Bad Example For Kids

[debilorrah]

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We were at Costco today and Ken had something in his hand and asked me "Can I get this?" I just looked at him and put it in the cart. He said "Thank you Mommy."

 

[paddock36]

My opinion is kids should be supervised if they are on the computer. If you don't like what your kids are reading or seeing on the computer then they shouldn't be allowed access, but that's just my opinion.

 

[BrattishTaz]

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I can only imagine the damage I caused to some child when I posted that I traded my hubby for chickens.

 

[Camelot Farms]

We got our tax refund last week so I have been a bit of a spender the last few days.

2 days ago, DH looks up above the plate rack in the kitchen and said 'where'd you get those'?, pointing to the tin rooster plaques on the wall.
*Long slooow blink* "At Hobby Lobby"

"Oh, when did you go there?" (In fairness, that is a logical question since my truck has been broken since 1/1/11 and we have been sharing a vehicle)
*Another long sloooow blink* "Last March."

"Did you just hang them?"
*Arched eyebrow*, *kids begin leaving the immediate area*
*deep sigh* "No dear. YOU hung them last March"

Silence....just silence...

So, is there is really a point in asking if I can buy something...he wont remember anyhow.

 

[DuckLady]

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I always ask out of courtesy. And he does the same.
I am never told No. Well maybe twice. Once when I wanted a goat and once when I wanted a donkey.

If he said No on a regular basis, I would have to rethink the strategy.

 

[cafarmgirl]

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DS is 10, and whenever I tell him "don't tell dad" about some new bird, he likes to tattle on me!! He thinks it's HILARIOUS!!!!

This is exactly what happens at my house! When my boys hear me say "don't tell your father" they know it means that when he comes in after work they will get to see me tell him exactly what I just said not to! Besides that, my 10 year old has the loosest lips in the history of mankind, the kid is physically incapable of keeping any kind of secret, so if I don't come out with it soon enough he's in dad's ear with his juicy gossip tidbit of the day!

The last "secret" was the two rabbit hutches I ordered for the 10 year old. Dad was very pleased about this particular "secret" when they arrived because it meant he was relieved of hutch building duty!

Kids will learn from the example set at home. No matter what they read on the internet or what other people do, my kids know there are no real secrets in this house between me and my husband. And yes, I'm pretty sure I'm one of the guilty who has included the "don't tell my husband" in a post long ago about new chicks slipped into the brooder!

 

[EweSheep]

Our hubbies can not stay mad much longer....we have our "catty" ways of winning his heart like a good steak dinner and cuddle time!

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

im a kid, and it doesnt bother me, but i know for some others it would.

 

[Tala]

I know I've said the "hubbs is gonna kill me" and "don't tell him I just set more eggs!" but in reality once they hatch he can't resist their little fuzzy cuteness! He even cares about them if we have one sick or injured. He likes them even if he feigns angry when I get more. I think most of our spouses are kinda like that, pretend not to like them but they really do, which is why we tend to joke about them.
When he starts feeding/watering/gathering eggs/checking for lice/doctoring/building pens etc. he can start telling me how many I can keep. I don't tell him he can't have the latest expansion for his computer game, we just agree to wait until payday is all so it can be budgeted accordingly, and I do the same if I need to buy something expensive like a roll of welded wire.

Anything more than $20ish that comes from the joint checking account is usually discussed, but it's not a matter of "permission" - it has more to do with the fact that I generally do the budget and pay the bills, so he has no idea if there are still checks out or if the balance shown online is what we REALLY have to spend.

it's all good

 

[DuckLady]

Exactly. It is all about communication