More bad parenting.

[swamp]

Yesterday I let the kids eat as much candy as they wanted that was thrown during the parade. 

I let let them climb rocks and play on a gravel hill while waiting for the parade to start. 

i let them eat whatever they wanted at the party later that afternoon. Then they swam right after eating.  They went done a very large water slide without me supervising every second. They jumped on the trampoline with other kids on it. DD got chased bu a kid with a work and I told her to suck it up ,it's just a worm. 

I let DS go to bed with his DS game. 

Today DS fell while climbing on his grandparents outdoor cellar entrance, scraped him foot and knee pretty good and I told him that's what happens when you do things you aren't supposed to do. 

Next week we will have a male 16 year old baby sitter. 

[Nazgul Girl]

   I just stopped the car to tell the neighborhood kids not to run straight at a moving car while chasing a basketball in the street !   They didn't appreciate it, either, but I don't want to kill anybody's nine-year-old.   Imagine !

[billisonboard]

Jul 5, 2014 14:26:48 GMT -5 swamp said:

Yesterday I let the kids eat as much candy as they wanted that was thrown during the parade. 

I let let them climb rocks and play on a gravel hill while waiting for the parade to start. 

i let them eat whatever they wanted at the party later that afternoon. Then they swam right after eating.  They went done a very large water slide without me supervising every second. They jumped on the trampoline with other kids on it. DD got chased bu a kid with a work and I told her to suck it up ,it's just a worm. 

I let DS go to bed with his DS game. 

Today DS fell while climbing on his grandparents outdoor cellar entrance, scraped him foot and knee pretty good and I told him that's what happens when you do things you aren't supposed to do. 

Next week we will have a male 16 year old baby sitter. 

Excellent bad parenting. Keep up the bad work.

[busymom]

Gee, I must be slipping.   I let my kids eat as much food from the grill as they wanted.  AND, they made s'mores afterwards. 

[Nazgul Girl]

   I'm reporting you all to the mods for bad, bad parenting.  

[giramomma]

I bribed my 2 year old to keep a band aid on her finger.

She ate Jelly Bellies for breakfast yesterday morning.

[billisonboard]

Jul 5, 2014 16:16:00 GMT -5 giramomma said:

I bribed my 2 year old to keep a band aid on her finger.

She ate Jelly Bellies for breakfast yesterday morning.

Is that bad parenting?

[yogiii]

Jul 5, 2014 14:26:48 GMT -5 swamp said:

Next week we will have a male 16 year old baby sitter. 

This one made me LOL the most.

[Deleted]

When my son was about 10, his favorite movie was Pretty Woman.  My MIL said, "You do know she is a prostitute, don't you?"

His next favorite movie was Bill and Ted's Whatever Adventure.  If you've seen it, you know they are the ultimate going-nowhere-with-your-life characters.

Somehow he managed to grow up to be a nerdy CPA like his dad.

Which was the parenting fail again?  J/k. 

[Nazgul Girl]

   When my daughter was aged four to six,  she liked to "cook."   She was quite distractable, so sometimes, when I was showing her how to make some simple things (cereal with milk, nothing too bad ), she'd tell me what she was planning on cooking, which was usually imaginary, and I wouldn't take her very seriously.   I used to think that she would just make cereal and milk, or something like peanut butter on bread.   ( She could climb up on anything ).
   
   I'd find that she'd been busy cooking, all right - one head of lettuce, half a bottle of something (salad dressing, vinegar, whatever ), some butter, some peanutbutter,  some sugar, some chocolate, some salt, etc.

   It was so much fun that we'd eat her concoctions together.   Sometimes, the stuff tasted pretty good, and sometimes, not so much.    She was not allowed to turn on the stove or oven, or use the microwave.   She could toast something, but not stick any forks or knives into the toaster.   

  It was all good so much fun.   I miss those creative days.

[alabamagal]

One day when I left for work, apparently I forgot to give DS2 (at the time) a goodbye kiss before leaving for work.  I left the door unlocked because DS was home and the nanny was due in 30 minutes.  DS opened to door and ran down the street looking for me.  He got 3 houses down when a neighbor (who just moved in and we had not met) saw him.  She asked him where he lived, thankfully he knew so she didn't have to call the police.  She brought him home to DH.  Parenting fail.

DD3 at the time one time got out of the tub and was supposed to go to her room and get dressed.  Instead, she climbed into the full length window and pressed her naked body to the window.  Our house is at the top of a T street and when you get to the stop sign, you look directly into her window.  I found her there about 10 minutes after she went in there.  Parenting fail.

[giramomma]

Jul 5, 2014 16:22:22 GMT -5 @tbird said:

17 years ago, I encouraged DD to think a poopy diaper was funny.

Now she embarrasses her friends by announcing, "I gotta take a "....and heading into the bathroom with her phone....

Be careful people! These things will echo throughout their lives!

I taught DS to say "Daddy made a big poop." when DH got out of the bathroom. I also taught DS to undo the velcro on DH's sandals.  I think these things fall under spousal fail, vs. parenting fail, though.

DH taught the littlest to say "Whoaaa Nelly" when she has a dirty diaper. It's pretty funny.

[giramomma]

Jul 5, 2014 16:19:15 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Jul 5, 2014 16:16:00 GMT -5 giramomma said:

I bribed my 2 year old to keep a band aid on her finger.

She ate Jelly Bellies for breakfast yesterday morning.

Is that bad parenting?

Jelly Bellies for breakfast followed up with potato chips and an ice cream sandwich for lunch yesterday, may not be bad parenting..but probably not the healthiest breakfast/lunch for her.

Today for lunch she had cheetos and a hamburger bun.

