I thought about that as well. I was like... wait if she hits me and then learns karate... what if she starts using moves on other kids?!

OOoo this is so wonderful!!!!

You left out the never ending worries of technology too - this is what I fear the most with my kids becoming teens.

Exactly!! My daughter was running around with a cheesestick in her hand while our dog chased her last night and kept screaming everytime the dog would get close.

No kidding! I am barely getting a tax credit for kids let alone anything that proves I am a decent parent!!! 

I don’t think I am making an excuse for people who may not know the resources are out there. Especially if the kids are being raised by a grandma or aunt.

This is the first site I have looked at that flat out points out ways to discipline.

Oh wowowow. This is REAL nice!!!!

Yeah I tried that mindset too - like diverting their attention and everything but sometimes a toddler meltdown (or child) is a hardcore meltdown and you never know whats going to trigger it.

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!! My daughter would do something similiar, and I think she was making the story up in her head and didn’t know how to get the right words out, because now she just makes up stories for books we have and I roll with it.

My 3 year old isn’t as mischievous as she is tantrum throwing. I am sure the mischief will come soon.

Right - I said an ad campaign on the L promoting “dad’s spending time with their daughters”.

I don’t think that’s true at all. As a nanny, you probably have never worked with lower income parents who are struggling to find the resources to put food on the table, let alone find the resources to discipline their child without striking them.

Yeah, its pretty much why I don’t even hang out with any of my gay buddies, because I don’t want “let’s do dinner and drinks” turn into “lets do a line before dinner and stay up all niiiiiiiiiiight”.

I should be past it anyway, but I don’t even want the temptation. 

He was pretty adamant about not wanting to be in the 27 club. Its really sad.

That and I’ve watched enough Drugs, Inc. to realize dealers DGAF about us.

Yeah think of it this way... would you be able to live with yourself knowing your occasional partake KILLED your spouse? I’d probably settle into a deep depression, that would take me there with him. 

SAME. She was on Million Dollar Listing and she left me sour there. She seemed REAL snobby. 

A psychic told me my dad was sorry he never told me he loved me enough, but felt like he showed it in other ways - which maybe he did. He went to all my sporting events and we bonded over music among other things. He was really abused as a kid and I keep telling myself that cycle STOPS with my kids.

YES.