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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:26 am
by GORDON
Use this thread to share those times when you dole out wisdom to your springs. I am already reallywise so any advice you give your kids will already be old news to me, but I just hope to be momentarily entertained by occasions in which you screw up your kids.
Here's mine:
The other day my kid says, "Kyle at school says that instead of fast food they should call it fat food and the people who work there are stupid bums." Obviously Kyle is repeating his parents.
I told my son, "You should never make fun of someone who is working an honest job."
There. Now you go.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:34 pm
by Cakedaddy
Fuck verbal resolution.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:28 pm
by Troy
Cakedaddy wrote:Fuck verbal resolution.
If they can talk back, you haven't told them hard enough yet.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:51 am
by GORDON
So what do you say when your 8 year old asks why he gets morning wood?
My response was, "That just happens to guys sometimes."
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:49 am
by Vince
Since I'm not even sure why guys get morning wood, sounds like a good enough answer to me.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:33 am
by GORDON
We are approaching "the talk." n He's pretty smart and asks some pretty direct questions, sometimes.
And the other day at Disney he kept seeing bugs "with their butts stuck together."
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:22 pm
by Vince
In my experience, answer just what they ask. Sometimes they dig deeper, but often times when you answer the question they ask directly without a lot of extra commentary, then they're good to go.
My first ex had the problem of wanting to answer far more than was asked.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:26 pm
by GORDON
"Look at those bugs, why are their butts stuck together?"
"That is how they make baby bugs. They are giving each other a butt hug."
"Oh."
Sometimes I worry that my being so funny is going to screw him up.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:36 pm
by TheCatt
(W about to have sex for the first time)
Girl: But, W, what if I get pregnant?
W: Don't worry, that only happens if we stick out butts together.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:25 pm
by TPRJones
When this originally came up I went to one of the many internet educational channels I support with the question to see what she had to say. Here's the result (when she reads a quote off her phone, that's me she's quoting). I suspect some of the details will be disagreed with here, but the overall message of using non-judgmental non-panicked honesty seems sound.
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:37 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:39 pm
by Vince
scaredy cat 
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:24 pm
by TheCatt
Vince wrote:scaredy cat
Me?
Who do you think had to then read them that book?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:21 am
by Vince
Heheh...
So really... how uncomfortable was it? Sounds like the book made it a lot easier for you?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:00 am
by TheCatt
Vince wrote:Heheh...
So really... how uncomfortable was it? Sounds like the book made it a lot easier for you?
It was somewhat uncomfortable. The book did make it easier. It was like having a script for The Talk.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:02 am
by TheCatt
The nugget my oldest got this week was "sometimes we do things we don't like to do," after we reviewed her spelling test results, which she hasn't been practicing for.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:34 am
by Vince
TheCatt wrote:It was like having a script for The Talk.
That actually makes a lot of sense.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:58 am
by TheCatt
The nice part is that it's written to that age. They have a series of books, one for 4-7, one for 8-12, and one for >12, I think. So yeah, it was uncomfortable, but I think it went well.