Two things

[Smurfy]

1) I just washed my entire bathroom floor with lysol wipes. Have you ever done that? I felt like i was slacking a bit because I didnt use a bucket of water and a sponge - but those lysol wipe things (i use them religiously everywhere in the house) work well I think. Im sure it's more expensive to do it that way - i went through like 10 or 15 wipes for the floor alone. I cant stand a dirty bathroom. When i go to people's houses and use their bathroom, i lift the toilet seat to see if they keep it clean and i also look at their floor to see if they have washed it recently (if not, there's like hair and dust in the corners, etc). Does anyone else do this? Is it weird of me?

2) How do you feel about parents/adults teasing children? Even in a joking manner? LIke in jest? IS this ok in your book? I was always raised to believe that children should respect all adults at all times. I know some adults who tease children in a joking manner ("hey whats up big ears?", stuff like that) and then they and the kid might laugh together about it or whatever. Now dont get me wrong, I play with my son and get silly, but it never involves me teasing him or calling him names, even lightheartedly. I just think that when people practice that behavior, their role as the adult then gets fuzzy and the kid might joke with them as if they were a peer instead of a parent or uncle, or whatever, and then the kid might go "shut up" and laugh or slap at the adult for teasing them all the while laughing - but then this makes that behavior acceptable in the child's eyes and its hard for them to discern when it is ok and not ok to slap the adult or tell them to shut up, etc. in my eyes, it's never ok and adults shouldnt instigate this type of behavior in children ever. what do you think?

 

[Raptorex]

I'd rather get teased then beat with a wooden spoon anyday.

 

[Smurfy]

I'd rather get teased then beat with a wooden spoon anyday.

lol. my granny used to grab that wooden spoon and chase us but she wasnt nimble or quick enough to actually do any damage.

 

[Raptorex]

lol. my granny used to grab that wooden spoon and chase us but she wasnt nimble or quick enough to actually do any damage.

I'm sure me and my bro kept wooden spoon companies in business and also my Mom could hear us swear upstairs and throw a shoe off 3 walls to hit us.

 

[Smurfy]

I'm sure me and my bro kept wooden spoon companies in business and also my Mom could hear us swear upstairs and throw a shoe off 3 walls to hit us.

oh shit the italian house shoe was a dangerous weapon for mary therese next door to us. she was 4'10 and had 4 boys and 2 girls. sometimes youd see one of the kids running out the front door and the house shoe would be trailing behind airborn about 1 foot from their heads

 

[Raptorex]

oh shit the italian house shoe was a dangerous weapon for mary therese next door to us. she was 4'10 and had 4 boys and 2 girls. sometimes youd see one of the kids running out the front door and the house shoe would be trailing behind airborn about 1 foot from their heads

LOL@Therese My mom had a backhander that would come out of no-where, she had faster hands than Joe Frazier.

 

[PICK3]

I was always teased.

Couldn't go anywhere without hearing ... "look at the boy with the big cawk".

 

[mountain muscle]

I was always teased.

Couldn't go anywhere without hearing ... "look at the boy with the big cawk".

Your family raised chickens?

 

[mountain muscle]

Or...

I was always teased.

Couldn't go anywhere without hearing ... "look at the boy with the big cawk in his ass".

 

[heatherrae]

1. Yes you are weird. Quit being so nosey, and you are never invited to my house...lol.

2. No, it isn't okay to tease kids. They aren't old enough yet to take it and I think their self identity is bruised by it.

 

[jnevin]

The cleanliness thing... yeah you're wierd, but I'm the same way, so glass houses and shit.

The kid thing... I don't think that's cool. When my dad would drink he'd start teasing like that and it bugged my brother and I. We still have mini complexes about some of the dumb shit he'd say. My fuggin' head's too big, or whatever. Beatings suck too. I'll take a spanking with a wooden spoon any day over what my mom did to us. I've never even swatted my dog when he's in trouble. He gets the shit kicked out of him when we play, but he loves that.

 

[gonelifting]

#1 ... http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=128

Seriously!!! ^^^


#2 No, do NOT tease. I learned that several years ago when I was kidding around with my nephew. I kept joking about "Which presents are mine?" under the Christmas tree, pointing to the ones I knew were his. Totally joking of course.

When it was time for him to leave my parent's house, he didn't want to go because he thought I was going to take his presents. He was crying and insisting to his mother that I would do it. He didn't want to go home and leave the gifts there. I felt so badly about it and knew you just couldn't mess around with children like that.

Now with my kids, I have to be very careful how to "joke" with them. But they are very aware that dad is a "joker" and know when I fool around. I like that.

My kids are funny too. I LOVE that. Can't wait til they post here with me.

 

[PICK3]

1) I just washed my entire bathroom floor with lysol wipes. Have you ever done that? I felt like i was slacking a bit because I didnt use a bucket of water and a sponge - but those lysol wipe things (i use them religiously everywhere in the house) work well I think. Im sure it's more expensive to do it that way - i went through like 10 or 15 wipes for the floor alone. I cant stand a dirty bathroom. When i go to people's houses and use their bathroom, i lift the toilet seat to see if they keep it clean and i also look at their floor to see if they have washed it recently (if not, there's like hair and dust in the corners, etc). Does anyone else do this? Is it weird of me?

