If there's anything that unites people online instead of pitting them against each other, it's memes. Even moms and dads who might have vastly different approaches to raising children can find common ground through this universal language. And the Instagram account 'Death by Diapers' is an excellent example of this.
Run by a self-described "geriatric Millennial with 5 young kids, using memes to cope with this beautifully tragic thing called parenthood," it strikes to the very core of what this journey is all about and has already earned itself 67.2K followers, proving that some victories, defeats, and challenges are simply universal.
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What is truly upsetting me in gender reveal parties (which also should actually be named sex reveal parties as this is what they are) is that people are making a big deal about having a boy or a girl. Why does it matter? Get a puppy if you want to choose. Boys and girls should be loved equally. I understand that we can have preferences as in "oh after three boys it would be nice to have a girl" but having dozens of relatives gathered just to see your reaction when you find out if you are having a boy or a girl is seriously disturbing. And I am not even mentioning the death that occurred, the wild fires, the mess simply left behind...
The one where the mother flipped a table and started kicking her gifts when she found out she was having a girl and the father that threw a hissy on camera after finding out her was having a girl have already condemned their child to decades of therapy.
Load More Replies...I much preferred the days we had when I had ours.. finding out the sex of the baby the day they were born.. it didn't matter what you hoped for as the moment you hold your baby, you know that he or she is exactly who you wanted.
I don't understand our obsession with a baby's gender. Why does anyone except the parents and doctor even need to know what gender/sex the baby is? So many people say: "To know how to treat him/her. Or to know whether the kid is going to like cars and dinosaurs or barbies and pink things." How about we just treat them equally and just wait to see how the child's interests develop and discover what this individual actually likes? Instead of assuming that he's gonna prefer cars, because he might actually prefer barbies, or he might love both. Why not give him the freedom to discover for himself what he likes, instead of making assumptions?
I kept having "gender unreveal" parties like this. "Please don't tell me the sex! No, honestly, we don't want to know until the baby arrives. No, really. Please just tell me if the baby is healthy." Ad inifinitum. Who on earth cares what sex the baby is? And "gender reveal" is a misnomer anyway because gender only gets figured out later!
Extravagant gender reveal parties are stupid, wasteful, and possibly dangerous. Simple ones where everyone bites into a cupcake and sees pink or blue filling is an excuse to eat cupcakes.
Not exactly a party but I doubt your whole family would fit in ultrasound room. Why, do we really need a party for that. Pretty sure our parents didn't have one. Good news all people involved survived.
They had gender revelation when I was younger. They called it childbirth.
Currently, the thread above this one is the one about the baby with the iPad.
It depends what you do on a screen. My 4 year old plays video games with me, but we use it as a learning opportunity, whether it be to develop motor skills, solve puzzles, learn about social responses, strategise, maths, we even did photosynthesis in plants vs zombies. Technology is a tool, not a babysitter (for kids or adults), when used correctly.
I don't care if they use an iPad occasionally as long as they experience the satisfaction of successfully climbing up the slide
Who hasn't had the experience of climbing up a tunnel slide while someone else comes down?
Load More Replies...Kids can do both. Just monitor their time for each. They should be playing outside more often, but these days it's not always possible. It's okay for kids to play inside the house, too.
It’s not that freaking hard to not stick your kids in front of a screen!!!!! Ugh!!! Ask me how I know! My kids are not imaginary!! Just don’t buy them an iPad, it’s pretty simple!!
Easy, tiger. Every parent is different. None of us know if we're doing it right. We weren't given an instruction manual. Some parents disagree with iPads for kids, and others (including me) do not. There's one thing parents should all avoid doing (serious/dangerous issues aside), and that's judging each other.
Load More Replies...Without any at all will simply delay their exposure, and potentially increase the chance for addiction later on. Surely it is better to teach and promote healthy levels of exposure
Load More Replies..."MY kids will only eat organic veggies grown in my own garden! MY kids will become masters of algebra, judo, and fine art by the time they are 3! MY kids will never scream, cry, yell, cuss, run, climb, or step out of line!"
OMG your kids were 3 when they became masters? My kid wrote sonnets before he crawled.
Load More Replies...Whether on the internet or in real life, moms and dads benefit from each other's support and camaraderie. Vicki Broadbent, the woman behind the acclaimed family lifestyle blog Honest Mum, believes that parents need other parents so they don't feel so alone.
