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Post by The Captain on Jul 2, 2014 15:04:54 GMT -5
(Along the lines of Jeff Foxworthy's you might be a redneck if) You might be a bad parent if: 1. You feed your kids Twinkies 2. You've had fast food more than 5 times in one week 3. You've taken you 10 yo to an R rated move, at 11pm. 4. You've allowed your kid unfiltered access to the internet 5. You've tossed a few beanbags into the back of a capped pick-up for the kids to ride in. What else?
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 2, 2014 15:23:04 GMT -5
(Along the lines of Jeff Foxworthy's you might be a redneck if) You might be a bad parent if: 1. You feed your kids Twinkies 2. You've had fast food more than 5 times in one week 3. You've taken you 10 yo to an R rated move, at 11pm. 4. You've allowed your kid unfiltered access to the internet 5. You've tossed a few beanbags into the back of a capped pick-up for the kids to ride in. What else? Captain, Captain....you really are a teensy bit indulgent with the kiddo, aren't you? I'd say you might be a bad parent if your idea of a balanced meal for your child is a grape Popsicle, green Jell-O and a hot dog. I mean, those do encompass a few of the food groups, but still.....
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 2, 2014 15:24:35 GMT -5
You might be a bad parent if you do not do everything YM deems "good" parenting. You might be a bad parent if your kid occasionally thinks your dog's name is "Stupid f-ing dog".
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 2, 2014 15:29:36 GMT -5
You might be a bad (grand)parent if you feed the little granddarlings sugar and No-Doz before handing them back their mom and dad, and then when the kids are bouncing off the walls, remind their parents that you've been waiting for the chance to say, "See, I told you so!" for years. Then say it.
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Post by wyouser on Jul 2, 2014 17:20:46 GMT -5
Geez..am I ancient or what? My own kids didn't have access to the internet...it did not exist in this part of the world then. Seatbelt laws only applied to the front seats and my old 67 Ford PU didn't have them, AND WAS AT THAT TIME THEREFORE EXEMPT. And yes we built beds in the pu bed under the topper for trips. We did that in the back seat OR BACKEND OF THE STATION WAGON TOO. Now today, its a whole different world with the grandkids.they get to make those 12-14 hour trips immobilized in modern straightjackets in the rear seats. Yes, all internet useage and phone useage is monitored. TV is monitored and no they don't get into r rated movies or certain pg 13 ones if grandpa hasn't checked em out first.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 17:23:25 GMT -5
I can remember riding down off the mountain on the load of wood in the back of the truck.
but then I often wonder what the hell my parents were thinking...
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 2, 2014 17:30:07 GMT -5
You might be a bad parent if ... all your kids think you named them, "Hey you, whatever your name is. "
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 2, 2014 17:35:13 GMT -5
You might be a bad kitty foster parent if you accidently close one of the 5 week old kittens into the refrigerator
I SWEAR I checked before I closed the door! I always check! . She jumped in there after I looked - swear! Good thing I needed to re-open the frig less than a minute later . . . (shudder).
She's fine . . . (shudder again)
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Post by KaraBoo on Jul 2, 2014 17:39:00 GMT -5
Let's see.....I've been accused of being a bad parent because: 1. I only gave birth to one child, so I can't be as good of a parent who's birthed 4 kiddos. 2. I use common sense instead of hyperbole. 3. I encourage the kids to eat half-way resembling healthy homemade food rather than food pulled out of the freezer and nuked to 5000 degrees. (I didn't realize offering them shake-n-bake style chicken and beans and rice were CPS call worthy meals.) 4. I take them to the dentist on a schedule and had their teeth fixed. 5. I will discipline in whatever form matters to the child to get my point and the lesson across - time outs, restrictions, and spankings if necessary. Apparently this is bad because the child is supposed to be able to have a say in what happens to them when they've done wrong - which usually means circular arguments until the parent gives in out of sheer exhaustion (not happening in my house). 6. I encouraged their dad to try for custody - and he won - making me the single most vile parent-wanna-be (see #1) ever to walk the face of the earth.
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Post by KaraBoo on Jul 2, 2014 17:40:26 GMT -5
I'd say "poor kitty"! but she probably didn't even notice and had a grand time exploring while she had the chance! (but I understand why you'd be upset - )
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 2, 2014 17:57:03 GMT -5
You might be a bad kitty foster parent if you accidently close one of the 5 week old kittens into the refrigerator
I SWEAR I checked before I closed the door! I always check! . She jumped in there after I looked - swear! Good thing I needed to re-open the frig less than a minute later . . . (shudder).
She's fine . . . (shudder again) I'd rather fish the feline out of the refrigerator than out of the toilet - which I've had to do several times with Choo Chi the dense!
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 2, 2014 18:09:29 GMT -5
You might be a bad kitty foster parent if you accidently close one of the 5 week old kittens into the refrigerator
I SWEAR I checked before I closed the door! I always check! . She jumped in there after I looked - swear! Good thing I needed to re-open the frig less than a minute later . . . (shudder).
She's fine . . . (shudder again) I'd rather fish the feline out of the refrigerator than out of the toilet - which I've had to do several times with Choo Chi the dense!
Time to institute a mandatory Seats Down policy!
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 2, 2014 18:15:02 GMT -5
Or give Choo Chi some swimming lessons.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jul 2, 2014 18:59:22 GMT -5
I'm not a bio-parent (a personal choice made by DH & me early into marriage), nor have I ever been a "step".
.. but when my brother's wife died young and their 2 children were very small, I played a very large roll in their nurturing/upbringing, and caring for them, being a major player in their lives for at least a decade into their formative years - so I've had my fair share of "parenting".
Yet I'd still get remarks like "You can't possibly know what it's like, since you don't have kids of your own".
