Comments on: Rule #52: Give Your Child False Hope

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:43:53 +0000

At children sporting events I always quote that great philosopher………………….Homer J. Simpson.
“Remember kids you aren’t just playing to win, you’re playing for your parents love.”

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:53:09 +0000

Our kids go to a really big, mediocre public school where most of the parents haven’t gone to college. Last year, when 40 percent of the class got into the National Honor Society, they sold ADS in the program for the event and ALL these yahoos wrote things like: Little Timmy, this is the just the first step in your journey to Harvard!
Yes, like Harvard’s big enough to take forty percent of the class from every mediocre public school across the United States. It would have to take like 3 million kids a year!
and then there’s this mom whose kid plays the violin, scraping and honking away on a tinny public school violin in the orchestra. She has him convinced he’s going to Julliard! Even though he’s never had a lesson. I SO want to sit him down and turn on that PBS special with all the little Korean music geniuses performing Mozart so that he’ll get a clue.
Are these people really that stupid and clueless? How? and why?

By: kitty

kitty — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:36:29 +0000

Now just calm down and eat another cupcake

…

mmm cupcakes

They’re magical cupcakes that will help you grow strong and light so you’ll be the best ballerina in the world.

>_< This website is making me want to be a mother so I can mess with kids heads. Or maybe an aunty or teacher or librarian or something =P

By: Gutsy Writer

Gutsy Writer — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:05:40 +0000

You can always do what we did. Move your family to a 3rd world country for a year so they realize they have it “good” at home. Other kids play on the beach with a coconut for 3 hours and are skilled and don’t whine. They see that with their own eyes and you don’t have to teach them anything.

By: sian

sian — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:03:28 +0000

Love this post-very funny, we had to include it in our high fives this week!

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GGS High Five for Five Great Posts | Girl, Get Strong! — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:03:31 +0000

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By: fleshy flesherton

fleshy flesherton — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:36:59 +0000

FKB, i think you have an unhealthy obsession with the word “fleshy”.

By: Father Knows Worst

Father Knows Worst — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:47:02 +0000

@SillyDad: Are you kidding? Preach on! You practically just wrote my mission statement.

@Miss C.: Wow. That’s brutal. I like where your head’s at.

By: Miss C.

Miss C. — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:45:04 +0000

This delays disenchantment until the late teen years, when your children are no longer your problem (i.e. jails will take them in full-time)

By: SillyDad

SillyDad — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:33:43 +0000

@Deb (Hey, FKW, mind if I chime in here?) The only hope of being a good parent is false hope. It is impossible to be a good parent. For every person that thinks you are doing an O.K. job there are at least a dozen who think you should be imprisoned.

Your best hope is that they’re too lazy and stupid to actually call D.S..S and report you and have you locked up. OR, you can hope they’ll actually raise one cheek of they’re lazy judgmental asses high enough to pull their cell phone out, act upon their convictions and make the call so the folks in blue will come and take you away and put you in solitary confinement for the next 20 years so you can finally have some peace and quiet.

In lieu of a padded cell, I find that this site is a welcome haven from the judgmental a-holes, parents who always seem to be perfect but who actually beat their children when nobody is looking and those who would have you believe you are not worthy to raise a child.

Keep up the awesome work FKW! You are my hero.