But that said, "I only mix with parents I would hang out with even if we weren't parents," she explained to Bored Panda. "Being moms, for example, is not enough to make us compatible as friends. We need to share values first and foremost, but also interests too, outside of our kids in order to bond and enjoy one another's company."
Definitely for girls. Boys need to watch a live child birth after boys have to take care of child that has colic. Let's see how many kids happen after that sex Ed class.
The boys in my school did and as long as it wasn't them they didn't care. I think some even got disgusted by females for a little while
Load More Replies...That's just nonsense and acting as if sex is all about having children. You can prevent getting pregnant with the pill, you can't prevent getting an STD with that. You need a condom.
The fact that sex ed needs to contain details about contraception is the joke!
Load More Replies...Scaring teens into never having sex ever, a tactic famous for it's success in preventing teen pregnancy /s
Spoken by someone who’s never seen the condom ad about the kid having a tantrum in the supermarket!
Load More Replies...Inlaws and parents may be included, too - one a radical christian, one a leftleaning knowitall, one a nationalist who can't speak, but only yell and one who doesn't care about anything, but shows up whenever it serves their reputation as a great Grandparent. Or a similarly disinviting group.
Just task the class to go shopping with a 4 year old, that would be enough
Or, or, hear me out. Sex education should EDUCATE so all people can remain safe, healthy, and disease free. And hopefully not breeding w***y nilly and complaining about their partner on social media.
I am begging y’all to watch the condom ad with the kid having a tantrum in the supermarket. People have been making this kind of joke forever and it’s not always a pro-abstinence thing.
Load More Replies...I feel sorry for her. It sounds like her husband is a waster. However (surprise, surprise), this is not a typical Dad.
Rapists aren’t the typical man either, but I know y’all don’t mind women being taught precautions about that!
Load More Replies...I don't think that will work, because she will probably stave his skull in with a plumber's wrench about 2 hours into it.
Maybe that would then teach the boys to be good fathers or else ..
Load More Replies...It really does depend on how the story is told. When my daughter was about 3 she was playing with her toys in the bath, she had a cheap kids magnifying glass. She noticed that when she held it near the wall, the light from the window became focused and she got the image of the window, sun, sky, and clouds on the white tiles. It's pretty cool I think. But when I'm feeling particularly pompous I'll tell people she reinvented the camera obscura when she was 3 years old.
Now if she said that she had reinvented the camera obscura .....
Load More Replies...My three year old nephew's most profound statements so far are: "[deceased dog] went to sleep in the clouds", which I thought was really beautiful. It was certainly much nicer than the subsequent one which came a few months later: "Everything dies". All I could do was say "yeah, you're right about that unfortunately".
ah, yes. every four year old can speak greater than most adults. or they're just british, which is a fate worse than death, so I guess I won't push it any further
Haha, can't believe you fell for that! I gotta stop scrolling and work on some laundry now. I'm the only one that can get it to smell so fresh... wait a minute
My grandma always told me that I was the best towel folder ever when she had a load to fold and I fell for it too.
My wife and "best mate" always told me that my tea making was so much better than anyone else's.......blimey I'm thick.
Aw, don't feel bad. I've fallen for the same trick with my husband's sandwiches for work. That said... could you make me a cuppa? I hear you're the best at it!
Load More Replies...This makes me think of a German story called der Räuber Hotzenplotz (Robber Hotzenplotz in English)! Zwackelmann is a magician but he needs to find a servant to peel his potatoes for him because he keeps trying to do it with magic and failing miserably. There's also a film of this story.
I'll have you all know that I am the proud father of the best laundry folder in the State.
"Ultimately friendship is about coming together and having fun, it's about feeling comfortable in one another's company and it involves building trust which usually occurs over time," Broadbent added.
"I cherish my friends who are parents because they're non-judgmental, kind, and supportive. They're all super funny too!"
