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The younger kid binged through the Captain Underpants/Dogman series. Out of control laughter at the poo and diarrhea jokes which they'd shout out to us at top volume. They've moved on to the Bad Kitty series which is recommended. "Bad Kitty Kitten Trouble" describes the moral imperative to take care of migrants/asylum seekers, "Bad Kitty takes the test" is a critique of standardized testing in education. "Bad Kitty Gets a Bath" shows baths are bullshit and should be violently resisted, might have an audience here.Greg Legg posted:Does anyone have any advice on video games for a kindergartener? I am not a gamer but we're budgeting for a Nintendo switch during the summer because his friends all have games. We'd like him to have that in common with his friends if possible. We have an old refurbished SNES classic (the USB powered nolstalgia item). My similarly aged younger kid sometimes plays through the introduction to Super Mario RPG and laughs and laughs when Bowser kidnaps Peach, maybe a little worrying. When we had a snow day zoom school recently all the kids were sharing switch usernames instead of reading as instructed, so the Switch seems the right call. Nocturtle has issued a correction as of 02:17 on Mar 3, 2024 |
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Nocturtle posted:The younger kid binged through the Captain Underpants/Dogman series. Out of control laughter at the poo and diarrhea jokes which they'd shout out to us at top volume. They've moved on to the Bad Kitty series which is recommended. "Bad Kitty Kitten Trouble" describes the moral imperative to take care of migrants/asylum seekers, "Bad Kitty takes the test" is a critique of standardized testing in education. "Bad Kitty Gets a Bath" shows baths are bullshit and should be violently resisted, might have an audience here. I’ll check that out since my kid had been laughing. lot at captain underpants. my kid who sometimes gets amped up after other kids acting out yelled “sensei fight” at karate class when 2 instructors were demonstrating something let’s just say I was speechless. It wasn’t my first martial arts class embarrassment since a long time ago my brother declared to the whole class he quit after he got his black belt from my mom , at the school we owned. adhd is a hell of a thing
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Mario Kart 8 is a household favorite, it even has a steering assist option for the younger, more frustratable gamer. it also teaches good skills like trash talk and getting owned
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:Mario Kart 8 is a household favorite, it even has a steering assist option for the younger, more frustratable gamer. it also teaches good skills like trash talk and getting owned Yeah Mario kart 8 will basically play itself for you
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Armacham posted:Yeah Mario kart 8 will basically play itself for you You have to press the a button  I guess a half a press would be enough
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My kids recently got a switch and refuse to try anything but Mario kart
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My kid so far just likes Pokémon let's go
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ikanreed posted:You have to press the a button nope you can turn that off too, which is great honestly
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My six year old absolutely can't handle Mario Odyssey, both in terms of controls and the immense pressure he's under. And he just completely sucks at mario Kart. However, Pokémon Scarlet is a huge hit. It doesn't matter that he also sucks, and he is getting somewhere, just a lot slower and more roundabout than me. And unlike the cards, there's very little pressure to buy more stuff, just exploring. We also found out that he's not just been using his globe as a nightlight, he's also been studying it. So now he knows half the countries in Africa at least. Kinda wild that he can just tell me where Mozambique is.
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Oh yeah I should clarify, my daughter is three and is absolutely not playing these games herself, just watching She can play as Yoshi in Mario Wonder for a few minutes at a time but that's it
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I highly recommend untitled goose game, because when you're not actually solving anything, it's just "haha goose honk honk honk pick up something get it taken away by the person" and toddlers and preschoolers can understand that sentiment perfectly
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Daughter is officially in her tantrum arc Currently screaming NOOOOOOO under the apparent impression that if she screams enough Alice in Wonderland won't be over anymore
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Kid 1: we have to be careful about electricity from the tower of power [electricity pylon] because that's where the gods live that watch us and keep us safe from sharks. Kid 2 has discovered numbers have meaning. Big numbers mean faster, stronger, better. So now we have Grammy I love you 60 100 million 20, mummy hope you have 50 10 nice. Kids 2 days are now this till they move on to the next thing. 
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Kids say the hosed uppest things
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Microplastics posted:Kids say the hosed uppest things show me the lie
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HootTheOwl posted:show me the lie 
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You can tell I'm a dad by how hard I just got owned trying to say a cool thing.
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Mustached Demon posted:Stay away from Roblox
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echoing the Mario kart sentiment in here, otherwise I had a lot of fun playing Mario RPG with my kindergarten kid, let her do the world map and read the dialogue to her. most Mario games especially the 3d world one have been good for her to game and for family gaming
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the more I reflect on it and hear about Roblox, the more it seems like a really poorly thought out pipeline to abuse in the same way that yahoo chat from 1995-2006 was, but with the added 3d models and monetization I fear for when I have to be the bad dad who says no way to the cool thing other kids are enjoying
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The 4yo really likes playing Mario party as much as a 4yo can, he's learning the mini games well enough I'm the worst parent having him play that first
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Caught our first toddler stomach flu wooooo edit: Oh god what am I going to do with her all day? Chad Sexington has issued a correction as of 16:11 on Mar 6, 2024 |
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Chad Sexington posted:Caught our first toddler stomach flu wooooo Let her laugh at you while you barf. My wife had terrible morning sickness with my second, and my oldest was about 2.5 at the time. She would laugh non stop the entire time my wife was puking and would mimic her as it happened. She finds puking to be one of the funniest things to date.
