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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:37 PM Original message |
Really poor parenting, or, why didn't I kick those guys asses? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pfft. I learned to swim when I was 4 and my dad tossed me off his boat. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's how I learned, and I didn't want to inflict it on LittleCoffee |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Is there an swim teacher? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah, the instructor was great with the kids |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. She must be pruny. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. She's got nothing on BabyCoffee |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Mine too! I did fine, as soon as I got out of that tote sack. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Did you also have the 25 lb plate in yours, too? |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. nah, no plate. dad was a bit of a pussy, and I told him so when I got |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Being a parent means sometimes you have to act a way they don't like. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I know so many people who want to be their kid's friend first, and parent second |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's it exactly. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. You want Skittles should kick their asses for ya? nt |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm kicking my own ass for not kicking theirs last night. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm sure Skittles could help with that, too. nt |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. In general, I agree. However, in specific |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Of course, I can only base it on assumption... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. There are other parenting techniques besides outright abuse |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, because outright abuse is what I'm advocating in the OP |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. There are other parenting techniques besides outright abuse |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. The type of parents who threaten to sue the school... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Sucker bet. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. My mom threw us in the middle of the pool |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Your mom's an idiot |
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