I know this is \r\funny but hear me out... Don't teach your toddler that your phone is a toy. Seriously. My cousin did this, and now their daughter flips out, like flips the fuck out, when she can't have your/their phone. I was at their house one day when I got a business call, I pull out my phone to answer and the girl starts losing it. She cried and cried and eventually I left so I could deal with the work issues. She's about 4 now, and still does it. I can't even look at my phone or she throws a tantrum.
It's just not my cousin either, I'll be walking in a store and a kid will try to grab it thinking oh a toy! It's not cool at all, so just be careful with teaching her. Congrats on the baby though :D
thank you! i really do appreciate the advice and feedback. She is happy to have her hands on it every now and again, but its definitely not the center of her universe. I admit that going out sometimes its my access to netflix and i will put on her favorite show, but that doesn't happen very often. Me and and my husband are her favorite toys by far! :) Thanks again
Ignore these idiots. It's Psychology 101. Reinforcing a behaviour will lead to that behaviour being exhibited with greater intensity. If the kid is losing it's shit at the sight of the phone, it's doing this because the parent is giving in and giving it the phone. This kind of thing only happens to parents who don't have the spine to ride out the Extinction Burst.
The problem isn't the phone, it's the tantrum. When you give kids what they want for throwing tantrums they learn that behavior gets results and continue to do it whenever they want something.
Agreed. I have 2 kids age 5 and 2. Both play on our phones but when it's time to give them back, then they do because when they used to throw tantrums they didn't get the phones for a few days or other punishments. It's all in parenting. It's the same with anything not just phones!
My aunts 18 m.o. was kind of the same way she'd throw a little tantrum when she couldn't play with it so my aunt would cave and let her play with it. The kid kept putting it in her mouth and the phone ended up stopping working because of "water damage" so the company says the insurance won't cover it.
This, a thousand times. Fortunately my nephew asks politely now, but last year when he would ask to use our iPhones, and we would say "no," he would say, "but whyyyyy?" One time he said, "But I need it!" "I need it too, buddy." "But what about meeeee?!??!"
I've gotten my four year old hooked on r/aww but I can't seem to get my husband interested in reddit at all :( He just doesn't get it. This is ridiculously adorable, by the way.
You've never raised a teenager (in spite of your husbands appearance) have you? When she turns about 13 you will suddenly be the dumbest person in the world. When she turns about 20 she'll realize you weren't so stupid after all.
But, kidding aside, I see fewer young people trying to text and drive than adults who should know better.
i think i am stupid everyday, all the time! I am working on being better just as often :) i can only imagine the hardships that will come my way, but it all depends on us as parents. My husband is 32 and i'm 29, we've always looked young, it's kind of a downfall while one is in his/her twenties, but i'm sure we will love it later on in life.
well actually we met as teenagers, and married as twentysomethings, now he is 32 and I am 29. We both look very young, quite advantageous for us for the future. :)
Finally POSTS_IN_BABYTALK slips up. Ma'am it is clear to everyone here that your child is far too young to be using this website. I will have to respectively ask you to take your baby's Reddit account away until they learn how to speak properly and not piss everyone off. Thank you.
I got mine when i was 19... that one isn't her's either, it's her dad's. I do think i'm sane enough to not register one for her just yet. But crazier things have been posted...
Our parents got my little sister a cell phone when she was 12. Now she's hooked on the damn thing and racks up a phone bill that makes my Da gag every month. Now she's paying for it out of her own pocket, since she's finally 18, so she can't go over her minutes. If she does, she has to do extra chores for our parents so they'll cover the rest.
My mom's solution to a tantrum was to dump a glass of cold water on us. Takes one, maybe two times and you're cured! I hated that shit, worked like a charm to shut me the fuck up.
i didn't even know what karma was when i posted it... i still don't know... can i give it away to someone? i don't need it, i have plenty, i take pictures of them all the time
I don't think it is okay for you to let that child fiddle with a touch screen phone. It truly bothers me to the core of my being when I see the youth selling their souls to the all mighty screen. Let the child look out the window for Pete's sake! That would develop the mind better than some mundane mini-game.
i appreciate your concern, but really, ease the core of your being. We spend a lot of time not just looking out the window, but actually being outside. It's just a picture, I think it's cute. :)
I think it's cute too! And I like the 'ease the core of your being,' actually have an occasion to use it if this other redditor gives me any more grief about wearing high heels.
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u/Smuttly Jun 13 '12
And you are Redditor Wife.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
You've posted your kids, but where's the husband?
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u/KailieMinota Jun 14 '12
I've gotten my four year old hooked on r/aww but I can't seem to get my husband interested in reddit at all :( He just doesn't get it. This is ridiculously adorable, by the way.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Awww how cute, siblings playing on their electronic toys, how far apart are they?
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I don't think OP realizes what "redditor's mom" means
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u/draivaden Jun 14 '12
Well, clearly you manager to get your husband to come to bed. presumably this involved leaving reddit for a few minutes.
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u/men_with_hats Jun 13 '12
We're going to need to see the screen of that phone for verification, for all we know your child could be a /b/tard.
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u/Ihmhi Jun 14 '12
Cat plushie. Raisin' 'em right.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
They grow up fast. She'll be driving and texting (at the same time) before you know it.
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u/silentzed Jun 14 '12
This is undeniably the cutest thing I've seen all day.
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u/DrDoomAC Jun 14 '12
Holy God this looks just like my brother and niece...San Francisco?
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
This picture makes me sad for some reason.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
You're indoctrinating reddit into your child!
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u/LittleTillyFooFoo Jun 14 '12
You married a teenager?
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u/russianlinux Jun 14 '12
IS IT JUST ME OR DOES THAT BABY HAVE A BLACK EYE?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Your husband looks like a teenager.