[milee]

Jul 5, 2014 20:59:55 GMT -5 giramomma said:

Jul 5, 2014 16:19:15 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Today for lunch she had cheetos and a hamburger bun.

English people have the "Chip Butty" (French fry sandwich - usually served on white bread or a hamburger bun), so maybe this is the American version - the "Cheeto Butty". You're not a bad parent, you're an adventurous chef creating Nouveau American Cuisine.

[Deleted]

Can we unite as brothers/sisters of child raising and declare this as the newest bestest parenting method?

[whoisjohngalt]

The ONLY reason I don't allow them to eat as much candy and other crap as they want is bc I can not handle any kind of puking.  But if there are other adults in the house?  Knock yourself out. 

[Formerly SK]

I've been killing myself on yard projects the past two weeks so the kids have played about a bazillion hours of Minecraft. 

Course, they think it's the best summer ever. 

[truthbound]

Jul 5, 2014 16:19:15 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Jul 5, 2014 16:16:00 GMT -5 giramomma said:

I bribed my 2 year old to keep a band aid on her finger.

She ate Jelly Bellies for breakfast yesterday morning.

Is that bad parenting?

Yes.

[8 Bit WWBG]

Have they learned any of the major curses yet?  Let them watch Team America.

[zibazinski]

On last night!!

[milee]

Jul 6, 2014 7:47:40 GMT -5 8 Bit WWBG said:

Team America.

DH and I still laugh when we think of the scene where they're doing the spy training and explain to the would-be agent that if the agent is captured, s/he may want to kill himself to avoid torture or interrogation. Instead of giving the agent the expected cyanide capsule, they hand the agent... a hammer.   We've adapted this idea in our house.  When the kids were little, they were really active and very loud; sometimes I thought I'd die of sleep deprivation or go insane from the constant craziness.  I explained to DH that we needed a "Family Hammer" in case one of us needed to put ourselves out of our misery before we killed one of the children.  So whenever DH sees me looking especially worn out or twitching in the corner, he asks if I need the Family Hammer. 

[Lizard Queen]

My baby ate croutons for breakfast. Yeah, he's got most of his teeth already.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 5, 2014 14:26:48 GMT -5 swamp said:

Yesterday I let the kids eat as much candy as they wanted that was thrown during the parade. 

I let let them climb rocks and play on a gravel hill while waiting for the parade to start. 

i let them eat whatever they wanted at the party later that afternoon. Then they swam right after eating.  They went done a very large water slide without me supervising every second. They jumped on the trampoline with other kids on it. DD got chased bu a kid with a work and I told her to suck it up ,it's just a worm. 

I let DS go to bed with his DS game. 

Today DS fell while climbing on his grandparents outdoor cellar entrance, scraped him foot and knee pretty good and I told him that's what happens when you do things you aren't supposed to do. 

Next week we will have a male 16 year old baby sitter. 

You hit just about all the ìtems on a bad parent's bucket list.  Only thing missing is letting the kids get in a strange man's black sedan who asked them to help find his lost puppy.

[zibazinski]

Tune in tomorrow!!

[Abby Normal]

I did a good one the other day.  DS has been busy with baseball and a play he's in this summer. DH's father passed away and we've been dealing with cleaning out his house. So there has been alot going on.  We had been working on FIL's house all day (1.5 hours away) and got home way late (stuck in traffic) and had to run DS to the next event.

I was to drop him off and head to dinner with some friends.  I sat down to order dinner and was complaining about my day when it hit me.  I hadn't fed him dinner. DS hadn't eaten since late that morning and it was now 7pm.  

Usually he'd say something but it was super hot. And when he's hot he doesn't realize he needs to eat. Then he gets sick because he hasn't.  When we got home at 9 he said " can I eat now?" 

[skubikky]

When DS was about 3, we were in church one warm summer Sunday morning.
DS looked warm so DH undid his little tie and undid the top few buttons on his shirt. The choir finished their bit and the preacher started the sermon. A friend of ours sitting in the choir started to giggle....then laugh until finally he was beet red and pointed to DS who DH hadn't been paying much attention to. DS had taken off his shirt and was in the process of dropping trou......DH looked down at him and asked what are you doing? He said "I'm hot!"

[greeniis10]

My 14 month old granddaughter LOVES to play in the dirt and rocks.  DH was doing some yard work and she found a new pile of dirt that she hadn't previously excavated so I gave her a plastic cup and a large spoon.  Then it started to rain.  She was SO happy and content we just left her out there.  (obviously, no lightning and I was under the patio cover)

We also have a couple of those half-barrel things that we use for planters in the backyard.  One of the plants died earlier in the year so DH took it out.  Now when we want to contain DGD we just plop her in the barrel which is full of dirt and she'll play until we take her out!

[Chocolate Lover]

Jul 6, 2014 0:49:57 GMT -5 Formerly SK said:

I've been killing myself on yard projects the past two weeks so the kids have played about a bazillion hours of Minecraft. 

Course, they think it's the best summer ever. 

You mean they're not supposed to play a bazillion hours of Minecraft?! Crap.... 

[Tennesseer]

Jul 8, 2014 13:16:08 GMT -5 greeniis10 said:

My 14 month old granddaughter LOVES to play in the dirt and rocks.  DH was doing some yard work and she found a new pile of dirt that she hadn't previously excavated so I gave her a plastic cup and a large spoon.  Then it started to rain.  She was SO happy and content we just left her out there.  (obviously, no lightning and I was under the patio cover)

We also have a couple of those half-barrel things that we use for planters in the backyard.  One of the plants died earlier in the year so DH took it out.  Now when we want to contain DGD we just plop her in the barrel which is full of dirt and she'll play until we take her out!

I see a doctorate in Paleontology in your DGD's future.