#42

Dogs. Actually its more than mildly stressful, it’s very stressful. My 10 yr old is terrified. I think we are going to go down the route of finding some sort of treatment for her because it’s affecting where we both take her and her and her brothers enjoyment of certain things. Beaches are an absolute nightmare (unless they have summer dog bans) she completely freaks out if one comes anywhere near. And some (not all dog owners are selfish twats)

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#43

My 14yo has recently started “going to town with my mates” which I find mildly stressful. He’s there now and I don’t enjoy the lack of control I have over the situation

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#44

The Dogs Trust run courses for people who have worries around dogs, many of which are tailored towards children.

There are lots of good resources on their website too:

https://www.learnwithdogstrust.org.uk/safety/

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#45

Thanks, that’s really helpful… Will look into it…

#46

You hear about super-human feats of strength performed by parents to save their children, but with kids their power seems to be fuelled by rage!

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#47

Already terrified at the thought of this :grimacing:

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#48

Being anywhere near a fucking Alexa.

“Who has the biggest boobs?”
“Play Uptown Funk”
etc

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#49

Yep. Tell me a joke, sing me a song, do a rap, make a donkey noise.

Also changing what I’m listening to on the Sonos. :roll_eyes:

#50

The one consolation is that I have a boy. Fuck knows what I’d be like if I had a girl :scream:

#51

Kind of requests I have after a couple of red wines tbqh

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#52

I have a girl :sob:

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#53

I have two :sob: :sob:

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#54

Doing showertime for our youngest tonight - had zoned out a bit until I became vaguely aware she was systematically flinging things out of the bath.

Wasnt sure why her toys were getting thrown about. Looked down to find the floor scattered with several round hard turds. Turns out she had pooed without me noticing and didn’t want them anywhere near her, so was in the process of picking them up one by one and throwing them away…

Had to clean her hands, the floor and the bath, which was a nice end of day job. So, in answer to the OP, that.

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#55

Instead of training your child to like dogs, just train them to be a dog instead:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/train-your-baby-like-a-dog-channel-4-petition_uk_5d5ac1efe4b0d8840ff67dcc?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG4gw13UI8sK3ovAkzJLEyy0YRWliWShQ7Kqr6QkUZNsfSJedi8JUDZAe3nEXw3Y86Yhr3jUcSA18MdAWy9ehrZ-oHWCbga0ufXqKG9ZFQqX6BtVju5HgadWjVPNt-Cui81w3Gnja0pOOLom3qbNyezzfzFuC-7bjVOrLWtRFbPd

#56

Ooof that’s a tough one. Playing to stereotypes, girls can go to town to mooch around the shops in a way a group of lads maybe aren’t expected to, so lads are more likely to just be hanging out which brings its own worries? I suppose I think back to what I got up to at 14 which would have turned my parents grey if they’d known but I came through it relatively unscathed so I have to hope my kids do too. I think i’d prefer them to be hanging out with their friends face to face than engaging solely over social media and the shower of shit that comes with it.

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#57

yes, lots of mummies going apeshit on my social media feeds about the temerity of this programme to compare their little darlings like smelly old retrievers.

TBH, my son is just a big daft golden retriever puppy so maybe it would work on him. (however it does seem to work off clicker training philosophy which, while effective, trains their brains to be reward orientated and I’m trying to get us away from that as much as at all possible.) WOOFWOOF.

#58

Intersections where there’s a button to press for pedestrians. Now both of them desperately want to be the one to press it. Obvious solution is to take turns, but the two year old doesn’t really get turns (“MY PRESS IT!!!”), and the 4 year old gets outraged if the two year old gets more than one turn in a row.

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#59

We have a cockapoo and a child who is temperamentally a cockapoo. It’s a fucking tornado at our place

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#60

Saying

“What?”

After almost any statement you make and then getting grumpy if you repeat yourself with any hit of exasperation.

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#61

Being on the bus when they remember that the big red stop button rings a bell.

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