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 2, 2014 19:00:58 GMT -5
I'm not a bio-parent (a personal choice made by DH & me early into marriage), nor have I ever been a "step".
.. but when my brother's wife died young and their 2 children were very small, I played a very large roll in their nurturing/upbringing, and caring for them, being a major player in their lives for at least a decade into their formative years - so I've had my fair share of "parenting".
Yet I'd still get remarks like "You can't possibly know what it's like, since you don't have kids of your own".
I've gotten this too! The fact that I took in and raised my DB's two kids apparently doesn't qualify in some circles . . .
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 2, 2014 19:09:46 GMT -5
(To steal an early comedy routine from Bill Cosby), You might be a bad parent if...in his formative years, your older son thought his name was 'Jesus Christ' and your younger son thought his name was 'Damnit'.
"Jesus Christ, would you keep the noise down" and "DamnIt, would you finish your dinner."
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 2, 2014 19:13:51 GMT -5
A single twinkie dooms me to the title of "bad parent"? wow.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 3, 2014 13:39:38 GMT -5
(To steal an early comedy routine from Bill Cosby), You might be a bad parent if...in his formative years, your older son thought his name was 'Jesus Christ' and your younger son thought his name was 'Damnit'. "Jesus Christ, would you keep the noise down" and "DamnIt, would you finish your dinner." Damnit! get in here! But Daaaad, I'm Jesus Christ!
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Post by tractor on Jul 3, 2014 15:11:51 GMT -5
If your kids think fresh fruit is only for aesthetics
Their dinner consists of a whole box of Swiss cake rolls, followed by ice cream for desert.
They come home from a friends house and say "did you know you can cook food on the stove?"
Your room has more cloths on the floor than theirs
Your kids idea of a big night out is getting large fries with their burger.
Can you tell we won't win many parenting awards?
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 3, 2014 15:46:08 GMT -5
(To steal an early comedy routine from Bill Cosby), You might be a bad parent if...in his formative years, your older son thought his name was 'Jesus Christ' and your younger son thought his name was 'Damnit'. "Jesus Christ, would you keep the noise down" and "DamnIt, would you finish your dinner." Damnit! get in here! But Daaaad, I'm Jesus Christ!
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Post by wyouser on Jul 3, 2014 16:33:42 GMT -5
Would you be more precise in your definition of fast food.....(.Bill Cosby would agree.)...have you tried to catch a 2 year old with a cookie? Man, that is food travelling near the speed of light
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 16:40:42 GMT -5
You might be a bad parent if you consider pushing a button on the microwave is cooking
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Post by Malarky on Jul 3, 2014 17:08:14 GMT -5
I bought a bagel guillotine, toast catchers and frozen waffles and bagels. My kids made their own breakfast from the time they were three.
They wouldn't eat cereal or eggs and they would never eat at the same time. I could have let them starve.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 3, 2014 17:15:50 GMT -5
How bad are you if you taught your four year old to do it for himself? I would rate that mother with the character, Mary, from the movie, Precious.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 3, 2014 17:20:46 GMT -5
Thank God I was just throwing it out as a hypothetical then. I would never, ever, ever do that. I bet you are a good mom who makes omelets for her kids for breakfast and multi-ingredient gourmet meals in the evening.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 17:24:23 GMT -5
You might be a bad great grandparent/great aunt/great aunt if you can't change a newborn baby's diaper because first you tried to put a 2yo's pamper on the baby, then you tried to figure out if the sanitary napkin in the diaper bag was the baby's pamper. True story, THREE women trying to change a pamper. I wasn't one of the 3. LOL!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jul 3, 2014 17:34:32 GMT -5
You might be a bad great grandparent/great aunt/great aunt if you can't change a newborn baby's diaper because first you tried to put a 2yo's pamper on the baby, then you tried to figure out if the sanitary napkin in the diaper bag was the baby's pamper. True story, THREE women trying to change a pamper. I wasn't one of the 3. LOL!
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Post by busymom on Jul 3, 2014 18:42:11 GMT -5
I consider my Mom to be a good parent. But, when we were kids, the only time when we drank water at home was: 1. straight from the garden hose AND 2. when we were sick, and Mom was giving us St. Joseph aspirin (remember those little orange/pink pills?). To this day, I have to push myself to drink straight water, because I associate it with being sick.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jul 3, 2014 19:01:36 GMT -5
And my mom (or dad) used to let us pick fresh carrots, peas, radishes, etc out of the garden, rinse them off with the garden hose, and eat them - often with a bit of dirt still left on them.
We all survived! (Mind you, gardening back then was all natural and simple - no fertilizers, "organics", etc - just a plain good old-fashioned gardens with potatoes, tomatoes, carrots and other assorted veggies.
We also didn't need hand-sanitizers and sterilizers. I think our immune systems grew stronger for it than today's generation which is protected inside a bubble. We also rarely got sick.
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Post by steff on Jul 3, 2014 19:54:01 GMT -5
And my mom (or dad) used to let us pick fresh carrots, peas, radishes, etc out of the garden, rinse them off with the garden hose, and eat them - often with a bit of dirt still left on them.
We all survived! (Mind you, gardening back then was all natural and simple - no fertilizers, "organics", etc - just a plain good old-fashioned gardens with potatoes, tomatoes, carrots and other assorted veggies.
We also didn't need hand-sanitizers and sterilizers. I think our immune systems grew stronger for it than today's generation which is protected inside a bubble. We also rarely got sick. I just finished munching my way thru my garden picking. I had raw green beans & more cherry tomatoes than I should have. Straight from the vine, not even rinsed off. Granted, we don't use any chemicals & the compost is well worked into the soil before we ever plant. so I'm good & full from my garden dining. lol
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