The Official Parenting Thread

[BigFrank]

It was fun taking these kids’ stuff away when they left it on the floor. Did the trick for awhile.

 

[furley]

It was fun taking these kids’ stuff away when they left it on the floor. Did the trick for awhile.

that's the next step. it's everywhere. especially towels. it's almost as if they were told there was a monetary reward for leaving used towels wherever they happen to be at a given moment in time.

 

[Jnorton00]

My 16-year-old has developed a real shitty attitude in the morning. He wasn’t always like this. He is quite tired and I’m guessing stays on his phone late into the night. He tells us he does not. My wife had all of the restrictions removed from the phone two years ago so that’s out the window.

Anybody got any other ideas of how to improve his mood? I tried giving him a cup of coffee this morning.

Put restrictions back on the phone and see if that helps.

 

[BigFrank]

Put restrictions back on the phone and see if that helps.

My wife said absolutely not. She talks about things she’s seen on Instagram or social media about putting the phones away at night. Yeah, right, nobody’s doing that.

 

[Lutter]

My school day was 8am to 2:30pm and a 30 min lunch....

8am was still too fucking early.

 

[BigFrank]

My son’s dorm walls seemed a touch bare. Got him some posters to liven up the place.