What is your parenting pet peeve?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm Being A Great and Conscientious Mom Voice (hoping you will overhear me and be amazed at what a good parent I am) :

"Henry! You jumped all the way across that hopscotch pad! Way to go! Awesome job, buddy. Can you count to ten now? (Loudly and slowly counts to ten) TERRIFIC! Want a snack? How about WATER AND KALE CHIPS, your favorite! You're very welcome, thank you for your using your manners SO NICELY. Oh no no we don't wipe our mouths on our shirts. What do we do? NAPKIN, YES. Very good. What should we do next? Library then practice writing letters? YOU GOT IT LIL BUDDY!"

Hahahahahahaha, YES! This is too funny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand when people refer to their spouse as mommy or daddy (when talking TO them not the the kid):

- daddy can you get Andrews ball?
- mommy do you see Laura's towel?

I try to stop. Believe me, I get on my own nerves.

[Anonymous]

Funny, 99.9% of my pet peeves are done my spouse. I couldn't give two shits what the rest of you are doing,

[Anonymous]

Moms who yell at kids for crying. I get this a lot in the 'hood DC. I guess most of you all in the suburbs don't see this. As if "Shut up! Shut up!" over and over is going to help the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moms who yell at kids for crying. I get this a lot in the 'hood DC. I guess most of you all in the suburbs don't see this. As if "Shut up! Shut up!" over and over is going to help the situation.

That's not a "peeve," that a legitimate concern with its roots in socioeconomic differences. I've seen lots of shitty parenting from poor parents, but I can totally understand how the stress of their life leads them to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Baby talk. God I hate sing-songy voices. Just talk to your kid like a normal human being. I don't care if you point out the color of produce. Just sound like a normal person doing it.

Speech Path here. That sing song voice has been shown to attract an infant's attention more than a typical adult tone. In fact, it's naturally used across all languages by the mother. Even deaf mothers use a form of it, they slow their signing down and over emphasize their gestures. There's something instinctual about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a direct correlation between "uniqueness" of child's name and annoying-ness of the parents.

Brayden Stone
Emmalee Grace
Reede Baxter
Jayden Alexis

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+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who talk, talk, talk to their infants in the produce section. "Look, it's an apple. Apples are red." Shut up already.

Trips to the grocery store are a great opportunity to learn something! I talk to my baby everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a direct correlation between "uniqueness" of child's name and annoying-ness of the parents.

Brayden Stone
Emmalee Grace
Reede Baxter
Jayden Alexis

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+1

You have hit the nail on the head.

[Anonymous]

Parents who put fake hair in their little girls' heads. Saw a few on my way in this morning. Why oh why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents who put fake hair in their little girls' heads. Saw a few on my way in this morning. Why oh why?

Moms who spray Sun In (peroxide) on their 4YO DD's hair so she'll look more like Mommy.

Trashy SIL did this and it symbolizes a greater parental pet peeve: sexualizing little girls (and boys) in manner of dress and appearance and even joking with other adults (he's gonna be a heartbreaker/she's such a flirt/he only smiles at gorgeous women)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents who put fake hair in their little girls' heads. Saw a few on my way in this morning. Why oh why?

Moms who spray Sun In (peroxide) on their 4YO DD's hair so she'll look more like Mommy.

Trashy SIL did this and it symbolizes a greater parental pet peeve: sexualizing little girls (and boys) in manner of dress and appearance and even joking with other adults (he's gonna be a heartbreaker/she's such a flirt/he only smiles at gorgeous women)

Yep...trashy clothes are everywhere these days, but only because there is a market for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are all these other kids calling you mom? I've never had that happen.

Adults. They think they're being cute.

Yep, hate this. Flight attendants, doctors, waitresses. I have a name, please use it.

I'm not sure why you expect a flight attendant or waitress to know your name, though.

A flight attendant has it on the manifest. And they use it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents who put fake hair in their little girls' heads. Saw a few on my way in this morning. Why oh why?

Moms who spray Sun In (peroxide) on their 4YO DD's hair so she'll look more like Mommy.

Trashy SIL did this and it symbolizes a greater parental pet peeve: sexualizing little girls (and boys) in manner of dress and appearance and even joking with other adults (he's gonna be a heartbreaker/she's such a flirt/he only smiles at gorgeous women)

She didn't!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents who put fake hair in their little girls' heads. Saw a few on my way in this morning. Why oh why?

Moms who spray Sun In (peroxide) on their 4YO DD's hair so she'll look more like Mommy.

Trashy SIL did this and it symbolizes a greater parental pet peeve: sexualizing little girls (and boys) in manner of dress and appearance and even joking with other adults (he's gonna be a heartbreaker/she's such a flirt/he only smiles at gorgeous women)

She didn't!

There was an article in Vogue a few years ago about the obscenely wealthy women who had their children's hair professionally dyed, all the better to sell Mummy's little fiction about being so blonde. And it's always blonde.