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Kids - A thread for bragging, venting and, advice.

Scot4bz said:
Floyd said:
Next step: DATING!  :P
I used to think that way - now I almost feel sorry for the kid who comes to my door. I envision it something like this (based on her expensive tastes);

Pimple Faced Kid: Good evening sir, I'm here to pick up your daughter for our date. We're going to get some pizza and then off to the movies.
Me: What's your available credit limit?
Pimple faced kid runs away crying and my daughter and I watch the Leaf game.

And thanks AlmosGirl!

I'm going with an open robe and an almost empty bottle of Wiser's in one hand.
 
The 8 Simple Rules are:

Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure as heck not picking anything up.

Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule Three: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, In order to assure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric staple gun and fasten your trousers securely in place around your waist.

Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate: when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I WILL kill you.

Rule Five: In order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."

Rule Six: I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make YOU cry.

Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process which can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places lacking parents, policemen, or nuns. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka zipped up to her chin. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which feature chainsaws are okay. Hockey games are okay.
 
So THAT's what was going through my father-in-law's head when I'd come to the door.  :)

Although, now that I have a daughter, those rules will ring quite true.  :-X
 
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My boy. :)
 
He's just a happy kid. :)

That was from May. Here's a more recent one I took as he was waking up for his bottle:
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Apologies...I did resize it, but it doesn't seem to be taking...
 
Think Owen, my 3-year old might finally be fully-potty trained.  Whew!  This being our 4th kids, all spaced 3 years apart, I've been changing diapers/pull-ups since the days of Lonny Bohonos.
 
Scot4bz said:
Floyd said:
Next step: DATING!  :P
I used to think that way - now I almost feel sorry for the kid who comes to my door. I envision it something like this (based on her expensive tastes);

Pimple Faced Kid: Good evening sir, I'm here to pick up your daughter for our date. We're going to get some pizza and then off to the movies.
Me: What's your available credit limit?
Pimple faced kid runs away crying and my daughter and I watch the Leaf game.

And thanks AlmosGirl!

:) There will be no dating in our house.  My hubby will be at the door in full uniform with his hand on his gun most likely for the first guy that comes to our door for DD!  LOL!  So far, at 14 (15 in February) guys are the furthest thing from her mind.  She is wayyyy too busy with schoolwork and her hockey and that's her main focus.  My oldest son is 18, just started University this year and we made it through the teenage years without any "girl" issues.  School was his main focus and we hope that his sister follows in the same footsteps.
 
Mordac - that is awesome and thanks for posting!  I'm gonna print and give to my husband who will probably have it framed and posted at the front door! ;D  And your little guy is adorable!

Moon111 - we (and I mean me  ;) ) just potty trained our 3 yr old at the beginning of August!  He was done within 5 days and I was so shocked.  I never dreamed that he would be done before his 3rd b-day but he did it and it's so nice not having to buy diapers anymore.  He still wears pull-ups at night because he is such a heavy sleeper and nothing wakes him up but his pedi said not to worry about it, that when he's ready, he'll just finally wake up dry.

Here's my tazmanian devil doing his best Fonzi impersonation!

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What do other parents think of this whole bullying thing and the two kids (might be more but 2 I have read about) who have killed themselves over what they were put through every day?

What I can't even begin to understand is the parents in all this. If it was your kid being bullied would you not do everything in your power to make it stop? My kids are not quite old enough to experience this in any serious manner but I feel as though if one of them came home and told me it was happening to them, the first time I would speak to the school and if they didn't resolve the problem immediately, I would get involved. 

I read the quotes from the father of Mitchell Wilson and while he doesn't blame others for not saving his son, it just feels like he didn't really do much on his own.  I don't want to misjudge this guy but if you know this stuff is happening to your son, why are you not doing everything in your power to make it stop?  If I knew that stuff was happening to my kid I really don't know how I would hold back from "dealing" with the problem in whatever way so that my kid was able to live his life free from fear.
 
I totally get what you are saying and agree with you as well.  Again, I don't know all the circumstances for those 2 events and some kids are really good at hiding things and not showing their parents that something is really bothering them.

I know with my own kids, we talk all the time about this stuff and everything and anything.  We have a pretty much open door policy that they can talk to us about anything no matter what.  We don't tolerate lying of any kind and all we can do is hope and pray that they know we are there for them and would do anything humanly possible to help them.

Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world!
 
So highschool hockey started last night and my youngest is playing highschool.

http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/search/article/1456706

I am pretty proud of him.  At physicals Monday night he measured 6'0" and weighed in at a rugged 198 lbs.  He just turned 16 last month and is still growing.  At his age I was 5'10" 145 lbs.
 

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