Connie rides the bus to school, and like the parents of other kindergartners, we walk her to the bus stop every morning. Mostly, this is a fun occasion: Connie loves to race down the sidewalk, and there is always something funny from the kid named Luke who seems to be crushing on my raging little [...]
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Scene: Sonny sits at the dinner table. His siblings have long since finished their dinner and are now cleaning their rooms. The bathwater is running. Raging Dad: “Sonny! Eat. Your. Mac. And. Cheese!” Sonny: “Okay!” He doesn’t eat. Raging blood pressure rising. Then, an idea. Time to pull out the Santa mind games again. RD: [...]
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One of the benefits of being less than three months out from Christmas is that we can use Santa as a tool to manipulate the children into good behavior. The whole “he knows if you’ve been bad or good” shtick is brilliant, and I am not above bilking it for all it’s worth. When I [...]
Filed under: bad daddy, questionable parenting decisions | Tagged: bad santa, behavior, christmas, coal, evil santa, nintendo ds | 13 Comments »
Houston, we have a problem. On Monday, Raging Mom went to pick up the boys from preschool, just as she does every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. However, on this morning, she was detained by the teacher who informed her that the twins were disrupting the class. She was very concerned because they had disrupted the [...]
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I was noticing that it has been a year since we instituted The Rules in the Raging Household, which was to be a pivotal tool in our ongoing quest to force order and gain submission from the little devils. The Rules were adopted with input from the children, but it was only for show. This [...]
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Well, my mother, Raging Hippie Grandma, begs to differ with my assertion that I was “no trouble,” and offers this message on the subject: ~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Raging Dad, I read your Daddy Blog and yes, Sonny is his daddy’s son. You were wild—you gave up your 20 minute a day nap at 11 months. Grandma [...]
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I love my kids. All of them. They are wonderful little people, and I am so lucky to have them. They also make me crazy at times. Lately, Sonny and I have been at odds on most issues. He is different from the other two: he is easily distracted, has a harder time listening, and [...]
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