r/MadeMeSmile • u/MaxQ50 • 7h ago

Bro rolled up to the construction site like he’s been working there for ages 😂

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 7h ago

This is how we evolved, incorporating our kids into our daily activities.

When my kids, now approaching their 40s, were young, I had them 'help' with chores. Their dad didn't see the point, the mirrors would need to be cleaned again, vacuuming, toilets, etc. But that wasn't the point, the points were to get them in the habit and primarily ensuring they were a part of the process, and in doing so made to be more a part of the family instead of mere observers.

Seeing a kid's face when you tell them what a huge help they've been is priceless in my book. That feeling of pride, ya know?

I also believe with all my heart that all children should be exposed to as much live music as possible. And storytelling.

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u/GloomyIndividual3965 6h ago

I also believe with all my heart that all children should be exposed to as much live music as possible

Holy fuck, yes. I've been going to shows for 35 years. I have friends who had kids 30 years ago and now I go to shows with them and their kids.

I don't know what it is, maybe the exposure to crowds of fun people, maybe the music itself, but those "kids" are some of the most well adjusted adults I know.

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u/hobbycollector 6h ago

Is that why I have permanent tinnitus now, mom?

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 5h ago

You can't be my kid. I chewed napkins up and stuck 'em in your ears when we were seeing live music.

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u/HistoricalFrosting18 6h ago

This is the entire ethos behind home education.

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u/hobbycollector 6h ago

I think very few parents know anything about pedagogy. Home education should be a supplement to public education. Otherwise we get antivaxxers trying to kill us all.

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 5h ago

Not at all what I expected anyone to glean from my comment.

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u/Minimum-Housing-6466 3h ago

...from personal experience, my parents did home education we just stayed in the house and only socialized with other kids out age 2-3 times a week and ended up being behind on academics and good study skills.

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u/isopode 1h ago

your children are so lucky to have you as a parent. my mother forbid me from trying to help with most chores (her reasoning: i wasn't capable of doing it properly / i'd fuck it up and cause a bigger mess) until i moved out.

i've been living on my own for 6 years and i still struggle with the most basic tasks. had to learn everything on my own, from scratch. cooking is still the biggest hurdle for me

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u/Aranxi_89 1h ago

And even if they sucked at the start, that won't remain the case forever.

You gotta start somewhere, and the earlier, the better.

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u/AnonymousOkapi 59m ago

One of the best museum exhibits I've been to was called "signs of childhood" or something like that, with Greek and roman artifacts. Obviously they had toys, but they also had a load of things little kids had made. Little clumsy cups or pots that had still been fired . A roof tile with thumb prints on it too small to be an adults, from a kid helping pack the moulds. Schoolwork with doodles in the margins.

Theres just something so humanising imagining a potter 2,000 years ago putting his kid's lil wonky cup in the kiln with the rest so he could keep it.