, as a granddad, is that it is impossible for me to spoil the grandkids, because their parents have spoiled them already, beyond my wildest dreams. By comparison to my step-daughter and son-in-law, they must think I'm a strict disciplinarian.

My step-daughter set me straight a few years ago, after an incident that was so minor to me that I was shocked at their reactions. While I was visiting, the 8-year old picked up a laser pointer, and pointed it directly at their little Boston Terrier. I reflexively said, "HEY, don't point that at him. You can blind him." Incident over, I thought.

THREE DAYS LATER, I got a text, saying that I "confused" my grandson by "disciplining" him, and they'll handle the discipline in their family, thank you. I also found out that the laser pointer belonged to the 8-year old, and his 4-year old brother also had one. (I was tempted to ask if I could give them a couple of boxes of blue tip matches for Christmas, unless they already have them, but I could see my sense of humor was not going to help matters.)

I'll have them all day soon, while mom and dad escape the hell they've created for themselves for a day. I think I'll have to take them for a hike, away from things like fast food, phones, tablets and other electronic "baby sitters." I'll just keep the "disciplining" to matters of life and death.

This can be disappointing I’m sure, you’re trying to help and they’re being ungrateful…I understand that people do things differently but that was a saftey issue for the dog and a good lesson for them on the dangers of those things. Just don’t point it in anything’s eyes or at an aircraft they get mad about that

 

[Kopper1013]

That’s exactly what grandparents are for…. Payback lol.

Fun times for the grandkids at the expense of the sanity of the parents… I already like your mom

Lol I love my parents and also told my children whenever they come over to play a concert just for them

 

[tobh]

this will fit here. I'm in my office reading comments on a HN thread re: an article I posted in my grow diary. My son comes in and says, "a song said the devil never sleeps and I'm not sure if they sleep or not. do you know if the devil sleeps or not?"

mind you, he's four. we're not a religious house at all. I'm a recovering Roman Catholic and am further from believing than most atheists.

damn kid comes at me with these serious philosophical topics, and all I can say is damn, kid... hitting with the questions second year philosophy professors posit in college.

 

[Kopper1013]

Lol their brains are ridiculous sometimes