HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
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JustParentingThings
So, this morning I woke my twelve year old up for school. Twenty minutes later he was still in bed, so I turned on his light and told him to get up and get dressed or he would be grounded. When we left the house, he walked out the door first so I told him not to let the cat in (she's an outdoor cat that likes to shit everywhere when she comes inside). Because he was still angry at me for griping at him, he picked the cat up and tossed it into the house.
That night, my wife burned dinner so I went to DQ for burgers. He aasked for a plain cheeseburger. I got him a Flamethrower Burger (hot sauce, for the uninitiated). I didn't tell him.
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learns his lesson (2)
Euthanized
And why was he not told that he was eating said cat?!?
papanca
That'll teach him
SolidGoldFish
well to be punished doesn't he have to know
SukhberS
that's weak dude. do more.
hardytardigrade
Was this a Simpsons episode?
HomelessToddler
Red Hot Child Peppers
flagbasher
Better than Red Hot Brian Peppers.
gmfunkd
This is the type of shit I expect coming in my future with my currently 11 month old son. I don't know who's the bigger kid, him or Daddy.
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colorblindguy
I would have made him have the burnt food or no food at all and treated the rest of the family to DQ. As he watched them eat.
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HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Good point. I just told him. I also told him I would put the cat in his room next time. Wish I had an appropriate reaction gif.
Thx4TheMemoriez
That would be a great hidden camera gif of him walking in to find turds everywhere
whereisdannymo
When we made a mockery of the soap treatment for cussing (we kept spitting bubbles everywhere), we received jalapeño peppers instead. =(
WhoDoesntLikeTacos
You won't be so proud when he shits his pants, or the bed.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Um, he's twelve. Not a toddler. I didn't give the toddler hot sauce.
shadowex3
I feel kinda relevant since when I was a small child I grew up eating Harissa.
Mantequillathelastofthemeheecans
gotta teach them somehow. just watch what they'll do back... kids are conniving little shits.
SnowMeowPlush
Clearly the issue here is your wife burning dinner.
tortfeasor
You want him to learn his lesson? Take away his phone. Doesn't have a phone? Take away his video games systems.
tortfeasor
Throw the cat in the house to shit on the rug? You get to sit there and watch as daddy destroys something you love.
GrandPoobahDeDoinkOfAllOfThisAndThat
Damn dude, the passive agressiveness in your family is fucking hard core.
gewalt
Like father like son
kimduloft
Next time make him eat the cat. That's a lesson to remember.
stevenwonder
#tigermoms
somethingsomethingkitties
i actually thought that would be the ending of this story. I've got issues I should solve.
KidGokuOmega
OP can you raise all of the children so that America's next generation might have a chance.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Why? Do you hate me?
KidGokuOmega
OP please your are humanities last stand.
at1cad
You got the basis of a country music song right there
Giganotosaurus
FUCKING LOL that was my first thought too
sweetfeetpete
Dammit cole I told you not to let the damn cat in
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Parenting done right in my opinion. You reprimanded him without withholding him from basic necessities or his social life. Hopefully, he (1
docvalentinemtl
i disagree. if you have a kid who acts like a spiteful baby when he's upset and you react like a spiteful baby yourself that reinforces it.
rippednbuff
I hope he (1's as well too!
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140 characters seriously isn't enough space for my thoughts
flagbasher
Just toss the cat in his room and lock the door.
TacticalPizza
I like your style sir
youhavetocallmeknighthawk
this is where I thought it was heading
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Ooooooh, I like this idea!
shadowex3
Do you guys have a shower? Does it use doors instead of curtains? Do you see where I'm going with this?
TheGirlWhoCouldntEven
OP, I really hope you explained to him what he did wrong, why it was wrong instead of just giving him a hot burger.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
We had that conversation the entire ride to school.
bonjbop
You don't think he'd clean up his mess himself now, do you?
WookieJebus
Sometimes the easiest solutions are the most elegant
GiraffeWithABrokenNeck
I would beat my kid if he blatantly disrespected and disobeyed me like that.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
He's a little old for corporal punishment. Public humiliation is my ultimate weapon now. But seriously, why is this comment "bad?"
whereisdannymo
I think this is an AP reference.
GiraffeWithABrokenNeck
Because Imgurians are against physical punishment under any circumstance and think everyone in the world responds better to talking.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
2/2 peeing on the carpet. FIGURATIVELY, Imgur. I was speaking FIGURATIVELY.
GiraffeWithABrokenNeck
I'm not a parent either, but I'm the youngest of 5 and all of us were raised with a firm hand and my siblings raise their kids that way. You
GiraffeWithABrokenNeck
can't say it's bad and inhumane if it's proven to work time after time after time after time after time.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Ah, in other words: Not parents. Young children are like dogs: occasionally you have to hit them with a newspaper to get them to stop 1/2
SurelyNotAWalrus
I also think his use of the word "beat" probably contributed to it. Spank, you can often get away with but beat has a different connotation
shadowex3
Or in other words they are parents but they realise that there's overwhelming empirical evidence violence is counterproductive.