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The reality is that your kid only demands an iPad because they know what an an iPad is. If you never crack the seal and show them a scren, even once, your kid
by bpodgursky 10mo ago
The reality is that your kid only demands an iPad because they know what an an iPad is. If you never crack the seal and show them a scren, even once, your kid will be briefly annoyed and then figure out ways to entertain themselves with the silverware.
(yes, I have 3 kids, I am speaking from experience)
- technothrasher 10mo agoReminds me of when my toddler came back from an overnight at the grandparents house and started excitedly telling me about how you can put syrup and butter on pancakes. He had been just fine before that with plain pancakes, but wouldn't touch them afterward without syrup and butter. Thanks for that, dad.
- bpodgursky 10mo agoYes, it definitely takes unpleasant and forceful conversations with grandparents and relatives. (I'm fine with butter, but syrup is 100% off limits. Use berries.)
- mothballed 10mo agoLol they will not 'entertain themselves' at that point. They will see you working on the computer, start smashing and mashing the buttons and annoying the ever living shit out of you because you have something they do not and it looks to be interesting. Yes you can deal with that in various ways, but they will have an idea what it is, even if you manage to suppress that curiosity through some form of discipline. I'm not sure about your kid but if my kid sees something new, they will stop at absolutely nothing until they find out what it is. This is why it's good, for example, if a child is curious about something like guns to show them what it is in a supervised way rather than have them get a crowbar and break into your safe and find out the hard way and hurt themselves.
- bpodgursky 10mo agoThe OP was about eating at a restaurant. Yes, to work at home you need a home office and childcare.
- mothballed 10mo agoI envy your reality. In mine adults have to do work at random times during the day and holes in childcare exists. Something like an adult-only home office and childcare without holes is a pipe dream.
- bpodgursky 10mo agoYeah my wife takes care of our kids during work hours. We're pretty strict about office door closed == dad working.
- nineteen999 10mo ago> We're pretty strict about office door closed == dad working Interesting, I grew up in a house like that, and didn't see much of my dad for many years because of it. Something I didn't do with my own daughter, I always loved her coming into to distract me when I was working from home (pre-pandemic).
- bpodgursky 10mo agoI'm with the kids 7-9 (wakeup and breakfast) and 5:30 - 9 (dinner, play, bedtime). Plus weekends. It's fine.
- nineteen999 10mo agoGreat to hear, I'm sure they appreciate that very much.