I'm actually pretty good at the answers. However the repeated mom, mom, mom. I sometimes wonder if dying is the only way out. LOL
Just do what I do. When my daughter pokes me and says, “Mom, mom, mom, ….” I poke back and say, “What, what, what, what?” 😂 The new one I do is every time she says, “Yo mom!”, I say, “Yo quero Taco Bell!” She’s slowly learning. 😂
Load More Replies...Dies AND fades into nothingness, so he couldn't be shaken over and over while Luke repeated, "Yoda? Yoda? Yoda? You dead? Yoda? Yoda? Yoda?"
As long as they cry. My brother fell down two steps of stairs and my mother knew it was serious because he did not cry. He'd cracked his skull and was unconscious. Crying, though annoying, is still a good sign.
This exactly. My kiddo tried to climb her closet shelf the other day (first time she tried). She was in the best of moods talking to us from the other room (rooms adjacent to one another) Then suddenly a crash noise then silence. After 10 seconds we heard nothing and ran in. She was okay, but in shock (finally cried a short time later) - the silence is far more terrifying than a cry.
Load More Replies...My kid always sticks his thumb in the air and yells, "I'm good." Since he was a toddler. He's not always OK. Sometimes, it just takes a while for the injury to hit. So I'll hear, "I'm good," and think, "uh-oh!"
I always yelled "TA-DA!" like she'd done some great trick. 85% of the time she was ok and she'd laugh. I could always apologize for the 15%. She's now 19 and still says it when she stumbles or falls lol
That is a valid point, but I hope you had some reaction though... Panicking or overreacting as a parent does not help either way, that just might teach kids fear. Yet, checking or asking if the kid is okay, seems very reasonable. I hope you don't ignore a kid that's falling over. You want them to feel loved and cared for.
Load More Replies...lmfao.. oh those lungs.. that siren is in partnership with my families DNA.. i tried the old "Hostile Takeover" on that partnership and all i got was a bunch of kids with higher decibels.. Little Billy Bastards hahaha
if i didnt see my child fall id rather hear the crying than complete silence
I love that they have apps now for raising your babies. Yeah, you go eat your placenta and check in on the app to see in what percentile your baby is, Uhmanduh. Sometimes I roll my eyes so hard, I see my brain.
Load More Replies...Amen. If something is going well, for heaven's sake don't tell everyone you have some kind of secret! In two weeks' time everything will change and you'll look a right tit if it's plastered all over social media!
Doesn't matter how many kids you have, too. Just because you have 3 kids under 4, Lynette, doesn't make you an expert on child caring.
yup. that's why when my first was an easy baby, I counted my blessing and left well enough alone. a second kid would probably be a right terror, so we just didn't have that one lol
Load More Replies...I have seen this kind of thing.....it's as if no one else raised a kid before they gave birth/became a parent. Really obnoxious.
Just cause it's not a secret to you doesn't mean Amanda and Chad's parents knew about it. Better is, after all, entirely relative.
Amanda and Chad destroyed me when I was a new mom. Everything I was doing was wrong. I was going to ruin my child.
These relationships can indeed be valuable. For example, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, American parents are more likely to say they feel judged by family members than by their friends, other parents in their community, or people they interact with online.
However, while about half or fewer parents say they regularly feel judged by different groups, a majority of them (57%) report there might be some truth to it, as they believe their children's successes and failures reflect a great deal or a fair amount on the job they're doing as parents.
"I've got my own life now!" "I know that! I just wanted to be a part of it!" *sniffle*
Spoiler Alert: It's all good in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. Yes I had to sit through a daily viewing for all of last December and half of January
I used to think Max was just going through a phase, but he kept up that attitude into college.
He got a little better in college, he just got mad when Goofy was upstaging him by being well, Goofy (aka cool to everyone else but Max). But he was genuinely happy for his dad with the librarian and stuck up for him with the gammas and happy to have him help finish the X games, so he wasn’t as bad this time.
Load More Replies...It's been a while but I was always on Goofy's side, this may be because he was my favorite out of all the Micky Mouse gang but I really disliked Max. (still do actually)
A possum. Goofy took Max to Goofy's favourite stopover that his Dad would take him to on camping road trips. It was this deep southern swamp possum dinner show that's similar to Chuck-E-Cheese. Goofy got them both possum souvenir hats. Max tossed it away.
Load More Replies...Has to be the kid that can clean the entire house in one night. And that includes cleaning up litres of paint without the lingering smell of turps, cleaning great gobs of honey with no stickiness left over, restoring burnt doorknobs, etc
Damn I have watched that film so many times and not once thought about the clean up.
