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NP here-
By age 5 most kids have a pretty good grasp of what is real and what's pretend. But they can't always tell when an adult is lying to them. OP- your DD is just patronizing you because she thinks YOU believe something is going to hatch out of that egg.
I hope you are just a troll but if not could you please let us know where you live so one of us can come rescue whatever poor creature you buy & release for your own amusment. And maybe we can rescue your poor child from her ignorant mother.

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't sound very different than the extraordinary lengths some parents go to in order to perpetuate the santa myth.

Yes, every year we kill at least one reindeer or little person ("Santa's Elf") and leave it in the yard for my child to find Christmas morning. We figure it is the best way to prove that trying to make it around the world in one day is hard & some on Santa's team don't survive the arduous journey.

(side note, interesting that spell check doesn't think Santa's is a word and suggests Satan's)

the a-hole on the shelf

snakeheads

a-holes are pack animals. Make sure your DD establishes herself as 'pack leader' or you will have trouble down the road. Remember a-holes live in the moment. There is no past memory. Calm assertive energy.

Anonymous wrote:My nine year old loves her stuffed animals too. This is so odd OP - why in the world is 5 too old for stuffed animals?

These seem like very odd values you have in your house.

My 13 yo sporty boy sleeps with a large brown bear. PP, you sound like a peevish dullard.

Anonymous wrote:OP where do you live? There are NO anoles native to the Washington DC metro area.

Everything we do with our kids teaches them our values. You are essentially telling your DD that instead of stuffed animals that are toys, you can use live animals for your amusement.

If you want to experience wildlife, go for a freaking nature walk in a park. You might learn something.

Or keep the anole as a pet. They are super easy to take care of and you can model RESPONSIBILITY.

Ohh good idea. Keep it!

OP where do you live? There are NO anoles native to the Washington DC metro area.

Everything we do with our kids teaches them our values. You are essentially telling your DD that instead of stuffed animals that are toys, you can use live animals for your amusement.

If you want to experience wildlife, go for a freaking nature walk in a park. You might learn something.

Or keep the anole as a pet. They are super easy to take care of and you can model RESPONSIBILITY.

Wow, OP. You must be compensating for something reallllllly guilt-inducing.

She doesn't need this. Take her to the zoo and then come home and bake lizard-shaped cookies together.

Anonymous wrote:make sure you smash egg hard with sledge hammer

you could make video and edit in the a-hole coming out of shell

Doesn't sound very different than the extraordinary lengths some parents go to in order to perpetuate the santa myth.

Anonymous wrote:What is an anole is it like an a-hole because they are native to the DC area

LOL!!!!

OP, there is consensus that your idea is not a good one. You posted asking for opinions, and people have weighed in.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this real life? I can't believe someone would be so dense to suggest purchasing an animal from a pet store and releasing it into their backyard! I want so badly to believe this is the fake poster.

OP here.

Can we tone down the drama? A few thousand notches... Geez

I was thinking buying a green anole. Five dollars. It's native to the area and should survive outside.

The egg I'd have to break, obviously.

Let me get this straight.

You have been telling your child that a glass egg is going to crack and reproduce...and you are now planning to buy a lizard and release it into your yard so that you can justify your fairy tale.

And you want US to turn down the "drama." Oh yes, it's definitely us that is up too many notches.

Tell me, what will you do when Little Larla combs the backyard for her pet and doesn't want to stop? Sneak something out of the Reptile House and bedazzle it? When is this shit cycle going to be over?

just go to a chicken puppy mill; no one will ask you squat