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Cracked has a hilarious photoshop essay up about stuff we should have been taught in school (Link may be NSFW).
Here’s my favorite:
Those of you with kids will understand that sometimes the hardest thing to get your kids to understand is that they’re not a perfect little snowflake, and occasionally they need and deserve a boot in the ass. Junior Bear and I went round and round about his schoolwork, and one of his main retorts was that his teachers loved him and told him he was doing fine. Of course, the bleakly low grades on his report card kind of contradicted that worldview, but who was I to throw reality into the picture?
And don’t get me started about the recent college grads (or dropouts) who have been told their entire lives that all it takes is effort and a little PowerPoint to get through life. I’ve watched several go into meltdown over the years when they were told that no-one gets paid for just showing up or for making something pretty that doesn’t actually accomplish anything. My favorite was when a mini-project done by an intern at Fort Meade was described as a “self licking ice cream cone” by the crusty old warrant officer who she reported to.
So, what do you all wish you’d learned in school, or wish your kids would be taught today?
Posted by daddybear71 on August 24, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/08/24/things-you-wish-youd-learned-growing-up/
To sit down and read a book:
That’s powdered sugar. Boo went to bed 45 minutes before this happened, and had been quiet for half an hour. Now I know why. There was a trail from the canister into the dining room and living room. It took 10 minutes of rinsing and scrubbing to get it all out of his hair, and then of course he was awake.
He has to get it from Irish Woman. None of his older brothers and sisters do things like this. But I’m impressed. 30 years of taking care of children, and I’ve never seen anything like this.
Maybe this would be easier if I drank more…..
Posted by daddybear71 on June 17, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/06/17/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe/
No, not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter.
I just got done rasslin’ with Boo. Basically, I tickled him and he did something that looked like a miniature version of this:
He was, of course, giggling like a maniacal fiend through the whole experience. He really takes after his mother.
I’ve always enjoyed playing rough with my kids. It’s one of the reasons Junior Bear named me DaddyBear in the first place. Cuddling and hugging are nice, but nothing beats letting a little one pummel you for fun. It gets out a lot of their aggression, wears them out for bedtime, gives you a stress break, and gives you an excuse to ice down your neck.
Posted by daddybear71 on June 16, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/06/16/on-rough-play/
DaddyBear’s Den 