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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Middle of a chilled afternoon, lounging on my sofa, cold drink in hand and listening to some good music, all in all a nice calm afternoon....or so I thought.
A crash and scream comes from upstairs and with a sigh I get up to go see what's going on. As I get upstairs my two kids have decided they want to kill eachother and wreck the house while they do it.
there's toys everywhere, they're screaming at eachother, teeth gnashing, angry snarls. In a thought I reckin I'm raising wild animals rather than children at this stage. It seems I can never get a nice afternoon without drama, Why is it so tough being a parent......  |
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 . Courage mon brave. One day they'll be old enough to take you out for a cold one.
When I was pregnant with my first a lady in our butchers shop said "at least you know where they are now" I didn't understand her, at the time...by heck I do now |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought  "
get them out and about and have a hoot children love to get out and run and play |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......"
We found benign neglect worked well! |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......"
It’s in the last page of the Hanes manual apparently  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
We found benign neglect worked well!"
I knew they needed feeding and watering, but attention?! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......"
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up. |
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By *inn2000Woman
over a year ago
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Out shopping this afternoon and two kids were running round the store. Mum said 'you dont usually act like this what's wrong?' Younger boy said 'she has deliberately hurt me twice so its my turn to hit her' Exasperated mum, 'oh she was only playing'.. younger brother growls 'well I'm not I want to fxxking kill her!'
The sister legged it (wise move). The poor mum was mortified.and an older lady leaned over and patted her hand and said 'this too shall pass...'
Gotta love kids  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up."
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip. |
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"Wait till they're turning 18 and planning on moving to Ibiza...  such fun to come....
Or, they get to 32 and you're still living with them."
Ha ha nobody warns you that it doesn't stop at 18 do they!?! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip. "
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long! "
You’re my hero! Shall we set up a babysitting service? We would be awesome! |
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"Middle of a chilled afternoon, lounging on my sofa, cold drink in hand and listening to some good music, all in all a nice calm afternoon....or so I thought.
A crash and scream comes from upstairs and with a sigh I get up to go see what's going on. As I get upstairs my two kids have decided they want to kill eachother and wreck the house while they do it.
there's toys everywhere, they're screaming at eachother, teeth gnashing, angry snarls. In a thought I reckin I'm raising wild animals rather than children at this stage. It seems I can never get a nice afternoon without drama, Why is it so tough being a parent...... "
I know that scenario well!
My kids regularly try to kill each other!
Boy and girl - 18 months age difference and zero in common!
In recent months (in their early teens now) they’ve screamed at each other slightly less - which is promising but I’m not getting my hopes up yet!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long! "
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg "
Was it Gerry McCann? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
You’re my hero! Shall we set up a babysitting service? We would be awesome!"
Totes.... now what shall we call it?
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg "
I've taken Phenergan to muffle the sounds of kids..... it was a fluffy experience |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
You’re my hero! Shall we set up a babysitting service? We would be awesome!
Totes.... now what shall we call it?
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Neglectful Nannies? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip. "
Good call. Only give them sugary stuff before they go to stay with the in laws. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg
I've taken Phenergan to muffle the sounds of kids..... it was a fluffy experience "
They outlawed that stuff  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg
I've taken Phenergan to muffle the sounds of kids..... it was a fluffy experience
They outlawed that stuff "
They haven't.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
You’re my hero! Shall we set up a babysitting service? We would be awesome!
Totes.... now what shall we call it?
Neglectful Nannies? "
I like it... or how about 'Careless Carers' ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
You’re my hero! Shall we set up a babysitting service? We would be awesome!
Totes.... now what shall we call it?
Neglectful Nannies?
I like it... or how about 'Careless Carers' ?"
The Babycham Sitters! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
You’re my hero! Shall we set up a babysitting service? We would be awesome!
Totes.... now what shall we call it?
Neglectful Nannies?
I like it... or how about 'Careless Carers' ?
The Babycham Sitters!"
Nice
Or Dodgy Daycare  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg
I've taken Phenergan to muffle the sounds of kids..... it was a fluffy experience
They outlawed that stuff
They haven't.... "
Really? I was told it was no longer on sale. I don't need it for my kid now, all he does is sleep. |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
 my thoughts exactly. They aren't kids for long x"
Kids also need to be able to appreciate (age depending) that grown ups also need some relaxing time... |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
my thoughts exactly. They aren't kids for long x
Kids also need to be able to appreciate (age depending) that grown ups also need some relaxing time... "
Exactly, we don’t know the OP hasn’t spent all morning with them, we don’t know he hasn’t already done a full blown walk and trip to the park by the time he wrote this, we don’t know if it’s literally the first time he has sat down today having a little rest, as far as I am aware you are allowed a break or two during the day! They say looking after kids is more than a full time job and I’m sure you get breaks in the day at a fulltime job (allegedly). We also don’t know they haven’t been up stairs since the morning and this is why they are fighting...soooo many ‘what if’s!’
