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Please help.

🥂🏆🥂

For both them and you in my experience.

the biscuits didn't go over?

that's why I don't recommend it.

I've always said raising kids is like coming back to haunt yourself.

"don't pat the cat so hard, she's going to bite you" twice a day every day #toddlers

So do they still call you on the holidays, or...

That was hubby. Of course his mom was also a nurse at the hospital. there were jokes. Me, my ER file was a shelf. But no broken bones amazingly enough. Just lots of stitches from dumb stuff.

We’re on a first name basis with the urgent care staff

😂

But seriously I'm living with teenage me and 💀

Yes it’s also a perpetual opportunity to display what we learned or unlearned from our parents

only five? you're teaching the right lessons!

Just got back from a cub scouts camp weekend, where we had an absolutely lovely time, but also I learned if you're watching the reaping/sowing tweet 5x per day, you should be grateful your kids are the smart kind, becase there are *absolutely* parents out there dealing with it 5x per hour.

It usually happens mid-shout "Don't!" Too late

OMG I feel SEEN!!! I have two and constantly remind myself (also going through perimenopause) that they and I deserve grace in these trying times

"for god's sake, just pay attention" as I draw my eyes away from the attention fragmentation device I clutch in my hand

At least kids are (hopefully) learning about cause and effect and will, over time, adjust their behaviors accordingly. Unlike, say, many adults in this country.

IKR

Worst is channelling your parents.

Ours was "That's not what we do." They still get me with it.

Today: “Honey, we need to get a move on, it’s 1 o’clock,” I said. “It’s 12:59!” was the response. “That is all you,” said my husband, very helpfully. There was no getting a move on until that darn clock flipped to 1:00.

Then the day comes when you find out you raised them right after all ❤️

Harry Chapin syndrome.

I tell my son all the time, "that's on you man"

I have heard so much "you're getting exactly the kids you deserve" from my parents over the years...

My 13-y-o playfully flipped me off yesterday, and I thought of all the times I’ve done that to my mother. Mixed horror and pride flooded over me.

Where did you learn… ahh shit

Gets louder, actually

Old line: your kids are your parents' revenge on you.

My roommate was a summer camp counselor for little kids. If they complained about the other kids, she'd say, "[Kid name], worry about [kid name]." One day, she corrected a kid for lagging behind the line or something similar, and he said, "[Roommate], worry about [Roommate!]"

Correct

Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of (their) own actions.

I believe the technical term for this is “fast feedback loop”.

We consider ourselves super lucky, it's never really been like that with our kid.

And they always hurt themselves when you’re already near your breaking point. “We’re already late, JUST WALK NORMAL” *hop* *spin* *SLAM* *tears* And then you just have to hope you’re able to summon enough self control to not go “YOU SEE!?” while they’re actively crying

Haha been there. Until an old lady said "Oh no your kids are freezing" and then I felt a little bit guilty. Did the kids learn something? No.

Exactly, I could have been a better teenager.

I hope they at least appreciate your absolutely fire biscuits.

Screaming internally, "NOT LIKE THAT" for the 20th time this morning.

Can confirm

Now imagine teaching students all day. 😝

YES