2) How do you feel about parents/adults teasing children? Even in a joking manner? LIke in jest? IS this ok in your book? I was always raised to believe that children should respect all adults at all times. I know some adults who tease children in a joking manner ("hey whats up big ears?", stuff like that) and then they and the kid might laugh together about it or whatever. Now dont get me wrong, I play with my son and get silly, but it never involves me teasing him or calling him names, even lightheartedly. I just think that when people practice that behavior, their role as the adult then gets fuzzy and the kid might joke with them as if they were a peer instead of a parent or uncle, or whatever, and then the kid might go "shut up" and laugh or slap at the adult for teasing them all the while laughing - but then this makes that behavior acceptable in the child's eyes and its hard for them to discern when it is ok and not ok to slap the adult or tell them to shut up, etc. in my eyes, it's never ok and adults shouldnt instigate this type of behavior in children ever. what do you think?

^^^
You could have gotten two viable threads from this.

You're not much of a post whore.

 

[velvett]

I'm sure me and my bro kept wooden spoon companies in business and also my Mom could hear us swear upstairs and throw a shoe off 3 walls to hit us.

I had no idea I had brothers...

 

[Raptorex]

I had no idea I had brothers...

Yours was a good shot too I see

 

[gonelifting]

^^^
You could have gotten two viable threads from this.

You're not much of a post whore.

She learns from the best. Don't hate, some of us like efficiency.

 

[Smurfy]

She learns from the best. Don't hate, some of us like efficiency.

TY GL

 

[Smurfy]

FYI - I know Im not weird for looking unders someone's toilet seat. HH messages me and said not only does she lift the toilet seat, she puts her hand in the water and swirls around to see how cold it is. then she removes her hand from the toilet water and sniffs it for noxious odor.

Somehow now I dont feel so bad.

 

[jnevin]

FYI - I know Im not weird for looking unders someone's toilet seat. HH messages me and said not only does she lift the toilet seat, she puts her hand in the water and swirls around to see how cold it is. then she removes her hand from the toilet water and sniffs it for noxious odor.

Somehow now I dont feel so bad.

She's just checking to see if she should drink from it is all.

 

[Mavafanculo]

1) I thought I was gonna see boobs in this thread, and

2) I still have frying pan and strap marks on my butt from ma and gradma

 

[mrplunkey]

1) I'm a clean nut myself... probably go through a roll of paper towels every other day because its so nice to use them and throw them away. I notice other people's houses too. If it's kinda nasty I'll be less likely to take them up on an offer for a drink or food.

2) I think teasing kids can be good for them if and only if A) You *never* actually tease on an aspect in which they are lacking. That way it can be a back-handed compliment. So if your kid shows a gift in reading, tease him a little about not being able to read "XYZ" and watch him nail it. The other rule for me is B) They can *never* experience distress over it.

All kids are different, and my sample size is two on this observation. Having said that, I notice a difference between my 16 year old who was almost never teased as a child and my 8 year old who is "messed with" all the time. For their first kid, a lot of parents tend to be more clinical -- almost "Dr. Spock" -- like we were. By kid #3, you're kind of winging it. So for the first kid you are more likely to never tease... be very direct... and very textbook in your approach.

In my situation, our older kid was almost completely non-teased. Now this may or may not have caused it, but that kid is also more gullable today. The eight year old boy has always been "messed with". He has more critical thinking skill over what people say and he'll "call-out" someone who he thinks is just messing with them. I let the kids watch a censored version of the SouthPark episode on 9/11 conspiracy theoriests (because I thought it would be a good lesson, actually) and remember the part where Stan keeps saying: "Reeeeeaaaally?" in a high-pitched voice? My eight year old can imitate that *perfectly* and that's what he says when he thinks someone is messing with him. Anyway... just my 2 cents.

 

[Longhorn85]

1) I just washed my entire bathroom floor with lysol wipes.

2) How do you feel about parents/adults teasing children?

1) You're a neatnik and that is a good thing in my book.

2) I think it is okay and even good for a parent to be playful with kids. Especially for Pop, both verbally and physically. Not name-calling or hitting, but more like joking around and wrestling.

BUT...

You must have THE LOOK or THE TONE of voice that conveys: "game over"

 

[radarstoy]

Have you ever tried "magic eraser" by Mr. Clean? They are incredible. I'm a clean freak in my home, but don't care how everyone else chooses to live.

No... teasing kids is not acceptable imo


Peace

 

[Y_lifter]

 

[Y_lifter]

Call me..

 

[Sub-Zero]

2) i had a teacher that fell into this catagory, used to joke around all the time with the students and id joke back sometimes and sometimes it would be cool and sometimes it wouldnt, it was physics class and i worked my ass off in it, and he liked to fuck around with my grade (real cool guy ) and see if i could still pull off an A....he came around telling everyone their grades and goes "haha sir you have an 88.9, you dont have an A" really loud in front of everyone, and i told him to go fuck hisself, and then he made me leave the classroom

 

[ksharp01]

#1. I am the same way, at worst my house may get cluttered when I have 3 kids over but never dirty...especially the bathrooms, that is gross!! I don't understand the people that even KNOW your coming over and don't clean that one room that you may go in. There are these friends of mine, well, somewhat..we play cards over there but for the longest time most the bulbs where out in the bathroom...all of a sudden they change them and OMG...like gag me with that damn spoon. SICKO nasty dirty people. Makes me look at them in a new light so to speak. lol

2. No, I don't believe you should pick on kids in that way. It could cause them to have a complex about themselves especially if done all the time. There is this guy I know and everything that comes out of his mouth is some smart ass coment or insult and he doesn't mean it to be mean...but geesh, enough is enough. It gets so old after a while. He thinks he's funny and he is not, his parents are the same way just not to his extreme.