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Oh to be clear she is the one puking. I am not (yet)
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update: 3-year-old is still resisting school, crying a lot etc, not using the toilet until she absolutely has to, but after holding out all morning yesterday she did in fact successfully use the big toilet at school  she needs a grown-up to hold her in place while doing it but that's fine imo
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also the baby (10 months in 2 days) is sleeping from 7-6 now which is fuckin HUGE since he started doing it we still haven't had a zero-wakeups night due to both kids having illness issues and his sister getting her sheets all tangled up but no 4:30 AM feed is still an amazing development
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loquacius posted:she needs a grown-up to hold her in place while doing it but that's fine imo over the weekend i took my son to a restaurant and he told me he had to pee, so i took him into the bathroom and held him over the toilet. he didn't touch anything around his penis so i thought to myself great, dont even need to wash his hands... but then instead of waiting for me to open the stall door he just crawled out of it 
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Benagain posted:Man gently caress that I'm sorry. Another Bill posted:That's really lovely I'm sorry TheHoosier posted:that's hosed, I'm sorry. being a racist makes him a lovely doctor regardless. Thank you. People in this thread are very kind and supportive. Bar Ran Dun posted:be careful some doctors have sued over bad reviews and lovely racist might be indicative of the type. Thank you but I don't think it works like that in South Africa? I'll check. loquacius posted:update: 3-year-old is still resisting school, crying a lot etc, not using the toilet until she absolutely has to, but after holding out all morning yesterday she did in fact successfully use the big toilet at school Well done! My 2 year old just started to potty successfully for the first time today! It's quite amazing to see progress in your child, no matter the circumstances.
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There's unsourced measles cases floating around Toronto and my kid has a spreading mystery rash  She has no other symptoms and the doctor says that's good but I'm getting referred to a dermatologist clinic first thing tomorrow morning. loving rear end in a top hat parents not vaccinating their kids are causing me a lot of stress right now!
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loquacius posted:also the baby (10 months in 2 days) is sleeping from 7-6 now which is fuckin HUGE drat congrats, enjoy the reprieve before the next stage lol
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Another Bill posted:There's unsourced measles cases floating around Toronto and my kid has a spreading mystery rash that sucks, glad she's okay. worried about my own kid as we are toronto-adjacent
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sometimes a norovirus causes a rash which is going around. we had it in our house recently and it loving sucks. we didn’t get the rash though. Hope it’s neither and definitely not measles.
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sonatinas posted:sometimes a norovirus causes a rash which is going around. we had it in our house recently and it loving sucks. we didn’t get the rash though. Lots of viruses cause rash in children but not adults too But yeah hopefully not loving measles, it's 2024 ffs. Good news is the rash usually comes after other symptoms but bodies are also really dumb.
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parents...the clingiest of clingers? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Is anyone else's baby a weird rereg of a different baby
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External Organs posted:Is anyone else's baby a weird rereg of a different baby yes, I have twins
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Holy poo poo teach your kids cribbage asap the casual math they pick up will make your first parent teacher conferences a huge ego boost
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BCR posted:Kid 1: we have to be careful about electricity from the tower of power [electricity pylon] because that's where the gods live that watch us and keep us safe from sharks. generators and other big electrical boxes you’ll see in parks are monster boxes. that’s why they hum sometimes and you cant get too close. the big one next to your school (generator) is where the monster who protects your school at night lives. yes, we have one, it’s in the basement (furnace) and the monster sleeps right as you wake up, and wakes up as soon as you sleep (which is where all the random noises come from). yes you can wave and say thank you to the monster as you enter school. if they didn’t have a monster, how would they keep the ghosts out at night? I might be getting greedy with our own personal world building.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Holy poo poo teach your kids cribbage asap the casual math they pick up will make your first parent teacher conferences a huge ego boost lol i used to play with my aunt who played tournament rules (if you miss scoring your opponent can claim it) and she crushed me every time we played, but it's true, cribbage is great for math and scrabble
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meanolmrcloud posted:generators and other big electrical boxes you’ll see in parks are monster boxes. that’s why they hum sometimes and you cant get too close. the big one next to your school (generator) is where the monster who protects your school at night lives. yes, we have one, it’s in the basement (furnace) and the monster sleeps right as you wake up, and wakes up as soon as you sleep (which is where all the random noises come from). yes you can wave and say thank you to the monster as you enter school. if they didn’t have a monster, how would they keep the ghosts out at night? Sometimes it's great playing Calvin's dad. 
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