Load More Replies...Boys named Kevin are better equipped for this task than the other kids.
Watched it the other day 👍 but on a serious note, that would probably make your holidays more enjoyable!
Never be afraid to leave your "Home Alone" with Kevin McCormick Home Security...
“I always thought quicksand was gonna be a much bigger problem then it turned out to be,”-John Mulaney
Load More Replies...Killer bees were my "upcoming fear" when I was a kid. Supposed to be in America by the year 2000. Then they showed up and no big deal (unless you happen upon them and they are in a mood I suppose.)
As a 90's kid who grew up watching Captain Planet, I was really concerned about ozone layer. I even fought my uncles because they used to smoke, and of course they were producing huge amounts of cfc's.
*Some parents going anywhere with a newborn. Myself I'd take 3 spare nappies ("diapers"), a backet of wipes, and two bottles of formula. One smallish satchel. My wife on the other hand would do exactly the above.
Opposite here. I would just stuff 2 nappies and some cloths in my pockets and we're off! (Carry her in a scarf-like carrier, so no prams and stuff ). Her dad always anticipated any imaginable crisis ....
Load More Replies...All that and more for the First baby. " 2 nappies and some cloths in my pockets and we're off!" for the second & more babies. Thanks, Kat!!!
I was so proud of my daughter during the last visit, ONE suitcase for her and grandson. We have a washing machine, it is unnecessary to bring a months worth of clothes.
If this isn't AI generated, I admire the effort to set up this image.
Well I saw from another post here that this is a clip from a movie. Now I want to see the movie.
Load More Replies..."Horses for courses though right, not every friend needs to meet your every need, and some friends will be more of an acquaintance, others will be your 'ride or dies,'" Vicki of Honest Mum added.
"Keep your circle small though and find out if they have your back before telling them your most intimate secrets!"
I like the "wake me up in 10 minutes and we'll start cleaning the house". Idea. Best 3 hour nap you'll ever take 😆
I do too. It genius and always work. They don't even fight or get wild as they normally do.
Load More Replies...He's a boy. Probably six or seven. It's in the rules.
Load More Replies...Children's attention spans do not support this as the genius idea people think it is.
Load More Replies...Same man accidentally falls asleep and kids draw a d!ck on his face with permanent marker.
I'm the fun uncle that will dress up like whatever she wants. This Halloween I was a dinosaur and my dog was a Unicorn.
I have 2 sons. I never dressed up as superman, because I was supermom :).
Load More Replies...Let me recaption this for you. Parents 8 months into the pregnancy / Parents one week after the birth.
Indeed, year 5 is when the life starts recovering a little.
Load More Replies...Parents not having been stabbed/not having stabbed with syringe versus parents having been stabbed/having stabbed with syringe.
What and the devil are you talking about? Are you referring to anti vaxer?
Load More Replies...Priest, vicar and rabbi talk about when life begins. Vicar says "life begins at birth", priest counters with "no no no, life begins at conception." Rabbi leans back, laughs a bit and says "you are both wrong. Life begins when kids move out and dog dies."
But then when they start driving and being gone at night, it's so much worse than "the baby's gonna roll onto the floor". Ah parenthood, the best and the worst simultaneously.
Except mine won't go. He's convinced he can't play by himself. He's perfectly capable of playing by himself but for some reason believes I must stare at him all the time. No son, go play. You are capable of playing without me staring at you.
What about the phase where they dont die but paint the walls with crayons?
YES! And also when you can go to soft play and be able to sit with a coffee and wave when required rather than have to go in there and crawl around with them.
At the end of the day, the mom believes it all comes down to trust and what feels comfortable. "Some feel it's easier to open up candidly to those they don't know that well. Others, like myself, have to have known friends for years to be fully vulnerable. Follow your heart, but be cautious too; it's hard to ascertain people's intentions when you've only just met them," she suggested. So if memes are enough for you, that's good too!
I ham it up. I do the old man voice with my retelling, and I exaggerate the suffering. "Well in my day movies didn't come on DVDs. They came on celluloid reels. And you had to walk to the studio in hollywood and pay for them to make a copy, which took like a week. Then you had to ravel it all like so... *mountaineering rope ravel action* ... and then you had to walk home with it. Only to realise you didn't have a celluloid projector. So you'd have to save up for one. But they didn't sell them assembled, nosirree. You had to assemble it with a screwdriver."
