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@tenangsaja 8th grade school trip (12 years olds?) we started with a water balloon fight across hotel balconies, we ended with pee balloon fights.

@katrina2017 Haven’t tried any books. Not a big reader in general after I stare at my computer for 8 hours a day, but if there’s a great one, Got a recommendation?

@katrina2017 And maybe discipline is the wrong word, how do you teach your kid to listen to you? And what do you do when they don’t?

@isak950 I’m glad your kid was easy, but I’ll bet the house your kid was exceptionally easy and not the norm. My kid is great, but 99.99% of kids will have tantrums

@katrina2017 So the scenario this morning during class was he kept walking away from the group to go jump into the ball pit. The first he did so, I pulled him out of the pit and calmly told him he has to go back to class, and if he participates he can play w the ballpit after class. After the...

@katrina2017 So how do you enforce No? Just drag them away kicking and screaming and hold them until said thing is out of sight?

@fmeekins If nobody is cheating, why are you getting STD checks regularly? Aka a month ago?

@prodgaldotter Hah!

@garnett64 Thanks for the advice from a seasoned dad! Yeah I’m also realizing this is the only hour all week that he actually has to follow instructions in an organized class. The rest of the time he gets to boss me, his mom and other adults around, within reason, but nobody is asking him to...

@ademide If my daughter did that, I’d laugh just as much as I pretend to scold her

@steveh And the tears start. Damn that’s a strong image and certainly a strong reason I really want to succeed

Struggling this morning after my 2 year old in his gymnastics class. Small potatoes, but he just doesn’t listen to me, the teacher, etc and I’m trying to get him to concentrate and not run off to do his own thing. My whole background is my own dad yelling at me, shaming me and hitting me. It...