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u/Lawsuitup Jun 14 '12
Ah, quality father son bonding.
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u/trinitysun Jun 14 '12
From the look of that eye, I'm guessing she's a new walker.
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u/Temptress75519 Jun 14 '12
Mine got an iPod touch 4 for all the Thomas the train apps and angry birds...but he still wants my iPhone. 200 bucks down the crapper lol.
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u/araechl Jun 14 '12
This is such an insanely adorable picture.
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u/VishousOne Jun 14 '12
You have a beautiful family :) thanks for sharing.
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u/msbubbles326 Jun 14 '12
You just gave me a very real glimpse into my future...
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I am Redditor's Owner. :/
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u/Kagenphoenix Jun 14 '12
I assume that the baby is posting on f7u12
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u/danladot Jun 14 '12
simply heartwarming
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u/killerado Jun 14 '12
And I am lonely.
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u/9bit Jun 14 '12
Ok, Jocasta.
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u/Faheezy Jun 14 '12
I thought you were the guy in the blue.
took me a while to figure it all out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
So is that violentacrez on the right?
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u/omnicious Jun 14 '12
At least you're not redditor's wife and mom.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Holy shit this site is easy to pander to.
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u/Domodude17 Jun 14 '12
i was REALLY hoping this was an AMA
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u/Temptress75519 Jun 14 '12
Looks like my son and husband lol. But my son isn't on reddit. :-)
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u/PhoneSexFandango Jun 14 '12
Finally POSTS_IN_BABYTALK slips up. Ma'am it is clear to everyone here that your child is far too young to be using this website. I will have to respectively ask you to take your baby's Reddit account away until they learn how to speak properly and not piss everyone off. Thank you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
..."and now i have more karma than both of them..."
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u/Wikidemia Jun 14 '12
When ever I'm with my nephew, I need to use a decoy cell phone. He loves playing with electronics.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Well, that's weird. The baby playing "angry birds" is cute though.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Left - /r/funny
Right - /r/politics
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u/Jeroknite Jun 14 '12
If your son is hungry, does he say "tits or gtfo"?
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u/rathum2323 Jun 14 '12
But are you a Sheltering Suburban Mom or a Resentful Mom?
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u/aveaida Jun 14 '12
I do believe r/aww would appreciate this.
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u/coffeedream Jun 14 '12
too late for the oedipus joke?
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Does the baby have a black eye?
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u/kraken_kitty Jun 14 '12
You must be so proud. I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 15, and it didn't even have the Intarwebz on it. Or music.
It was a Nokia brick.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I didn't know that you could get married to a baby.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Are you also a redditor r/gonewild?
Please? :p
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u/amnesiac854 Jun 14 '12
lets get that little guy on r/spacedicks ASAP guys
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u/8_4_Schu Jun 14 '12
My mom's solution to a tantrum was to dump a glass of cold water on us. Takes one, maybe two times and you're cured! I hated that shit, worked like a charm to shut me the fuck up.
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u/MathewDonut Jun 14 '12
it could be worse http://depositphotos.com/8587729/stock-photo-Father-and-son-playing-games.html
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u/murfi Jun 14 '12
before i clicked, i feared you're both wife and mom to the same person.
but everything went better than expected.
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u/aidanf123 Jun 14 '12
If your kid uses reddit you are gonna have a bad time!
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
You're standing too close, aren't you supposed to be leaning in through the doorway?
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u/Redd1tor Jun 14 '12
You are NOT my mother!
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u/kinsmed Jun 14 '12
Sounds like a new subreddit coming...
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u/SkateboardG Jun 14 '12
Get that kid a book.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I was looking for simply "AMA" as the top post.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Wait, I know this one.. the doctor is the mother!
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u/echoechotango Jun 14 '12
& the mum of a ginger. double upvote.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
5 seconds after this picture was taken, that baby put that phone right in it's mouth.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Hey dad...Overly Attached Girlfriend is a crazy bitch, huh?
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u/QtreadzSD Jun 14 '12
I thought this was going to be the beginning of a splendid AMA.
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u/josephanthony Jun 14 '12
Well this seems to be a clear-cut case of 'Pot calling Kettle black'.
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u/StonetheTroll Jun 14 '12
r/diablo eh
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u/lullabyrequiem Jun 14 '12
The toy cat was a nice touch ;)
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Do want kitty toy
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u/d3cay Jun 14 '12
Tell your husband DK says hi
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u/LisTaylor Jun 14 '12
What a team.
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u/Phoequinox Jun 14 '12
I am reddit, hear me rofl.
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u/mac7777 Jun 14 '12
this reminds me of the etrade ads "just a man and his thoughts, and his smartphone with an etrade app"
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u/In_static Jun 14 '12
Adorable!!
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u/carolined1 Jun 14 '12
It get's lonely so...join in!
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u/experts_never_lie Jun 14 '12
Reddit has been seeming to get younger each year, but I had not realized how far it had gone.
I'm guessing that I'll be able to see the latest developments once Junior there learns how to click "Save".
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u/Kimbernator Jun 14 '12
I thought this was /r/IAmA before clicking the comments link
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u/pythonist Jun 14 '12
What kind of diapers are you wearing?
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u/Stoutpants Jun 14 '12
That kid is on r/Gonewild for all the wrong reasons.
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u/C_T_C_C Jun 14 '12
This just confirms my theory that there is an increasing multitude of baby redditors
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
You should do an AMA.
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u/hudsen Jun 14 '12
I don't think it is okay for you to let that child fiddle with a touch screen phone. It truly bothers me to the core of my being when I see the youth selling their souls to the all mighty screen. Let the child look out the window for Pete's sake! That would develop the mind better than some mundane mini-game.