Wow! That story is nearly a film on its own. Will you release it or do we have to come and collect our own copies?
Load More Replies...Back in my day we didn't have the internet; we had to go to the pound and get our own cats just so we could watch their antics.
"I've resurfaced my pool." -- Martha Stewart becomes a legend, successfully using 193,000 AOL disks.
I always had free internet with that AOL disc. I'd sign up for the trial, cancel and sign back up. Rinse, lather and repeat that sh like a mf
Load More Replies...Me: "When I was young the internet didn't exist." - My daughter: "Dad, how was it to live in the stone age?"
Just me being all ".... Are you okay?... You're ok. You're ok. Walk it off."
My parents, we are not taking you to the hospital again. We have an entire wing named after us. Don't do anything stupid. I was a rough and tumble tomboy. Ahhh... I feel badly for all the c**p I put them through lol.
I tell my kids regularly that I am not going to go to the hospital today.
Load More Replies...I did that with my granddaughter. It was a steep hill and I told her to walk carefully down. She ran and her little legs couldn't keep up with gravity. She fell, I told her that's what happens when you don't pay attention to your circumstances. There was no crying, just this look on her face.
My mom: you fall and bust your @ss, I don't want to hear about it!
This seems to be the new standard body shape for women's jeans. I can't find a single pair that doesn't have at least a 10" difference between the waist and the hips. We're not all perfectly pear shaped.
Where are you finding them?? Because all of my jeans stick out 5" past my waist because they match only my hips
Load More Replies...Immediately got reminded of Helen Parr and Kate from inner working i think it is
accurate. But what you can do to make it work better is use fear. 1. Start walking away and leave the kid. 2. Circle back in the bushes and make animal sounds. 3. Result, kid screams in fear and runs for its life. 4. Meet kid back on the path and say "Oh wow did a wild animal almost eat you? Best you keep up then." Can confirm this works. Amazingly, just have to do it once and the kids keep up.
We don't have a car. Both kids are pretty good at walking because there's no alternative! My 2YO does 2 km without needing to sit and my 6YO can hike all day (with little breaks for food) as long as we keep it interesting for her. She also ran an 8km sponsored run at school a few weeks back. Now that I couldn't do! :D
when my mom took me and my brother out when we were in New York(I was 3, my brother was 2) she would put him in the stroller and had a little scooter thing connected to it, so I would stand on the piece of plastic and get pushed around too.
Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma,... WHAT!?! Lookit me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My older son still does this. I've mentioned in a comment above that he's 33. He also has a teenage daughter.
Oh God yes. You can be up to your elbows in s**t from kid #2 and trying to prevent it from being spread all over the room and kid #1 will still be like: Look how many pretzels I can fit in my cheeks! LOOK! LOOK! MUMMY! NOW! Or they'll break!
I love this… but the fact is most parents just need to turn around on the first call
Because you never had a kid trowing a paper plane that you have to look and he still repeat while explaining how funny was that fall like this. I literally saw, but he want to still explain.
Load More Replies...Dogs are great at washing dishes. My dog, Tucker, would always volunteer quite enthusiastically.
Load More Replies...Our dishwasher broke and I'm ok with doing dishes by hand, so pretty much I have been doing them for the past week. Today my husband is home alone and he just sent me a picture of the working dishwasher. He spent two hours fixing it so he wouldn't have to do the dishes by hand. So, sometimes it's a good thing to have a husband who will not do the dishes. :D
nothing to do with the context, but willem dafoe... <3 this man can be so handsome and so ugly the second after ! :)
And somehow, he's still appealing even when he's "ugly." I just don't get it - I simply accept that it is true.
Load More Replies...I cook so my husband does the dishes every night. Never complains. If you married a toddler then tell him to grow up. Refuse to be his mama. If the dishes don't get done then reuse them. Well for him, wash only yours.
There's another picture on the other side similar to that one. But, it's of him finally fixing the thing that was broken.
This. Followed by "helpful tips" on how you could improve *your* dishwashing skills.
Oo, oo. How about you decide to be lazy *one* day, but instead of double the work, it somehow increased exponentially?
