Barrister's obnoxious thread full of smug parenting stories

[crazy canuck]

Just to clarify I was not trying to make Henry eat anything.  He wanted some brownies and I said he could have some if he ate some of his beans.  He just could have walked away from the Brownies at any time.  But no!  Battle Royal ensued and it was funny.

Was it worth the fight?

If the family is having brownies then the kid should have them too.  The difference between you and the kid is that nobody is making you eat stuff you hate before you have desert

[merithyn]

Just to clarify I was not trying to make Henry eat anything.  He wanted some brownies and I said he could have some if he ate some of his beans.  He just could have walked away from the Brownies at any time.  But no!  Battle Royal ensued and it was funny.

Hehe... Yeah... been there, done that. I'm fairly sure no one is the worse for wear, and it'll be a great story to tell around the kitchen table when he brings his first girlfriend around.

[Ed Anger]

I starve my kids. They steal from the neighbors.

God help them if they get caught though.

[crazy canuck]

I starve my kids. They steal from the neighbors.

God help them if they get caught though.

But you are raising a phalanx of Spartans.  Not everyone can field that kind of manpower.

[Ed Anger]

 

The Gallic legion is forming soon.

[Ed Anger]

The twins are formally promoted to 1st Grade next year

They might get that Wii U they want. Gaming n00bs. 

[Valmy]

I hope its fun Ed

[Admiral Yi]

What's the "U" supposed to indicate?

[Ed Anger]

Oh dear god. Pray for me.

[derspiess]

What's the "U" supposed to indicate?

The current console that succeeded the Wii (though it has not exactly been a success, per se).

[Valmy]

What's the "U" supposed to indicate?

No idea, I think it is supposed to be nonsensical.

Or maybe it stands for Wisconsin International University.

[Grey Fox]

What's the "U" supposed to indicate?

No one knows.

Stupid Nintendo should have called it Wii 2.

[derspiess]

The twins are formally promoted to 1st Grade next year

They might get that Wii U they want. Gaming n00bs. 

Tommy starts 1st grade next year.  We have a "graduation" thing for his kindergarten class tomorrow, the concept of which annoys me to no end.

Oh, and I put an Xbox 360 in his room, mainly for him & me to watch Netflix and for him to play his Lego games.  Made the mistake of buying him that new Plants Vs. Zombies game, not knowing it was an online-only FPS.  The good news is that practically everyone else who plays that game sounds like they're also about his age.

[Valmy]

Tommy starts 1st grade next year.  We have a "graduation" thing for his kindergarten class tomorrow, the concept of which annoys me to no end.

I had one for Kindergarten, I had one for third grade (because my school went from 1st to 3rd), and then another for fifth grade.  I was getting pretty good at graduating by the time I was a Senior in HS.

[crazy canuck]

So you have both a tv and an xbox in the bedroom of a kid in kindergarten?  Shouldnt you be helping him to make better choices regarding how to use his time?