To all those people who think they’re the ultimate parent…shut the fuck up.
Unless you see me abuse or neglect my baby, keep your damn mouth shut. My baby is happy and healthy. That’s more than you need to know.
For the next person that tells a stranger how to be a parent, be carefull because that stranger might be me and you’ll get a slap in your damn face.
—Super Dad
This article appears in May 28 – Jun 3, 2009.
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Way to go Dad! Be sure to do it right in front of your kid too, other wise they won’t learn nothin’. Super dad. pfft, learn how to parent, loser.
You gonna cyber-slap me now?
Getting charged with assault for losing your temper. A+ parenting OP
What did the person say to you?
Yikes
If you lose your cool this easily with strangers I wonder what restraint you show around your child? I’m guessing; youngish sperm donor who impregnated high-skool sweetheart of 2 months duration, and is now firmly entrenched on the welfare rolls of our beloved city, a smoker too methinks?
Do you have the obligatory T-Shirt with #1 DAD on the front?
Fuck off donkey dick
I can feel the OP’s pain, people are sometimes all too willing to give you unwanted advice without knowing the full situation of the circumstances they are advising you on. However, getting angry at a stranger, isn’t going to help said situation, nor is it going to bestow good lesson’s for your child, I can make that advisory comment because in NO situation is getting physical in front of your child a good thing.
I’m pretty sure the OP wasn’t actually going to slap anyone. Going to an anonymous message board and being all like “ima slap yer face” is a pretty good indicator of that.
I have sympathy for the OP, because yes people do love to be busybodies for the sake of teh children.
On the other hand, if the OP is one of those parents who let their brats just go anywhere and do anything in public, that can get really annoying. And should probably be called out, if it seems to be obviously the parents’ fault (sometimes it’s pretty damn obvious). But sometimes it’s hard to tell if a kid is just disciplined poorly or has some kind of ADHD or autism. If they do, I’m pretty sure some random stranger’s valuable wisdom isn’t gonna make a difference.
Which isn’t to say that kids with behavioral disorders can’t have bad parents, but I think generally they are trying their best with something that’s incredibly challenging.
I agree mole rat
However, some people are just plain rude about things. I remember when I went to a pharmacy with my, at the time 1 month old daughter, to buy some sunscreen. I asked one of the staff there if they could tell me what sun screen would provide the best protection for a newborn.
The lady actually scoffed at me and said something along the lines of “omg, you can’t have your daughter out in the sun all day”. I can’t remember exactly how she phrased it, but it left me with this intense urge to throttle her. Instead I just played into the stupidity of her accusation and sarcastically replied “O really, I thought she was looking a little pasty. Thought maybe a couple of hour’s tanning in the sun would fix that up.”
Shit like that is what pisses me off and my usual response is sarcasm, because really, that’s the best way I can deal with them without snapping at them.
Heh that’s pretty dumb, especially since sunscreen proponents say you should wear sunscreen on cloudy days and even in the winter, because the UV rays still get through the clouds.
Men should never slap – unless they’re French and are ready for paces & pistols at dawn.
I can sympathize with the OP here. I’d like to know what was actually said. I was working at a daycare in Toronto for a while, and these two mothers had it in for one another. I believe their sons got into a small scuffle over a shovel from the sand box. Each was convinced the others’ kid started the fight and each lectured the other on how to discipline a child. This went on for about three months along with much gossiping with other mothers and general nastiness. It got to the point where one morning they were yelling at each other in front of all the kids and a staff member had to take them aside and tell them that they shouldn’t be yelling in front of children. They both took offense and withdrew their boys from the program the next day.
O good lord, that’s freakin mature.
I agree with Senile. Shouldn’t you be off doing your super-parenting instead of playing big, swingin’ donkey dick around the internet?
kids gotta learn from someone might as well be Dad.
People love to hear themselves talk and feel like they know-it-all…even you OP – you’re not willing to except anyone’s advice/suggestion/or criticism….and that’s what your teaching your child – who’s also going to think they know-it-all and will never listen to anything you say. P.S Violence is not a part of parenting – so ease up on the smacking strangers…dumb ass
I think OP was just using a figure of speech or just saying it — I say things all the time like “if so and so does this one more time i’m going to punch them in the face/kick them in the box/put my foot up their ass” but I’d never do it — and y’all’ve said shit like that. So give the OP a break, guys.
People just don’t mind their own business these days, but sometimes there are just shitty parents out there who like to think they’re the shit. Maybe the OP should take a long hard look at himself before he calls himself “superdad”…I mean I dunno if he’s a good parent or not, but…
“Surgeon General’s Warning : Keep your legs shut.”
Problem solved.
Well that’s no fun.