Parenting is 10% teaching values.
And 90% actually living them. You cannot expect your kids not to throw tantrums if you do it too.
Kid jokes.
Jokes about my kids, jokes stolen from my kids, and jokes my kids did not consent to. They'll understand when they're older, or they'll write their own set about me.
While playing Tales Kids game. Question: What is a silly rule you'd make if you ruled the world?
My kid: Make everyone poop and pee their pants and there is no more toilets. He is 17.
It took me 17 years to master sarcasm.
My kid shattered my heart by saying, "Mommy I hate you, see I speak sarcasm too." He is 7.
How I know I am raising my boys right. Tales Kid Game question: Are you embarrassed to cry? Why or why not?
Kiddo's answer: huh, why would I be embarrassed? Me: I know right? I make you cry everyday, no reason to be embarrassed.
My kid said I'm the funniest person in the house.
We were the only ones in the house. That's a win.
Fun Fact: I am from the greatest country in the world - Albania.
My 5yr old still randomly confuses it with Alabama. At least we have a map so he knows where they both are.
My kiddo is learning Spanish at school, so now he's confused about his identity. He told me he's Spanish Albanian American.
In that case, I am Albanian, Italian, French, Spanish, German American. Sorry to burst your bubble, you are 100% Albanian with a hint of American. Jokey joke, he's 50/50.
Recently, I heard that some people get lucky and receive some generational wealth.
Well, I got generational trauma, which has made me unbreakable.
There is nothing more humbling than correcting your 7yr old while he's doing Russian math problems. He stops and tells you "No you are wrong, Mom — you don't get math."
Okie buddy — I've got a math degree from MIT and wrote a research paper on knot theory, but sure, sure, I don't get math and that 6*7 is 67.
A great way to understand whether things are acceptable to do or not to do: if you wouldn't beat a grown man...
Then maybe we shouldn't accept the beating of women and children? Just a revolutionary, funny thought.