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[–] 99 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I love hearing other parents have asshole kids, because it reminds me that I'm not alone.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago

    My kid went through the same phase all kids do of refusing to go to bed.

    So one night he's grabbing on to the baby gate at the top of the stairs like a con in a prison movie, screaming and yelling. I'm at the bottom of the stairs trying to ignore him.

    He fixed a stare directly at me, stopped screaming, and shit in his pants.

    So yeah, 100% of parents have arsehole kids.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You are not; but they are not really assholes. They are optimising for some outcome that they want, with inferior tools/mechanisms. Depending on age, their brain runs on emotion most of the time, logic is a distant second place.

    In saying all of that....they can seem like assholes in the moment!!!!

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it's funny. Sometimes my son, 4, he'll talk to me, but his speech and communication are still in the very basics, and I'll say, Buddy, I'm sorry, I don't know what you're saying, and he'll get frustrated, which leads to anger, all because I don't understand what he's saying.

    Turn the tables, I'm like, Dude, go to the bathroom, we're getting in the car, you go to the bathroom before we drive, and he'll say NO! And now I'm the one who's frustrated and angry because he's now the one who's not understanding what I'm saying.

    As always, communication is key, and breakdowns always cause problems. And so we're all just along for the ride.

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