Sigh. You always have the best gifs.

What is especially frustrating is that when the Feds send people through with decoy weapons, they get through. I will have to search to find the article I read a while ago, but the point is that people carrying actual weapons or things made to look like bombs get through pretty much every fucking time, so none of this…

You've almost got it. But it should probably be "the availability of abortion causes sluts to relentlessly tempt good Christian men to stray from their wives. . ."

Is there a reason we can't do both?

No no, you see, we are not allowed to have a conversation about ways that men abuse women without getting into the ways that women should act so as not to be abused. This is so frustrating. Of course we should teach everyone good judgment and situational awareness, etc. But that's what 95% of the conversation is about…

I understand. I think that there is a lot of overprescribing, but some kids need medication. I've known a lot of kids who were given ADD meds, and I've only known ONE for whom it was appropriate, but for that one boy it was essential. Just watching the way he would beat himself up when he couldn't control his behavior…

Thanks!

I've done stuff like that too, like when kids aren't following safety rules on the trampoline, I'll say "My eyes must be playing tricks on me! Surely no one is going the wrong way on the tumble track! I'm going to close them and I'm sure I will see something different when I open them!"

It's true! A common cause of acting out in kids who are either typical or a little behind in verbal development is frustration at having thoughts more complex than they can fully express. Kids who are ahead of the curve verbally have an easier time getting adults to listen to them, but kids who don't talk really early…

Love the booboo spray! I have used "magic ice" before, but think I need to institute booboo spray immediately.

We cloth diapered for the first year or so, but at a certain point I just couldn't do it anymore. I admire those who stick with it.

I have just said that McDonald's is sooooooooo yucky. And so far that has worked. I'm not sure I can get away with it once elementary school starts and other kids tell him about it.

Love it. I did convince my oldest that there was a diaper shortage so after we ran out of what we had he was just going to have to be a big boy and poop in the toilet.

This stops working when they get a little older, but then you can switch to a more truthy variation: Hey! Did you know that when someone whines at me this weird thing happens to my brain and I can only say 'no'? Well, it does! So you should really try something different"

Go for it!

You sound like you're doing great! I love that you understand that kids understand a lot. I think most people don't give kids, especially small ones, enough credit, and it speaks well of your parenting instincts that you get this.

Thanks! I kind of do. I run a day camp program, so once a year I do a few training sessions with staff on managing behavior. I can't always manage my own kids' behavior, but I feel I have a pretty big bag of tricks.

It is so much easier, and also more effective, to redirect than to have a battle of wills with a 2 year old!

This is brilliant. I am adding this to the list of lies I tell my children. I don't think the queen has any pull with them though, so I need to think of an appropriate person.

Seconded.