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it deffo gets better after that stage for me the early years were a long dark slog of depression, and most of the time i never even realized how depressed i was until afterwards. but you do it cuz you love them (hopefully) now i get to share cool interests with my kids like video games and movies and it's a whole new experience getting to share those things. just recently i started to watch some more "mature" action movies with my kids like pacific rim and we had a blast. over covid they watched me beat most of dark souls 1-3 and made the challenging boss fights much more rewarding when they were there to cheer.  of course there are new frustrations at every age and it's never easy.
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the cool thing about having a newborn is that you’ll never have to use an alarm to wake up on time ever again, because you will absolutely already be awake its also weird how your brain gets trained to notice every tiny little odd noise coming from the crib’s general direction, even if you are fast asleep. the very first time you experience the inevitable ultra limp body “oh god is my baby dead or just asleep” event is extremely terrifying lol
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yo gabba gabba supremacy
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my son came to me over the weekend and said "look at this gif mom sent me" and he used a soft g. i don't know what to do with these new feelings. should i discipline him? he certainly didn't learn that kind of language from me.
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Jan 16, 2023 16:36
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Kenny Logins posted:if you're into psyop, make them flip a coin and whoever loses gets double punished and the winner gets off scot free this time. the bond of siblings got them into this and it will also get them out of this. i am definitely stealing this idea for mild things like cleaning up after themselves
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also yeah re: teeth brushing - kids literally don't care about consequences that aren't immediate. if you didn't know that they hadn't been brushed for an entire weekend then you need to start supervising. bribes also work, but they need to be immediate as well. let them stay up past bed time or play a video game a little bit longer if they brush
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gonna wanna put at least one comma in that sentence
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Feb 9, 2023 13:36
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i had this favorite book called matthew and the midnight tow truck. no joke, it’s about a kid who wakes up at night and sees a tow truck outside. so he sneaks out without his mom knowing, and the tow truck driver lures the kid inside with toy cars and liquorice. the tow truck driver is smoking in every illustration. they go around town towing people’s cars and shrinking them to toy-size in a magic car wash. this is the author lol 
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i will never stop recommending yo gabba gabba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDcouGIvDi4 polyester concept fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Feb 21, 2023 |
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Feb 21, 2023 01:30
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echinopsis posted:is it possible be shielded from this or is just necessary for all humans, to learn that the internet is pain raising my kids to be nihilists who cares if someone you will never meet is mad about how you didn’t press buttons correctly. in a few years you’ll get bored of this and that guy will keep being mad at strangers. nothing lasts, so enjoy things on your own terms
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echinopsis posted:maybe, but it’s hard to imagine raising caring empathetic humans that are also some immune to mean words regardless of where they’re from yeah i was mostly being facetious because 
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the box art for snap circuits makes you think it’s gonna be garbage inside, but for the most part the build quality is very good. I think the leads on a couple capacitors or resistors broke at some point so I had to solder on replacements. my kid also burned out all of the LEDs by chaining battery compartments together from multiple sets
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Feb 27, 2023 00:00
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i never learned that I need to try hard and stick with things to get good at them until my 30s so i can’t blame my kids for doing the same
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my 8 yr old beat the first dark souls boss on his 3rd try. 