Geeky x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
my thoughts exactly. They aren't kids for long x
Kids also need to be able to appreciate (age depending) that grown ups also need some relaxing time...
Exactly, we don’t know the OP hasn’t spent all morning with them, we don’t know he hasn’t already done a full blown walk and trip to the park by the time he wrote this, we don’t know if it’s literally the first time he has sat down today having a little rest, as far as I am aware you are allowed a break or two during the day! They say looking after kids is more than a full time job and I’m sure you get breaks in the day at a fulltime job (allegedly). We also don’t know they haven’t been up stairs since the morning and this is why they are fighting...soooo many ‘what if’s!’
Geeky x"
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
my thoughts exactly. They aren't kids for long x
Kids also need to be able to appreciate (age depending) that grown ups also need some relaxing time...
Exactly, we don’t know the OP hasn’t spent all morning with them, we don’t know he hasn’t already done a full blown walk and trip to the park by the time he wrote this, we don’t know if it’s literally the first time he has sat down today having a little rest, as far as I am aware you are allowed a break or two during the day! They say looking after kids is more than a full time job and I’m sure you get breaks in the day at a fulltime job (allegedly). We also don’t know they haven’t been up stairs since the morning and this is why they are fighting...soooo many ‘what if’s!’
Geeky x"
We don’t know either way. OP hasn’t offered any reason why the kids have been in the mood to wreck things. |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg
I've taken Phenergan to muffle the sounds of kids..... it was a fluffy experience
They outlawed that stuff
They haven't....
Really? I was told it was no longer on sale. I don't need it for my kid now, all he does is sleep. "
You can get it on prescription, but it's also an ingredient that's in Night Nurse and you can buy that over the counter |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
my thoughts exactly. They aren't kids for long x
Kids also need to be able to appreciate (age depending) that grown ups also need some relaxing time...
Exactly, we don’t know the OP hasn’t spent all morning with them, we don’t know he hasn’t already done a full blown walk and trip to the park by the time he wrote this, we don’t know if it’s literally the first time he has sat down today having a little rest, as far as I am aware you are allowed a break or two during the day! They say looking after kids is more than a full time job and I’m sure you get breaks in the day at a fulltime job (allegedly). We also don’t know they haven’t been up stairs since the morning and this is why they are fighting...soooo many ‘what if’s!’
Geeky x
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This is why cats are so much more preferable than kids. If the cats are scrapping with each other you can kick them out in the garden all night. I understand that if you do that with kids you'll get social services breathing down your neck. |
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"This is why cats are so much more preferable than kids. If the cats are scrapping with each other you can kick them out in the garden all night. I understand that if you do that with kids you'll get social services breathing down your neck."
Not if they don't find out |
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"This is why cats are so much more preferable than kids. If the cats are scrapping with each other you can kick them out in the garden all night. I understand that if you do that with kids you'll get social services breathing down your neck."
Do you fancy being Welfare Officer in our new child care service? |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
my thoughts exactly. They aren't kids for long x
Kids also need to be able to appreciate (age depending) that grown ups also need some relaxing time...
Exactly, we don’t know the OP hasn’t spent all morning with them, we don’t know he hasn’t already done a full blown walk and trip to the park by the time he wrote this, we don’t know if it’s literally the first time he has sat down today having a little rest, as far as I am aware you are allowed a break or two during the day! They say looking after kids is more than a full time job and I’m sure you get breaks in the day at a fulltime job (allegedly). We also don’t know they haven’t been up stairs since the morning and this is why they are fighting...soooo many ‘what if’s!’
Geeky x
We don’t know either way. OP hasn’t offered any reason why the kids have been in the mood to wreck things."
I know he hasn’t, but to assume the worst isn’t fair imo.
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"This is why cats are so much more preferable than kids. If the cats are scrapping with each other you can kick them out in the garden all night. I understand that if you do that with kids you'll get social services breathing down your neck."
Bugger!! I’d better get mine back in then |
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"This is why cats are so much more preferable than kids. If the cats are scrapping with each other you can kick them out in the garden all night. I understand that if you do that with kids you'll get social services breathing down your neck.
Do you fancy being Welfare Officer in our new child care service? "
No thanks  I'm perfectly happy in my hermetically sealed child-free environment. |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg
I've taken Phenergan to muffle the sounds of kids..... it was a fluffy experience
They outlawed that stuff
They haven't....
