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612 sats \ 30 replies \ @Natalia 8 Jan 2024 freebie \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
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Because it’s just easier to grab him by the shoulders and drag him to the bathroom haha. The trick is to laugh about it so that he will laugh too - even though that is the last thing on earth I wanna do.
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Don't worry, my wife resorts to that same tactic sometimes.
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or just leave him alone? 😂😂😂
okay you do you, I'm off to sleep soon, which means no one would help you with anything:)!
would this too brutal for a kid?
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I could have tried this ignoring him tactic but my wife would not be amused. It would be way past his bedtime n he can’t wake up the day after. She is the one who takes him to school before 8.30am haha
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curious, did you ever think of homeschooling?
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Actually nope. I’m a teacher who works in the public school system. Of course it has its flaws but I think the socialisation aspect is something that is hard to replicate in a homeschooling setting. I like hanging out with people too haha
You definitely don't want to violate the "happy wife happy life" theory of marriage.
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The ONE principle that matters
sounds brutal, not sure I would like that if I'm a kid again - maybe it works with boys?😂
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Been there, tried that. Kids are on their own time and have their own priorities. Especially when they're little, that kind of approach might even seem like it's working and then they just randomly get distracted by something else.
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so what would be the solution?
taking notes 👀
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Flexibility and patience.
"There are no solutions, only tradeoffs." -Thomas Sowell
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I thought about setting up a parenting territory, but the 100k sats is a risk I m not willing to take at this point in time
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For some reason, I thought there already was a parenting territory. I'll think about putting up the sats for it.
I got beaten to ~econ when territories launched and nothing else struck me as being worth founding, but parenting is definitely something I care enough about.
@Undisciplined you have no idea how comforting your words are to me - sleep-deprived after my baby girl woke me up at 5. “Kids are on their own time” - simple n profound. Kinda cheesy but I’m feeling grateful for your words. I will say this to myself every day haha
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I appreciate you sharing your parenting experiences. I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds them very relatable.
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