OT: a question for parents out there

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what do you do when your kids ignore you?

[artist4perry]

How old are your kids>?? That plays a factor, also it depends on the child. Unfortunately they don't come one size fits all, they are quite the individual. Ask your child in a private moment at home, what is bothering them and why they seem to ignore you. Tell them you are concerned about them. If they are teanagers and this does not work, a lot of times it is due to adolescence, and the need to break away from parental hold. But don't give up because of it, they still need you to care. All this advice can either be useful, or not, depending on situations and the individual......sorry.

[jrnyjunky]

Yep it depends on their age. I have 4 kids: 23, 20, 12 and 8 so I have covered the whole thing. And let me tell you that the teenage years are the worst. I just tried to keep the lines of communication open. I let them know that anything they did, anything they were thinking about doing, I had probably already been there, done that. Even tho I'm 44, the stuff that kids go thru today isn't THAT much different than when I went through it. We live in a very rural community where everybody knows everybody else, so it was alot easier here than in the big cities. Not alot of drugs (enough tho).

And when all else fails, smack them in the head...j/k. Keep your sense of humor cause you are gonna need it!

[G.I.Jim]

A quick throat punch usually does the trick. Don't mention it!

[Gin and Tonic Sky]

When things like that happen I write it down and count the incident. For every one time my son or daughter gets on my nerves or ignores me or messes up. Thats one tootsie roll, bag of m&Ms, or giant hersey kiss Im buying for my future grandchidren. All of these will be added up and delivered to my grandchildren at 30 minutes at the end of a future grandparent/granddhild outing. When the grandkids come home sugared up to hell and dont go to bed to midnight and my son / daughter are tearing their hair out. I ll be sitting on my sofa with a big grin on my damn face drinking a cup of tea thinking, thats what you get for messing with me in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, etc etc.

[NealIsGod]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

Stop feeding them.

[Deb]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

Stop feeding them.

Good one!

[Michigan Girl]

lol @Jimbo and NIG.....

[Rhiannon]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

Stop feeding them.

+1

[bluejeangirl76]

Hold them under water. That gets their attention almost immediately.

[Granny]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

Stop feeding them.

Niggy, you're back...good to see ya!

[Melissa]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

[Gin and Tonic Sky]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

Now this is a good question- what if all the members of the MR community farted at once? Most importantly would peace and love
break out among us three minutes after as we all felt a bit less bloated and relaxed. Would we all be able to finally connect as we share a common experience and desribed it , tradiing posts like: "yeah mine smelled like sweet red peppers, hey anyone get a magnolia smell on their,etc etc.

(you see, its my kids that WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE HELL TO DO WITH ME )

[bluejeangirl76]

or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

Seriously? Oh my god, I'd lose my mind, count to ten and make daddy take over while I go to starbucks.

I got a hilarious email from my sister one day detailing how her two small girls had watered the upstairs carpet - they were playing garden and tried to make the carpet grow. Think ruined floor, ruined family room ceiling and a ceiling fan FULL of water. I probably still have the email... I should paste.

[bluejeangirl76]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

Now this is a good question- what if all the members of the MR community farted at once?

We thought that actually happened once... it turned out to be Dean by himself.

[Deb]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

That's too darn cute.

[Melissa]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

Now this is a good question- what if all the members of the MR community farted at once? Most importantly would peace and love
break out among us three minutes after as we all felt a bit less bloated and relaxed. Would we all be able to finally connect as we share a common experience and desribed it , tradiing posts like: "yeah mine smelled like sweet red peppers, hey anyone get a magnolia smell on their,etc etc.

(you see, its my kids that WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE HELL TO DO WITH ME )

[Melissa]

or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

Seriously? Oh my god, I'd lose my mind, count to ten and make daddy take over while I go to starbucks.

I got a hilarious email from my sister one day detailing how her two small girls had watered the upstairs carpet - they were playing garden and tried to make the carpet grow. Think ruined floor, ruined family room ceiling and a ceiling fan FULL of water. I probably still have the email... I should paste.

See, that's a funny story, since it wasn't my kids (yet, lol!). Barfing on the carpet however, yeah been there done that with both

[Melissa]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

That's too darn cute.

Yeah she was "helping" me vacuum the car, and all I could do when I realized what she was about to do was say "n,n,n,n,n, no.....crap!"

[bluejeangirl76]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

That's too darn cute.

Yeah she was "helping" me vacuum the car, and all I could do when I realized what she was about to do was say "n,n,n,n,n, no.....crap!"

I didn't find the email I was looking for but I did find one related to 3 years olds ignoring their parents... this comes directly from one of my sister's emails where we'd been talking about children...

