best thing i learned working with and learning about kids: when they do shit like this, especially to something they themselves use and enjoy, leave it there for as long as possible. let them return to the fun thing over and over again so that it sinks in that the thing they did was wrong, they ruined something, and now they can’t have fun because of it and they should never do it again. it teaches them consequence of action and cautiousness.
i did this with a 3-year-old kid i babysat who filled his playstation with peanut butter before i got there, just every time he went back to it and asked why it’s not working, i opened it and pointed to the peanut butter stains and said “you did that” and he says “yeah”, “will it work like that?” “…no”, and when he got it and promised to never put anything but games into a game machine again, his parents bought another and he kept his promise. it works, even at that age.
this was a long and unnecessary rant but so many times i’ve seen parents IMMEDIATELY replace their kids’ toys/electronics that they destroy over and over again and i’m just like NO THEY’RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING THAT WAY
they also don’t learn from being thrown into fires
yeah but they’re quieter that way
no they aren’t. Have you ever even heard a child on fire?
Can someone remind me not to think
What’s wrong?
“Don’t message me I’m busy I’ll message you when I’m not”
“I’m not good at messaging people on my own because I’m scared of bothering them pls initiate conversation”No wonder checkers got tired of my shit seriously I am such an asshole
Have you tried talking it out?
“Tim keeps having me kill his wife in his movies… I don’t know what that means,” -Johnny Depp
I love this post
i guess we know what it means now
Too soon
too fucking soon
He wants you and his love life to be a thing, and he wants you to murder his wife. His giving you practice.
The next tim burton film will be a remake of “The perfect crime”
Gen 1 pokemon are obviously superior to the newer gens. A Trashbag and Sword pokemon are just desperate ideas and just can not compare to classics such as Six Eggs, and Egg Tree
IKR? I mean, how coult they have something like a gear and more gears? Obviously a magnet and more magnets were better.
And don’t get me started on the one that’s just a discoloured human fighter. gen one had a way better discoloued human fighter.
pokemon has so many cool designs that it’s a real shame they’re never expanded on! i wish we had a chance to see more variation within individual species
if you calling someone out for being a bigot on the internet
but won’t call your parents out for the same thing
you fake
the last time i called my mom a homophobe she slapped me in the face and i’m still afraid to tell her that i have a girlfriend ok don’t you even dare do this here because you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about
The difference between internet and parents is that parents can actually hurt you right away.
I may have taught this spider to knit.
I was finishing the last 20 rows at the park, when this little spider wandered over to me, It climbed up my knitting bag, and walked all up and down the piece, then climbed onto my hand and watched me for a couple rows.
After the second row it started waving it’s front four legs as if to get my attention. Once I was looking at it, it started pulling silk from its spinneret, and fiddling with it. I don’t know if it was knitting or purling as it was quite small scale, but every few seconds it would stop and look up at me to see if I was still watching. After a little bit I moved it to one of the vines overhanging the archway I was sitting in, and it went about its business.
This wasn’t the only unusual thing that happened at the park today, but it was the most unusual.Maybe it thought you were a spider
I’m gonna level with you that’s the fucking cutest shit I have ever fucking heard of okay I want a little spider that knits not sits menacingly above my bed at night threatening to fall into my mouth.
