Comments on: Oh No He Di’INT!

By: abdpbt

abdpbt — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:05:13 +0000

LOL @ “that girl is 8.” Bwah.

Well, first of all, congrats on the wittle computer.

Secondly, I would have gone apeshit crazy if my husband did this, and I fully expect that he WILL do something like this at some point, too. This hasn’t come up for us on buying dangerous toys, but it does come up with how he plays with Mini, because I think he’s too rough sometimes and want him to remember Mini is two for christ’s sake. We clash over that a lot.

There is part of me that feels like we should have a united front, but then I also figure he has his relationship with Mini and I can guide him to a certain extent, but at the end of the day he’s going to have to accept the consequences, i.e. if Mini grows up thinking that daddy is lots of fun but not always the “safe” one, comes crying to me, whatever, that’s the price he has to pay, I guess.

That was a really rambling answer. I guess I think it’s really hard to always have a united front on parenting things, is what I’m saying.
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By: eliz

eliz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:05:34 +0000

Yes, 8! I felt that 8 was a totally appropriate age for a skateboard. It’s not that I’m against them completely (though I sort of am. I mean, are we going to give her a bag of weed to complete the picture?), but 4 is way too young. But she’s so tentative on it that I don’t have to worry about her riding half-pipes anytime soon.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:50:27 +0000

Oh, and while I was reading that, my almost-four year old walked in and saw the picture and said, “I want that.” I said, “Not until you’re eight. That girl is eight.”

I have to admit though…Tink is pretty freakin’ cute on that thing.
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