"Sample conversation:
(Child's name), please stop climbing on the tv!"
NO!!! I don't want to!!!"
"(Child's name)", get down!"
"NO!"
"One....."
"I AM NOT A BABY!!!"
"Two......"
"DON'T SAY DAT TO ME!"

This kid was a holy terror and our mother, who spent years telling my sister "I hope to god you have a kid that acts exactly like you!" is enjoying every minute of it. From the same email:

"Terrible twos my ass. Two was a breeze. Three is the thing that will kill you. It was true with (older child), and it's even more true with (holy terror child), who, according to mom, is exactly like me. Fuckin' mom. She's totally getting her wish. I have one who's just like me."

[WIX]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

depends?

I mean are you an annoying parent? if so, there is your answer.

If your a normal parent then we can talk further.

I charge $100 per hour and I am pure genious!

[Melissa]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

That's too darn cute.

Yeah she was "helping" me vacuum the car, and all I could do when I realized what she was about to do was say "n,n,n,n,n, no.....crap!"

I didn't find the email I was looking for but I did find one related to 3 years olds ignoring their parents... this comes directly from one of my sister's emails where we'd been talking about children...

"Sample conversation:
(Child's name), please stop climbing on the tv!"
NO!!! I don't want to!!!"
"(Child's name)", get down!"
"NO!"
"One....."
"I AM NOT A BABY!!!"
"Two......"
"DON'T SAY DAT TO ME!"

This kid was a holy terror and our mother, who spent years telling my sister "I hope to god you have a kid that acts exactly like you!" is enjoying every minute of it. From the same email:

"Terrible twos my ass. Two was a breeze. Three is the thing that will kill you. It was true with (older child), and it's even more true with (holy terror child), who, according to mom, is exactly like me. Fuckin' mom. She's totally getting her wish. I have one who's just like me."

LOL! That is hysterical, lol. True about the 3's too, they do seem worse than the 2's, they're just babies still at 2 really, lol. Mine were fine at 2. Actually they're both pretty good all around now so I can't complain too much yet, sure they both have their moments of being complete little shits but for the most part they're good, lol.....I'm sure I'll change my mind in about 10 years!

[Melissa]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

depends?

I mean are you an annoying parent? if so, there is your answer.

If your a normal parent then we can talk further.

I charge $100 per hour and I am pure genious!

[stevew2]

A quick throat punch usually does the trick. Don't mention it!

Then make them give give ya 50, then KP for 2 weeks

[Deb]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

That's too darn cute.

Yeah she was "helping" me vacuum the car, and all I could do when I realized what she was about to do was say "n,n,n,n,n, no.....crap!"

Have one that I haven't let my daughter forget. One time when she was little she overhead her dad compliment me on my "cleavage"...........fast forward to one time we were getting ready to go somewhere and on our way to the car, she says....Mommy, your "village" is showing and pointed to one of my buttons had come undone. To this day if I think she is wearing a shirt that is too low cut or something.....I'll tell her her "village" is showing.

[Don]

A quick throat punch usually does the trick. Don't mention it!

Then make them give give ya 50, then KP for 2 weeks

KP Duty, yep that will do the trick.

[Melissa]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

That's too darn cute.

Yeah she was "helping" me vacuum the car, and all I could do when I realized what she was about to do was say "n,n,n,n,n, no.....crap!"

Have one that I haven't let my daughter forget. One time when she was little she overhead her dad compliment me on my "cleavage"...........fast forward to one time we were getting ready to go somewhere and on our way to the car, she says....Mommy, your "village" is showing and pointed to one of my buttons had come undone. To this day if I think she is wearing a shirt that is too low cut or something.....I'll tell her her "village" is showing.

LOL! Oh one that my father reminded me of not too long ago when on the subject of weddings, apparently I had been fascinated at 3 years old by the rice being thrown at my aunt's wedding. A few days later, my mother comes in my room to find the entire contents of a bean bag frog all over my room, after I had been "playing wedding" and apparently pretended to be throwing rice also, lol. Guess the frog had a hole in it somewhere, lol! That was in military housing and my father said when we got transferred 3 years later he and my mother STILL found a few pieces of whatever was in that frog

[finalfight]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

Tasar.

[Don]

what do you do when your kids ignore you?

Tasar.

Lock 'em in the root cellar for a week with nothing to eat but a jar of paste. That'll straighten them out.

[artist4perry]

Threatening can work wonders, lol.

Agreed about the sense of humor though, you have to have one for things like when your son asks "Mom, what would happen if everyone on the planet farted at one time?", or when your 3 year old sticks quarters in the car cd player because she thought they were "baby cd's"

That's too darn cute.

Unless the 3 year old was the child speaking and they were wondering how much trouble they would be in for jammimg the cd player with pennies...........check your cd player............