I tell them it's their fault that they can't finish and they must face the consequences. Only had to do this once per child and they never procrastinated again.

Kids have learned - from their parents - that they are expected to share around equally. Yet, when they do so with gusto their parents go to X to utter their disgruntlement, while in fact they should rejoice their good parenting.

My parents made me learn to play the recorder. Never again! I will make my kid learn to play the keyboard instead

Join a synagogue, there is kiddush at the end of the service. Which is essentially a snack bar.

That's how we get our son to eat parsnips. They are "Christmas chips"

In our case it's the kid who snores like a pig... is that normal at 2 years? 😭

better than cartman's mom who asked bill clinton for a foetal termination right at 8 years old...

I would have thought there would be more crying.

Teach them actions have consequences. Start at home teaching that negative actions get negative responses. Positive actions get positive responses. Do what you are told and you get a special privileges' ( If you can sit still through dinner, you get to choose dessert.) And yes, ADHD children can be taught to sit still, use a timer if you have to. You have 60 seconds you have to hold still. When they do it right, give them a reward. If they can't, make it 30 seconds. If they still can't, try 15 seconds. When they finally sit still, reward them. Rewards can be anything the child thinks is special. You get a new colored pencil. You get a hug for the same amount of time you held still. 30 seconds sitting still = 30 second hug. Not all rewards are monetary, not all punishments are physical.

When it matters, then yes

OK, I need the lyrics for Frosty the Fartman

OMG "thee" wars!

Someone brought their A game

TBT when I lived in Japan and used to sing parodies like this under my breath in the supermarket because no one could speak English. (These days I sing “oh my god make it stop” in Japanese under my breath when my most hated Christmas songs are played in the supermarket because no one here can speak Japanese.)

If you train your kid in the concept of "dad tax" you can tax any candy they get.

Sometimes When you’re sick you just want to feel like your winning at something

we did this one year in school, see my grandma liked thrif shops, so she would buy us tons of toys, bu that time me, my sister, and my brother had over 1000 toys and stuffed animals, well we had "present day" at school for Christmas, so me and my sister, walked into our class {i was held back due to poor teaching when my birth mom died} with 3 huge black trashbags worth of wrapped stuff, we gave every kid in that class 3 random presents and told them they could trade if they wanted, and apparently it was the most any kid gave out {we had over 100+ presets for class of 30}

Blame it on the elves.

That’s what my parents did with an Xbox 😂

That's OK then

I have one strict rule with the kid: if I promise something, I WILL keep it. If I'm not intending to do something I won't promise, as broken promises inevitably lead to distrust in the future. And yeah, sometimes 'higher powers' do make something impossible (the car broke down, we have to get it fixed first), and the kid understands it was out of our hands

But at least you can let the Tamagotchi run out of batteries...

good luck

It's only inappropriate because you didn't have the proper amount. It goes: "Shots; shots, shots-shots-shots-shots. Shots, shots-shots-shots-shots. Shots, shots-shots-shots-shots. EVERYBODY!

Yes. I talk about defenestrating the kids sometimes. Just talking about it helps me a lot. When it doesn't I text my bf and inform him to come and help with the kids before I defenestrate them. He knows it's serious when I text him that so it makes him come running. I just need to make it clear: I love the kids with every fiber of my being and of course I wouldn't ACTUALLY throw the kids out the window. But saying the words helps a lot when I'm about to give up for the day. :)

I hope he did it Donald Duck-style, then. Jumping up and down while yelling and throwing hands around. Lol. If done really well, I suspect nobody noticed the tantrum, they just thought he was playing. Lol

YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH -literally every song ever

If you think about it Santa really is a creep

That's totally what my 2,5 year old would do. If she could unwrap presents without getting frustrated after 3 seconds that is