I just put a few "Get Well Soon" cards on my mantle and people will think I've been too sick to clean and some will help clean! LOL
The Little Mermaid is a terrible story! "I'm going to give up my entire identity for a man 'cause he looks dreamy!" What an awful message! Probably not a popular opinion, but oh well...
I see it as a snapshot of history. We’ve improved since then - both in terms of women’s rights and gay rights (supposedly this story was actually an allegory for the writer’s experience as a closeted gay man) - so when I look at this story I mostly think about how far we’ve come.
Load More Replies...Here’s my go-to analogy about this: I’ve studied Japanese since I was 12 and always planned to live there for a while. My parents advised me not to go over there without a job lined up. What they didn’t do was scream at me and break every Japan-related thing I owned. You get it?
Yes, bur I doubt your parents were upset that one had been killed by Japanese people, nor your brethren chopped up and eaten by them regularly. If you'd wanted to go to the Australian outback, it might have been a different story!
Load More Replies...Moana saved her own village. Ariel left her family to chase some d**k.
As a daughter of a useless father, I feel weird seeing a caring father. It's not normal.
I was 27 when I learned that dads loved their kids. I felt so robbed. Funny - when my dad was dying from cancer he complained to me that my brother never phoned him. I thought to myself "yeah, and he isn't gonna". As someone explained to me once, you get the relationship you build.
Load More Replies...As a father who does tons of work for my kids, the house, and not to mention my job, I just want to say that this meam does not apply universally.
If you are a man who does this, you are a keeper. Look for a worthy partner.
Works exactly the same in reverse. Wow, look at the wonderful female firefighter. Yes! A female pilot. Just jobs for men but somehow a hero for women.
Yeah no. As a parent in a normally functioning household where the male does most of the childcare, cooking and shopping while the female does the yardwork and cleaning.... No. No one cheers.... People look at you strange. "Sorry man, can't come hang out. Have to make dinner." "Waaaahh? This is just BS that doormats tell themselves.... Because when it's actually like this (especially all the time) no one cheers.... They just act like something is wrong with you.
Well yes. Because it's so rare, it is a miracle if a man does anything around the house OTHER than watch sport and drink beer.
Yeah, totally. This morning, I got both my kids ready for school while boozing, and I watched sport on my phone while dropping them off at school.
Load More Replies...Dwight Schrute, Party Planning Committee Co-chair, gender reveal edition
And when it’s a bunk bed, 3m high, with giant railings around the top bunk to make it even harder
Yep. Been there done that. It needs a good step stool and a very interesting vocabulary
Load More Replies...And then you sit down for a moment on the bed and the far corners pop off...
Forget putting it on, prove your manhood and fold it! This is my favorite. I can't even begin to do it right but every time I watch my husband complete this chore I fall in love with him all over again.
Folding a fitted sheet should be a road side sobriety test.
No because the second your butt touches the couch some silent alarm will go off and kiddo is back with a question. Or wanting a glass of water. Or wondering about the state of the galaxy.
"Mom, if you undo your belly button will your bum fall off?"
Load More Replies...Even better is the day off work when the kids are at school and nursery feeling
So saith the person with no children: GROSS! Give me cat hair any day.
they shared a BODY for several months (not all pregnancies are equal) - you think a bit of saliva is worrying?
Load More Replies...The first time I saw the backwash in my drink left by I kid, I vowed never to eat or drink behind either of them/
I would not be able to do that. Even as a toddler, I refused to eat anything left by a sibling, even if they had taken just one bite, or licked it. Ew
I always ate the left overs to save food waste. Was easier than cooking myself something.
Sometimes that was the meal I got lol. Felt a bit awkward doing that when we'd be out. People staring, thinking I'm eating all her food and starving her.
Load More Replies...Mom and dad said there was enough lunch meat for sandwiches for dinner, make sure they eat a salad also! Babysitter says .. sure! Dinner time comes, kid one eats 2 sandwiches extra everything, except the crusts..kid number 2, 1/2 sandwich and feeds the dog the other half. No more sandwich stuff left for babysitter, grocery run tomorrow is why kids are eating sandwiches. Babysitter finds secret stash of goodies and eats all of it leaving crumbs and a note in the bag,,, your kids eat lots… i found your oreos and chips! They were great for my dinner. Next time please shop before I come to sit for you or I will charge for food!!
