Worst/Best parenting moment your folks had?

Deranged96

When I was 6 I had a terrier called June.
I was as mad about her as only a child can be about a dog.
June ran out on the road and got herself flattened by a van.
My father picked (most of) June off the road, came over to me, brought her down to bellow my face and said:
"This will happen to you, if you EVER run across the road without looking"
You can imagine my reaction...

12 years later and I still can't decided if it was a moment of inspiration or insanity on his part.

Ye're own tales of parental failure or genius?

wazky

How is that bad parenting?, you haven't been flattened by one car since I bet you

Lisha

Deranged96 wrote: »

My father picked (most of) June off the road, came over to me, brought her down to bellow my face and said:
"This will happen to you, if you EVER run across the road without looking"
You can imagine my reaction...

You looked left the right then left again always?

Deranged96

wazky wrote: »

How is that bad parenting?, you haven't been flattened by one car since I bet you

Your logic is irrefutable

wazky

Deranged96 wrote: »

Your logic is irrefutable

What's better?, a small moment of traumatising horror or becoming a feature of the front grille on your neighbours car?

Diane Selwyn

Deranged96 wrote: »

When I was 6 I had a terrier called June.
I was as mad about her as only a child can be about a dog.
June ran out on the road and got herself flattened by a van.
My father picked (most of) June off the road, came over to me, brought her down to bellow my face and said:
"This will happen to you, if you EVER run across the road without looking"
You can imagine my reaction...

12 years later and I still can't decided if it was a moment of inspiration or insanity on his part.

Ye're own tales of parental failure or genius?

Almost the opposite experience - I was about 8 when out new rescue pup was hit by a car. Our dad grew up on a farm and didn't have much time for animals that were dumb enough to run out on the road so it was a big deal that they paid the vet a hefty sum to save the dog rather than have it put down. We loved that dumb 3 legged dog. It was hit by about 4 more cars before it eventually died of old age.

On the failure side our dad could never really convincingly admonish us for smoking - at least until he suddenly quit his pack a day habit of 30 years and we all apparently felt obliged to do the same.

The One Doctor

That's practical parenting, OP. You're only 18, you probably don't have a clue about parenting.

Hotfail.com

Deranged96 wrote: »

When I was 6 I had a terrier called June.
I was as mad about her as only a child can be about a dog.
June ran out on the road and got herself flattened by a van.
My father picked (most of) June off the road, came over to me, brought her down to bellow my face and said:
"This will happen to you, if you EVER run across the road without looking"
You can imagine my reaction...

12 years later and I still can't decided if it was a moment of inspiration or insanity on his part.

Ye're own tales of parental failure or genius?

A notch too far maybe, but it must have done the trick..

Deranged96

The One Doctor wrote: »

That's practical parenting, OP. You're only 18, you probably don't have a clue about parenting.

Of course I have a clue about parenting, it's not some out-there concept only great minds can grapple with.

It wasn't me!

The One Doctor wrote: »

That's practical parenting, OP. You're only 18, you probably don't have a clue about parenting.

Deranged96 wrote: »

Of course I have a clue about parenting, it's not some out-there concept only great minds can grapple with.

Precisely. The vast majority of the world's mouthbreathers manage to procreate and most of their children survive to adulthood. Despite all the obstacles faced, most of them turn out at least a respectable shade of alright. Parenting is not the biggest, hardest thing in the world, or our infant mortality and parental suicide rates would be sky-high.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Finish the story OP,hows June now?

Deranged96

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Finish the story OP,hows June now?

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Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Considering it's After Hours, what odds would I get on the most common example being 'They dropped me on my head' :P

DazMarz

Being taught how to play poker at the age of 9... yeah... :P

corner of hells

Diane Selwyn wrote: »

Almost the opposite experience - I was about 8 when out new rescue pup was hit by a car. Our dad grew up on a farm and didn't have much time for animals that were dumb enough to run out on the road so it was a big deal that they paid the vet a hefty sum to save the dog rather than have it put down. We loved that dumb 3 legged dog. It was hit by about 4 more cars before it eventually died of old age.

On the failure side our dad could never really convincingly admonish us for smoking - at least until he suddenly quit his pack a day habit of 30 years and we all apparently felt obliged to do the same.

Tell me the dogs name was Lucky ?

cloud493

When I was about 9, I was being picked up from school by my dad, some prick kid threw a stone at my head, don't know if it was aimed at me. But my dad tells me to kick the **** out of him, and if anyone wrongs me in the future, never back down and always be willing to throw a punch.

MRnotlob606

My father wen't to my parent teacher meeting when I was in 6th year in secondary school and my biology teacher told him I was doing well in it and my father said " sure what good is biology". still cracks me up

Lisha

My Dad had a lot of tractors and other machinery around when we were children. We happily played in the yard in amongst machinery and all it entails.
Two lessons from my Dad stand out:

Firstly a lot of bottles and containers would be in garage with oil and stuff in them. We were told never to drink out if bottles as Anything could be in them. My sisters spotted a lovely new shiny bottle of lucozade. As they felt us was new and clean looking they decided to drink it. My Dad caught them and to teach them a lesson he worriedly put them to bed eith curtains drawn and pretended to ring the doctor. I don't think it really bothered my sisters but I can't stand lucozade.

Second lesson: it was drilled into us at a very early age never ever to walk behind a tractor as if the driver jumped in in a hurry and drove he could knock you down. I'm now aged 36 and recently there was a tractor parked in a car park and I walked the long way around other than walking behind a tractor.

Cerveja69

I remember once my mam was away and my dad was minding me and my sister. He was under instruction to give us a bath before bed. We told him that mam let us have a bath in our clothes and he believed us. We sat in the tub fully clothed. My mam woulda killed him if she knew!

He also used to let us roll down the windows in the back of the car and sit on the window frame while holding hands across the roof of the car. Well 'let' is a strong word. It was more a case of him driving and us just doing it and telling him we'd be fine. Poor man having us brats as kids!

--LOS--

Best, honestly can't think of anything good.

Worst, hard to pick one :P Right now has to be up there, they invited themselves over, for a week, to stay in my studio apartment at the worst possible time when they couldn't even be bothered to make one phone call to me all year. These are people I do my best to avoid normally. Without all the boring details, I feel so bad from this at the minute I had to email my counsellor out of hours which I've never done before. This is my 3rd night in a row awake yayy. I had to abandon them in town earlier and eat alone coz they were driving me nuts. I had to go for a night time stroll a while ago just to get a few mins alone. Kill me now

Tail Docker

I've gone off June.

Menas

My dad once told me, when I was heading out one night, that "If you are not in bed by midnight, come home".

Cerveja69

Trigger Happy wrote: »

My dad once told me, when I was heading out one night, that "If you are not in bed by midnight, come home".

Good advice but i'd go a bit wild and say 2am

BrensBenz

Best parenting advice from my late Dad and now firmly adopted by his son:

"Every hour spent gardening is two hours wasted."