Really? I was told it was no longer on sale. I don't need it for my kid now, all he does is sleep.
You can get it on prescription, but it's also an ingredient that's in Night Nurse and you can buy that over the counter "
I have a stash - anything with Promethazine has a drowsy effect (apparently).....
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
my thoughts exactly. They aren't kids for long x
Kids also need to be able to appreciate (age depending) that grown ups also need some relaxing time...
Exactly, we don’t know the OP hasn’t spent all morning with them, we don’t know he hasn’t already done a full blown walk and trip to the park by the time he wrote this, we don’t know if it’s literally the first time he has sat down today having a little rest, as far as I am aware you are allowed a break or two during the day! They say looking after kids is more than a full time job and I’m sure you get breaks in the day at a fulltime job (allegedly). We also don’t know they haven’t been up stairs since the morning and this is why they are fighting...soooo many ‘what if’s!’
Geeky x
We don’t know either way. OP hasn’t offered any reason why the kids have been in the mood to wreck things.
I know he hasn’t, but to assume the worst isn’t fair imo.
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Yes maybe but I agree with the OP, raising kids is tough work and in my experience it’s lack of contact with them that can lead to bad behaviour. |
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"This is why cats are so much more preferable than kids. If the cats are scrapping with each other you can kick them out in the garden all night. I understand that if you do that with kids you'll get social services breathing down your neck.
Do you fancy being Welfare Officer in our new child care service? "
You'll get paid in crates of Babycham |
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"This is why cats are so much more preferable than kids. If the cats are scrapping with each other you can kick them out in the garden all night. I understand that if you do that with kids you'll get social services breathing down your neck.
Bugger!! I’d better get mine back in then "
Nah, leave them to it, it builds resilience |
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If I see parents out struggling with their kids behaviour or a child with a tantrum I always smile at them and say something like "I've had plenty of that" if help's required I offer it.
One of ours would have terrible screaming tantrums, it was terribly stessful. Once I was struggling to get him into the pushchair people walked past me tutting except one woman who stopped and offered help. It was exactly what this tired, stressed parent who was doing her best needed. Not assumptions about my parenting skills.
Incidentally both our kids had plenty of contact |
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"They maybe would have liked some attention from you OP - just a thought
You're supposed to pay attention to them? Shit......
Chuck them a pizza and a packet of biscuits to shut them up.
But avoid fizzy drinks. Makes the fuckers round round like lunatics, disturbing your afternoon kip.
You could also give them an antihistamine at bedtime and tell them it's a vitamin, lil fuckers will sleep for sooooooo long!
I know someone who once gave their kid Phenergan so they’d sleep on a longhaul flight.
The little cherub bounced off the walls all the way to Jo’burg
Was it Gerry McCann?"
Quiet if the kid doesn't wake up. |
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"If I see parents out struggling with their kids behaviour or a child with a tantrum I always smile at them and say something like "I've had plenty of that" if help's required I offer it.
One of ours would have terrible screaming tantrums, it was terribly stessful. Once I was struggling to get him into the pushchair people walked past me tutting except one woman who stopped and offered help. It was exactly what this tired, stressed parent who was doing her best needed. Not assumptions about my parenting skills.
Incidentally both our kids had plenty of contact"
Oh I can relate to this...!! |
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"If I see parents out struggling with their kids behaviour or a child with a tantrum I always smile at them and say something like "I've had plenty of that" if help's required I offer it.
One of ours would have terrible screaming tantrums, it was terribly stessful. Once I was struggling to get him into the pushchair people walked past me tutting except one woman who stopped and offered help. It was exactly what this tired, stressed parent who was doing her best needed. Not assumptions about my parenting skills.
Incidentally both our kids had plenty of contact
Oh I can relate to this...!!"
Trying to bend a stiff child in the middle while it's screaming to get it into a pushchair was a regular pastime for me at one time |
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"If I see parents out struggling with their kids behaviour or a child with a tantrum I always smile at them and say something like "I've had plenty of that" if help's required I offer it.
One of ours would have terrible screaming tantrums, it was terribly stessful. Once I was struggling to get him into the pushchair people walked past me tutting except one woman who stopped and offered help. It was exactly what this tired, stressed parent who was doing her best needed. Not assumptions about my parenting skills.
Incidentally both our kids had plenty of contact
Oh I can relate to this...!!
Trying to bend a stiff child in the middle while it's screaming to get it into a pushchair was a regular pastime for me at one time "
Why oh why do they not bend in the middle?! |
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