I love Christopher Lloyd to death, but some of his roles were more interesting than others.
You'll never top Reverend Jim. What does a yellow light mean?
Load More Replies...With adults there is a higher chance at an interesting injury/catastrophic death and a good story for later.
Load More Replies...and it continues into adulthood, half of the time booze and drugs isnt even needed
I teach them the use of sarcasm at this point with a "Wow. That is really cool. Well done buddy."
And the TV...and the fan...and the air conditioner... don't forget the air purifier also! We have one who thinks the dog or cat needs all this stuff left on!
I'm a mom. I find empty rooms with the lights switched soooo often. And I hate it. I try to be more like a happy, silent swotching-the-lights-off fairy. Like, tip-toeing around with a big smile, turning this switch and that switch, and continuing with whatever I was doing before the fairy-persona came over me. Lol.
My daughter LOST it with me. Grandson had woken from a nap, and, as he likes chocolate covered raisins, I was giving him one at a time to ease his wakeup. My daughter came in and said " What is he, some kind of Prince? You are feeding him as if he is royalty" Yes, yes he is.
OMG this!!!! drives me nuts! But grandma bought us one , but we got to do that at their house,.....UH!
That is why you pick it up carefully, pretend to eat it- receive a smile - and put it back in the baby's hand - and receive an even bigger smile. Win, win; they got you a present you enjoyed, they got a present back and you avoided the yucky part :)
You're the master (term not implying any kind of gender: mistress sounds a bit weird)!
Load More Replies...Could be worse. I had a giant booger handed to me by a 3 year old in an oddly nonchalant manner. Mama must have looked like she loved boogies that day.
Ueah and they always make sure to lick the cheesy outside off first.. here! I share wif you!
It's especially great when your kid's too young to tell time!
Except when school starts back. Then it's bedtime but the sun's still out, and I have a nine year old looking at me like I'm Heinrich Himmler. He just KNOWS he's being tricked.
Load More Replies...A pic of a 99 year old in the last stages of terminal cancer isn't the great illustration to this that you think it is.
Personally, I think it’s a great illustration, but each to their own
Load More Replies...I agree that little kids need early bedtimes and more sleep for development... but you can't put a kid to bed at 6 pm and get surprised that they wake up early.
People forget that he said some really awful and racist things to visiting dignitaries.
Load More Replies...I GENUINELY saw someone saying his "unexpected" death was because he had the covid vaccine! unexpected! he's looked like a zombie for about a decade.
Every single flipping' day...except that it's all the dogs barking wanting in/out...who the heck knows!
Guys it is super easy. Just offer screen time as a reward. Kids love nothing more, not even candy. So... tell them which chores to do, and say that for each chore they get an hour screentime. Result: kids that do chores and minimal screentime, OR, kids that do nothing but do not do screentime. It works really well.
You know they'll be glued to the screen 24/7 as soon as they are free from parental control though. Like those kids who never get even a single sip of beer or wine so end up getting hospitalized with alcohol poisoning because they completely overdo it the first time they secretely get access.
Load More Replies...'I wish my husband wouldn't dress like his 2 year old son on a family vacation. ' there, I fixed it for you.
How… what… what are you talking about? How are shorts and hiking shoes kids clothes?
Load More Replies...On vacation, 2yos' clothes and 45 yos' clothes have a lot in common.
I have purposely dressed my son the same as me, when we go on vacation and but he’s a teenager with special needs. 😁
The issue is that kids bring home SO much artwork from school. There's no way to keep it all. But it's also not cool to throw it away where they can find it!
Load More Replies...The ones that won't close, full screen ads, fake articles.... Its enough to make me want to quit being here
Load More Replies...Accurate....and the best time we had. Now our children have left the house and I can't wait to be a grandfather :-)
Yeah I have 3 years to go till I'm on my own and don't have to battle anymore.
Load More Replies...The ones that won't close, full screen ads, fake articles.... Its enough to make me want to quit being here
Load More Replies...Accurate....and the best time we had. Now our children have left the house and I can't wait to be a grandfather :-)
Yeah I have 3 years to go till I'm on my own and don't have to battle anymore.
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