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Mr. Crow posted:trip report when hes beaten capra demon lol he is having a real hard time in the undead parish. the difficulty really amps up compared to the intro area and it feels like there is a long gap between bonfires - you gotta deal with the poison rats, several knight guys, and avoid the armored pig, all before you get to the next bonfire, nevermind the blacksmith to upgrade your weapon. i told him about being able to shoot off the tail of the dragon and he found the crossbow, but ran out of bolts. he killed the npc that sells them too, lol. sorry bud, no takesies-backsies
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echinopsis posted:mate he did, that’s why there’s now a due date
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:"I have no idea son but if you find out let me know"
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lol at the idea of the boomer generation understanding boundaries my parents will let my kids watch trash on youtube unsupervised for hours despite asking and sometimes even rudely demanding they stop. i mean it could be worse, sure, but it’s infuriating to keep having the same conversations. that said, they are also genuinely helpful in other aspects of being grandparents. oh well polyester concept fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Apr 22, 2023 |
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tonight i witnessed the most intense soccer game of 8 yr olds ever. my son’s team was down 3-1 and ended up winning 6-5. such insane moves, everyone watching was hootin and hollerin
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the only time kanye was right
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my ex is an emotionality abusive narcissist and so far we haven’t had to involve lawyers but I want to sell the house she still lives in because it’s too expensive and the sale would give both of us a fresh start and allow us both to afford more things for the kids, but i can already see she is going to make this as difficult as possible and lay on the guilt trips hella thick. gonna be a fun time. lord knows what she’ll say to the kids about me but i hope they’ll see the truth as they get older
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May 14, 2023 15:43
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the pedant stage of development is always fun
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my son beat dark souls today. full disclosure I helped him with quelaag and nito and he summoned help for o&s, but he did everything else. he struggled for a long time with the four kings but killed gwyn on his 3rd try.  the little masochist said sen’s fortress was his favorite part
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echinopsis posted:the closest thing I think I ever experience similar to psychosis is when shopping for clothes. it’s like I can feel judgment from idk who like as if someone was watching me and my decisions. hard to explain but maybe relatable. hosed up this but any time i am out in public doing anything
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:I don't think I managed to buy trousers that fit properly until I was like 25 so he'll probably grow out of it eventually im still loving this up somehow bought a pair of pants i liked that did fit so I went and bought another pair in a different color the same size and cut but they’re too small. so i guess it’s more the brand loving up I guess
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:when I was 22 I was like finally I’m done growing and bought a bunch of jeans that fit really well same but horizontally
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my kid broke his elbow yesterday, thankfully not a serious break, just a fracture. he was at a friend's house with his mom and they had a trampoline without nets on the side and he fell off. first day of summer holidays, too. drat feel like it wouldn't have happened on my watch lol
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record a voice message of your kid asking where grandpa is and send it to him imo
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the scammers when trying to sell a car are the worst. I had so many people trying to get me to enter my credit card into some fake rear end website for some kind of report they wanted. when they asked if the car had any issues (completely ignoring the photos and detailed description in the listing itself) I would reply that the rear end had a big hole in it and kindly forwarded them the goat man
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yeah it’s the exact same monkey cheese you’d find on newgrounds 20 years ago
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Jul 15, 2023 17:02
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is his name stan
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MrQueasy posted:
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echinopsis posted:imo, once you’ve cleared the bar of them being able to wipe their own asses and put on their own seatbelts it’s significantly easier from a physically exhausting point of view also: having them do chores for you fuckin rules
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post his search history
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my 10yo son and i are watching beginner ableton live and music theory lessons on youtube. his grandparents got him a midi controller for his birthday and he wants to make sick beats my other 8yo son is on the final boss of elden ring right now. having kids that share your interests is pretty fun. idk if this is rare or i just lucked out, but it’s cool to have little friends that you made they also tell me that they hate me and I’m the wOrSt DaD eVeR when they act like little shits and i make them do chores as a punishment, so it’s not all sunshine
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when i was a kid it was soggy magazines found in the woods
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stumbling upon a cache of woods porn when you and your friend were bored out of your minds on summer break was such a thrill
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It might also help to compare it to action movies or video games in the same sense, they are usually exaggerated fantasies
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a big one I struggle with constantly is just letting them be kids when it’s appropriate. i can be very impatient especially when I’m tired and have sensory issues with noises, so I sometimes bark at them to hurry up or quiet down. I try to mindful of it and make efforts to correct my own behaviour, and apologize when I realize it’s a me problem.
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Achmed Jones posted:echi do not, i repeat do not, take your son and his date to burger king lmao
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