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02-07-2020, 10:18 AM | #1 |
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Playful parenting isn't always "playful" (about my "off" sense of humor)
Playful parenting hasn't been my strong suit even though I try. BUT somehow w teens I do a lot better cuz they "get me"
What are fun things you've done? I thought of this because of what I did today. Background: My dd2 has a health problem that requires she drink 2tsp/day of salt in electrolyte water. We use Real Salt as it's so good for you. So. . . she's about to finish up our bulk salt. I bought a 10# bucket of salt on amazon and I changed our shipping address to her name. I told her I got her a gift on amazon She immediately rolled her eyes and wanted to know if it's a need or want. And she's now trying to figure out what it is. And if I'm practical joking or not cuz she knows me well. I am frugal beyond belief and not a good gift giver. She will think it's hysterical by the way I couldn't have done this before 10 because she wouldn't have gotten it and would've been hurt. She isn't super into gifts and I'm a horrible gift giver (I try but do not do well at all so I just now ask for gifts). a lot of times they are bracing themselves for my gifts. White elephant and gift cards are much much better for me to do. Plus she's the one that wrapped a penny 25 times for her brother as a christmas gift. What she doesn't know that she learned is that he's the one you CANNOT do this to. SMH. She knows that now but she's just like me so she thought it would be funny. I admit I have a really dumb sense of humor and so does she. It takes adult perception to know who can handle my white elephant gifts. So what have you done that only your kids or one of them would think is funny?
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02-07-2020, 10:25 AM | #2 |
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Re: Playful parenting isn't always "playful" (about my "off" sense of humor)
I also think do playful parenting well with littles. I just forget it exists.
With teens I join with them in making fun of things they don’t like or even instigate making fun of something. Not people, but my dd1 doesn’t like poetry or crafting, so if she doesn’t want to do some schoolwork I will tell her she could write a poem instead, for example, and then she usually will realize it could be worse and do it. I feel like recognizing the stuff they don’t like, even if I do like it, is important.
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02-07-2020, 10:31 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Playful parenting isn't always "playful" (about my "off" sense of humor)
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02-07-2020, 02:41 PM | #4 |
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Re: Playful parenting isn't always "playful" (about my "off" sense of humor)
I pp my high schoolers all.the.time. Dh does that work his grades 7 and 8 kids. It's so effective with the age group.
Even if they do think we're crazy.
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02-07-2020, 02:48 PM | #5 |
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Re: Playful parenting isn't always "playful" (about my "off" sense of humor)
I mess with their food on April Fools Day.
One year I made what looked like fancy mixed drinks in glass cups. It was Jell-o. Another year I made cupcakes that looked like cheeseburgers and meatloaf/mashed potatoes that looked like cupcakes. And then there was the blue milk on Percy Jackson't Birthday. I tell y 6 year old when she doesn't want to take a shower, that, "Fine, I will only put you in head first. NOT feet first! I promise!"
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02-07-2020, 04:14 PM | #6 |
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Re: Playful parenting isn't always "playful" (about my "off" sense of humor)
I definitely use it with my pre-teen to lighten the mood when he starts to ramp up.
DS1 uses The Good and the Beautiful for English and he doesn't particularly enjoy it, particularly the poetry aspects. We modify some lessons to make it more relevant for him. Yesterday he was to write a short poem for one of the lessons and he started to get a bit intense as we were discussing it. I was open to options but sometimes he gets a bit stuck and isn't really hearing me tell him a compromise is possible. So I handed him a dictionary, told him to look up belligerent, and suggested that he write down the definition for that instead of writing a poem today. He was amused when he looked up the definition, and in addition to writing the definition, he spent the next half hour self-learning about pronunciation keys as well as browsing other definitions just for fun. Works for me.
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02-07-2020, 04:34 PM | #7 | |
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02-07-2020, 04:50 PM | #8 |
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Re: Playful parenting isn't always "playful" (about my "off" sense of humor)
When my oldest starts getting whiny and "why, Mama??" I pull out a piratey voice. "Cuz I'm the meanest mum that ever mummed in Mumsville!" She will almost certainly join in, even if it's begrudgingly at first.
When she drives me up the wall, I tell her I'm about to sell her to the zoo. It's a light way for me to let her know she's got to rein things in a bit. We used to do loads of pretending but as she gets older, she likes planning and making things up. So instead of pretending to be bears cleaning their cave, now we make up what our own theme park would be like. It is ongoing and allows for creativity and joining each other in an imaginary place. |
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