Kids ...

[Diver]

well I did my stint, four of them, so I am not totally unsympathetic. But now they are all growed up I can sit back and watch you youngsters go through it all and hurl some good natured abuse.

Great isn't it

My daughter tells her 2 girls " I'll phone Grandad, Do you want me to phone Grandad?" she says it works a treat.

[blacjac]

Great isn't it

My daughter tells her 2 girls " I'll phone Grandad, Do you want me to phone Grandad?" she says it works a treat.

Works a treat at what?

Making them scared of Grandad?

[Diver]

Works a treat at what?

Making them scared of Grandad?

Making them scared that Grandad will think they're Naughty, and stop spoiling them rotten

[BrilloPad]

Can't believe I am saying it but WHS.

I know you think my parenting skills are limited to climbing cranes.

[BrilloPad]

Great isn't it

My daughter tells her 2 girls " I'll phone Grandad, Do you want me to phone Grandad?" she says it works a treat.

Presumably you get your power saw out - they know what it did to your hand!

[Diver]

I know you think my parenting skills are limited to climbing cranes.

No! you encourage children everywhere to dress up as super heroes too

[Diver]

Presumably you get your power saw out - they know what it did to your hand!

F*** off


Seriously

[blacjac]

Making them scared that Grandad will think they're Naughty, and stop spoiling them rotten

Ahhh, now there's a thought.........

[Ivor Bigun]

... actually, advice on terrible-two's ...

Got a 2 year old boy who's very, very strong-willed, who don't listen. He recently started hitting me! How do I handle him, it's doing my head in ...

Get the doctor to check out his hearing - could be glue ear.

On the hitting side, thats frustration. Try to give the child what he wants and gradually haul him back to relate with you better.
Do you work away? if so this could be that you're taking his mum away.
Do things together as a family.
Make sure he goes to toddler group.
With time and patience, it will all be OK.

[EternalOptimist]

Get the doctor to check out his hearing - could be glue ear.

On the hitting side, thats frustration. Try to give the child what he wants and gradually haul him back to relate with you better.
Do you work away? if so this could be that you're taking his mum away.
Do things together as a family.
Make sure he goes to toddler group.
With time and patience, it will all be OK.

well thats fantastic Ivor, but sometimes you need instant results. If the kid is doing something dangerous, they have to respond to you straight away. If your child is running out into the road without looking, would you really sit back and say , patience Ivor, be patient, count to ten Ivor ?????