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re: Parents of the OT, what’s the weirdest interaction you’ve ever had with another parent?
Posted on 4/26/22 at 6:53 am to andouille
Posted on 4/26/22 at 6:53 am to andouille
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took some questioning, but he and his buddy took some of his dad's guns and were firing them. I go to see the dad, none of the guns are locked up, boxes of ammo are laying around, dad thinks this is fine, "boys need to learn about guns". No safety training, no supervision.
frick that!
Yes, they need to learn about gun safety WITH PARENTAL SUPERVISION. And your consent. I would have lost it.
For us, our weirdest interactions are with our neighbors. Their son is maybe 1-2 years older than ours and just shows up in our back yard sometimes when he sees my son playing. Sometimes the parents know, sometimes they don't. One day he showed up and an hour or so later the dad came out yelling the kids name to find him. The mom had fallen asleep and I guess the dad just wasn't watching him. It's not that bug of a deal. He's a sweet kid, but I don't like being used as a free babysitter.
I invited him over for a play date on MLK day because daycare was closed and I had to work, so thought the kids would entertain eachother. The mask mandate had been lifted here, and the mom made her son wear a mask for 5ish hours while he played at my house. I felt bad for him. The mom said she was keeping us safe because they had been in Gaitlinburg the day before. I said I don't care, we've all had Covid so doesn't matter to me if you were around a bunch of people. But she insisted he wear it the whole time. It was me, my son, and her son at my house. That's it. They are also from Wuhan, China, so maybe it's more a culture thing?
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 7:04 am
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Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:52 am to HoustonChick86
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They are also from Wuhan, China, so maybe it's more a culture thing?
That plot twist at the end threw me for a loop lol
Posted on 4/26/22 at 10:10 am to HoustonChick86
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For us, our weirdest interactions are with our neighbors. Their son is maybe 1-2 years older than ours and just shows up in our back yard sometimes when he sees my son playing. Sometimes the parents know, sometimes they don't. One day he showed up and an hour or so later the dad came out yelling the kids name to find him.
This is just what kids do.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 10:51 am to HoustonChick86
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from Wuhan, China, so maybe it's more a culture thing?
Yes, can confirm. As loony as my wife is ab masks right wrong or indifferent we havent got covid yet.
But yes.. definitely a culture thing
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 10:52 am
Posted on 4/26/22 at 1:32 pm to HoustonChick86
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They are also from Wuhan, China, so maybe it's more a culture thing?
It is definetly a culture thing. I am sure I will offend but Asians in general have a different outlook on child rearing and childhood freedom coupled with self sufficiency. They just dont keep as tight a leash as Americans do on their children. I generally give my kids some rope but its not uncommon where I live to see Asian parents walking with their small (4-6) child riding a bike or walking way out in front of them, like 30-40 yards. I mean I'm not a helicopter parent but is it crazy to think that a kid that small might chase a friggin butterfly out into the street??? Different outlook I guess.
To reinforce, Today show did a segment recently on a new Japanese (I think) show where toddler age kids go out do these adult things (run errands, exercise, etc.) unaccompanied by an adult. Really strange.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 3:07 pm to HoustonChick86
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Their son is maybe 1-2 years older than ours and just shows up in our back yard sometimes when he sees my son playing.
This is frowned upon these days? This was how all the neighborhood kids got together when I was growing up. Many games of back yard football, smear the queer, and flashlight tag were started this very way.
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