ooof

I grew up in the 70s with a single mom (only divorced mom in our neighborhood) who taught public school and her take on dinner was life is too short and too difficult not to have what you want if it’s fairly easy to do. It was not unusual for us to head for take-out and go to 2-3 places to get what we wanted at each.…

Are you being deliberately ironic here? 

Reminds me of when someone told me about a co-worker who was similarly proud of doing something like this. I guess their 4 year old refused to finish his dinner so they literally stayed up until the early morning in a standoff with their child until he “broke” and finally finished his food that had been sitting there…

He’s the same kind of guy that complains about how his daughter is growing up to be a real bitch just like her mom. 

Did this motherfucker stop to think about the physical hand strength required to clamp a can opener onto a can and then twist the handle enough to open the can?

If you tell a bunch of strangers that you're a dumb asshole, don't be shocked if they call you a dumb asshole.

The dude posted his account to “a bunch of strangers” in a medium where he was explicitly seeking their reaction. This wasn’t a private FB post someone screenshotted and passed around; he put it out in public on purpose exactly so that he could get reactions (and clicks) from “a bunch of strangers”. 

Let’s also note that this started because he was in the middle of a jigsaw puzzle. The subtext of his tweets is pretty goddamn clear that he was fucking with her because she bothered him when he was doing his puzzle.

This is the kind of shit my mom would pull. Luckily my dad was there to put a swift end to situations like this. I can’t believe dude thought this was a heartwarming tale of him and not him teaching his daughter that she can’t count on him to help her. 

He’s literally worse than I thought. What an ass.

Right, the pride he is displaying at his conduct is unreal. Like, what he effectively did was punish his daughter over the course of six hours because she doesn’t know how to use a tool he himself thinks is at least a little counterintuitive, and it is clear from the tone of that thread he was expecting nothing but…

I hope so.

This was so uncomfortable to read! so smarmy and yet so obviously written for public consumption and approval. it reminded me of tactics my parent would use. gross.

A big factor in this kind of performative parenting is the degree of exposure the kid gets nowadays thanks to internet and social media, even if the parent doesn’t name them or blurs their face etc. The exposure, embarrassment and shaming factor isn’t comparable to even just ten years ago, or what most parents would…

My mom did this exact thing too. I don’t know why but we did have a washer/dryer in the house. It is still something I wonder about...

When I was about eleven, my mother announced that henceforth she would no longer do my laundry. I would be responsible for my own clothing.. Bit of a problem, though. She gave me no instructions and oh yeah...the building we lived in at the time didn’t have a fucking laundry room. The laundromat was about fours blocks…

I ain’t no watcha call pro-fessional parent, but seems ta me....if yer youngin can’t cypher out how ta use a can opener in like...I dunno...five er ten minutes, perhaps a lil bit of instruction might be a more helpful way of teachin’ a skill. But hell....maybe that kinda child-rearin’ would put us on the path ta…

When my 10 year old does not know how to do something he never done before, I teach him. How novel is that? Those six hours wasted could have been a good time spent your kid, not seen them frustrated trying to open a can of beans.