Parent discipline Ugh!

[sniper1shot]

I got one for you to laugh at:
Picture a shopping mall at Christmas time-Tons of people.
3xboys running all over the place and being....well, being the young ones they are (7-4-2). Under my breath and through gritting teeth I yell to my oldest. "Ryan, get over here and calm down"
He turns to me and in as loud as a 7yr old can talk go goes

*pause for effect here*

"YES SERGEANT".

Me and wife look at each other because:
1) He's never said that............ever.
2) I didn't know he knew my rank.
3) THE MALL AREA WAS SILENT......hearing a pin drop silent.

Everyone just stared at us.

So I.....just stood there quietly. Everyone eventually carried on and so did we. I was quiet for the remainder of the mall visit.

[Jim O]

They know and observe more than you realize. And they blurt it out at the most inopportune of times.

When my oldest (who will be 21 next month) was just turning 2 we were in a cab coming from Kennedy Airport in New York to my father's house elsewhere in the city. It was raining and there was a lot of traffic on the highway leading out of the airport. Now anyone who has ridden a cab in New York knows that the drivers are not patient and this guy was no exception. He kept gunning the engine and slamming on the brakes over and over. Every time he would slam on the brakes my son would yell "Stupid!". Every friggin' time! I learned about my own habit of doing the same thing when someone would stop short in front of me and I would have to slam on my brakes. All that my son knew was that the car was stopping short; he didn't care who was driving.

We were lucky that the cab driver did not pull over and let us out on the highway in the rain that night.

[Aussie Dave]

Talking about things kids say...

Here is something that happened to my brother late last year that he told me about.

He and his wife were given a set of "furry" hand-cuffs (aka love-cuffs) for their Wedding Anniversary by a friend of his as a joke present.

While out shopping the next day, standing in the queue at the shop's check-out, his 5 y.o. son asked loudly,
"Daddy when we get home, can I play with yours and mummy's Furry Hand-Buckles?"

Well my brother nearly had a heart attack and his eyes darted around to see who was looking at them, and of course everyone was looking at them, some were shocked, some were smiling and laughing.

He told me he and his wife never wanted to get out of a store as quickly as they did that day.
(And I can't really blame him for that either.)


Cheers,
Dave

[Pylon1357]

I was reading the first post and I have to say...I burst out laughing. Not because you were upset, or your daughter...just thinking about my own experiances with my two daughters.

At five years old, it was easy. Now that one is just shy of 18 and the other is 14 1/2 its difficult for certain. Wait until the guys start coming around the house.

[cyberia]

Always be careful of what is being overheard and stored for later use. Even when you think you were not overheard.

When my daughter was five she and my wife were visiting "her" parents sometime after Thanksgiving. My mother-in-law asked my daughter what Daddy wanted from Mommy for Christmas.

To my wife's horror my daughter blurted out (insert descriptive passage here)

...and even remembered to add to the end, "and afterwards a beer".

[PanzerBob]

When my kid first came from Kenya his English was very shakey, but he was learning fast, and I was learning fast to tone down my sailor's mouth.

Anyway I was teaching him the computer, which he was doing well at. One day we were all in the Living Room and he made a mistake and we thought we heard very quitely the word "sh*t", attention drawn, he made some error or other again and quitely again "sh*t". So we questioned him why. He quickly explained to my wife in Swahili, well when Dad makes mistakes on the computer that is what he says.

He thought it was part of the computer lingo!! Because I was saying it and thought no one heard it. Yes they are knowledge vaccums!!!

[Geek44]

Originally Posted by Panzermacher

8. Always be ready with a bluff.... Old age and treachery ALWAYS beats youth and brilliance.

I LOVE this. Shame my kids are too young yet but still, forewarned is forearmed.
I remember once when I was around 15 and being a bit of a jerk to my mother she said; 'Nick, you're my son and I love you more than life itself, but I don't much like you'. Suffice to say I went off to my room for a good, long think about things.
My son already immitates our friends who are smokers (scary) and says s**t occasionally too. Now, we think the potty-mouthed toddler is kinda amusing and we don't make a big deal out of it. I've taken to using the language they use on 'Thomas The Tank Engine' when they 'swear'. 'Bust my buffers' or 'cinders and ashes' that kind of thing...workin' like a charm so far.

[sniper1shot]

To my wife's horror my daughter blurted out (insert descriptive passage here)

...and even remembered to add to the end, "and afterwards a beer".

What, isn't this what all guys want? I didn't find nothing wrong with this one HAHAHA.

[Leatchy]

Wise words from someone much wiser than me.

Why, after saying NO! to your child repeatedly for 2 years are you suprised that the first and then most oft used word you child spouts is, NO!

Wise words from me. The second one is easier, and the grandchildren are a piece of pi$$. lol

[Geek44]

Originally Posted by Leatchy

Wise words from me. The second one is easier, and the grandchildren are a piece of pi$$. lol