The Parenting Wall of Shame...

[fionas]

I'm going to add my parents to this.

My sister and I had a rabbit each. One morning there was only one rabbit. They told us that the other one must have escaped.

Years later, they admitted THEY HAD SOLD IT TO A FRIEND BECAUSE THEY WERE SHORT OF CASH!

Shame, shame, shame.

[storm]

When they big 3 were little & would ask for the usual garbage I'd say to them "look, it's $300 no way. Really it was only $3, but back then they didn't know what the . meant. They still remember it too!! Dylan like to mention it when he visits.

[Lenny]

This should not be called the "parenting wall of shame" - this is a great thread full of "tips on what to do if..."

DS is a bit young yet, but I'll be remembering some of these for use later on!!

[Lulu]

OMG, I haven't laughed this hard in AGES

[Nadine216]

DD has learned to ask for cookies. So now I have learned to re-pack the cookies in tupperware (and keep them out of sight) and keep the empty box on the shelf. When she ask for a cookie at an inappropriate time (before dinner) I would just say that it's all done and hand her the empty box to investigate. She just exept that her mommy won't trick her and goes back to playing

Love the thread!!

[diva det]

We say that the birds work for santa and easter bunny
the birds are spying on them and go back and tell santa if they have been good or not
when they start to ark up, we tell them to look out the windows and see the birds looking at them and reminding them that they will go back and tell Santa!
It works a treat!

[~Kim~]

This thread is fantastic!!! Some creative minds out there!

I'm going to add my mum.

Our house used to back onto a dairy. On the far horizon was the house and it was so far away, you could only just make it out as a house. My mum used to tell my brother it was 'Mr Wood's Naughty Boys Home". Back then when you dialed 244 on the telephone and hung up, it rang back. So, when my brother was being horrendous she'd diall 244 and speak to Mr Wood.
Invariably he'd 'ring her back when he had a spot'. Funny how that was always straight away.
So she'd pack his little bag with a couple of singlets and walk out to the driveway with him to await Mr Wood.
Of course he always promised to be good.....

Poor kid - talk about abuse lol. He didn't find out their secret until he was 13!

[Astrid]

Often we will have some chocolate with our night time cuppas and we make sure we get rid of all evidence before morning comes around. Well one night we forgot and left out an empty packet of clinkers. DD1 found it, gave me this upset/quizzical look and said "did you eat all the beans?" I could tell she was about to get very upset about not getting any. Very quickly I said "No, we did not eat them, I found that empty packet when I was cleaning" DH thankfully backed me up. Not quite sure if she really believed us, but it did stop a potential tantrum.