Get some bubble wrap for that child!

[jbmom]

My dad's favorite sayings when we were kids were "if you're going to be stupid you have to be tough" and "it hurts to be stupid". He only said it if we were doing something we shouldn't have been.

 

[babytrees]

I always ask my kids if they want me to kiss their boo boo and make it fall off.

The funniest (and scariest) story I can tell on my kids. I went in and told my oldest (about 5 at that time) to stop talking to her sister over the railing of their new bunk beds. As I am going down the hall I hear "I am not talking over the........klunk. The kid fell out of the bed proving her momma right. I run in and tell her "guess you won't do that again?" Than called dad to come and get us, ended up in the ER. Cuddled her the entire time.

The other thing the whole family says when we do a goober and hurt ourselves...."Smooth move Ex-lax". Yes I am a geek.

 

[MareQ]

Now she stands at the office and watches him walk all the way down. Then, after he's walked himself down, she walks herself down the hall and peeks into my classroom to make sure he arrived intact.

That's nothing... I have a friend which I have mentioned on ths DIS before that:

Makes her children wear long sleeves, long pants, wrist pads, elbow pads, knee pads and a bike helmet to.... play in the backyard. YUp - she wants them fully covered- winter/spring/summer/fall - just in case they trip and fall and hurt themselves in the sharp and deadly grass she has in her yard.

She doesn't allow her children to wear belts - for fear that they may take them off and accidentally strangle themselves (how does somebody accidentally strangle on their own belt?) On this same note they also are not allowed to sleep with anything more than a fitted sheet and a pillow. No top sheet, no blankets, no pillow case - because what if they get tangled up and suffocate?? (Everybody that has ever heard of a 9 and 8 year old being strangled by their own bed while asleep please raise your hand!!!! Nope didn't think so)

She locks them into their rooms at night - so they don't wander out and trip/fall/get scared/get outside and get lost. She has one of those baby video monitors in each of their rooms so she can see them and hear them if they need her (Again I need to mention that they are 8 and 9.....) Wonder what will happen when the boy reaches his teenage years and need some "privacy" Guess he could just go in the closet except - WHOOPS she took the doors off just so they can't get trapped in there....

Need I go on???

 

[Hixski]

That's nothing... I have a friend which I have mentioned on ths DIS before that:

Makes her children wear long sleeves, long pants, wrist pads, elbow pads, knee pads and a bike helmet to.... play in the backyard. YUp - she wants them fully covered- winter/spring/summer/fall - just in case they trip and fall and hurt themselves in the sharp and deadly grass she has in her yard.

She doesn't allow her children to wear belts - for fear that they may take them off and accidentally strangle themselves (how does somebody accidentally strangle on their own belt?) On this same note they also are not allowed to sleep with anything more than a fitted sheet and a pillow. No top sheet, no blankets, no pillow case - because what if they get tangled up and suffocate?? (Everybody that has ever heard of a 9 and 8 year old being strangled by their own bed while asleep please raise your hand!!!! Nope didn't think so)

She locks them into their rooms at night - so they don't wander out and trip/fall/get scared/get outside and get lost. She has one of those baby video monitors in each of their rooms so she can see them and hear them if they need her (Again I need to mention that they are 8 and 9.....) Wonder what will happen when the boy reaches his teenage years and need some "privacy" Guess he could just go in the closet except - WHOOPS she took the doors off just so they can't get trapped in there....

Need I go on???

Those kids are going to need some serious therapy when they get older.

 

[freckles and boo]

That's nothing... I have a friend which I have mentioned on ths DIS before that:

Makes her children wear long sleeves, long pants, wrist pads, elbow pads, knee pads and a bike helmet to.... play in the backyard. YUp - she wants them fully covered- winter/spring/summer/fall - just in case they trip and fall and hurt themselves in the sharp and deadly grass she has in her yard.

She doesn't allow her children to wear belts - for fear that they may take them off and accidentally strangle themselves (how does somebody accidentally strangle on their own belt?) On this same note they also are not allowed to sleep with anything more than a fitted sheet and a pillow. No top sheet, no blankets, no pillow case - because what if they get tangled up and suffocate?? (Everybody that has ever heard of a 9 and 8 year old being strangled by their own bed while asleep please raise your hand!!!! Nope didn't think so)

She locks them into their rooms at night - so they don't wander out and trip/fall/get scared/get outside and get lost. She has one of those baby video monitors in each of their rooms so she can see them and hear them if they need her (Again I need to mention that they are 8 and 9.....) Wonder what will happen when the boy reaches his teenage years and need some "privacy" Guess he could just go in the closet except - WHOOPS she took the doors off just so they can't get trapped in there....

Need I go on???

That is beyond overprotective. It is hard not to sound glib, but is she mentally stable?

 

[Nancy]

That's nothing... I have a friend which I have mentioned on ths DIS before that:

Makes her children wear long sleeves, long pants, wrist pads, elbow pads, knee pads and a bike helmet to.... play in the backyard. YUp - she wants them fully covered- winter/spring/summer/fall - just in case they trip and fall and hurt themselves in the sharp and deadly grass she has in her yard.

She doesn't allow her children to wear belts - for fear that they may take them off and accidentally strangle themselves (how does somebody accidentally strangle on their own belt?) On this same note they also are not allowed to sleep with anything more than a fitted sheet and a pillow. No top sheet, no blankets, no pillow case - because what if they get tangled up and suffocate?? (Everybody that has ever heard of a 9 and 8 year old being strangled by their own bed while asleep please raise your hand!!!! Nope didn't think so)

She locks them into their rooms at night - so they don't wander out and trip/fall/get scared/get outside and get lost. She has one of those baby video monitors in each of their rooms so she can see them and hear them if they need her (Again I need to mention that they are 8 and 9.....) Wonder what will happen when the boy reaches his teenage years and need some "privacy" Guess he could just go in the closet except - WHOOPS she took the doors off just so they can't get trapped in there....

Need I go on???

OMG! THAT is way over the top!

Nothing wrong with bike helmuts and life jackets...those are common sense safety precautions. My DH has a nice dent in his head from falling off his bike when he was a kid, had a concussion and was lucky it wasn;t worse....(now that I think about it though, it explains so much!)

 

[babytrees]

That's nothing... I have a friend which I have mentioned on ths DIS before that:

Makes her children wear long sleeves, long pants, wrist pads, elbow pads, knee pads and a bike helmet to.... play in the backyard. YUp - she wants them fully covered- winter/spring/summer/fall - just in case they trip and fall and hurt themselves in the sharp and deadly grass she has in her yard.

She doesn't allow her children to wear belts - for fear that they may take them off and accidentally strangle themselves (how does somebody accidentally strangle on their own belt?) On this same note they also are not allowed to sleep with anything more than a fitted sheet and a pillow. No top sheet, no blankets, no pillow case - because what if they get tangled up and suffocate?? (Everybody that has ever heard of a 9 and 8 year old being strangled by their own bed while asleep please raise your hand!!!! Nope didn't think so)

She locks them into their rooms at night - so they don't wander out and trip/fall/get scared/get outside and get lost. She has one of those baby video monitors in each of their rooms so she can see them and hear them if they need her (Again I need to mention that they are 8 and 9.....) Wonder what will happen when the boy reaches his teenage years and need some "privacy" Guess he could just go in the closet except - WHOOPS she took the doors off just so they can't get trapped in there....

Need I go on???

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

I see lengthy therapy sessions that will begin...."my mom..."...this is truly a case of it's all the mom's fault!!

 

[MareQ]

That is beyond overprotective. It is hard not to sound glib, but is she mentally stable?

Honestly - I don't think so. There's so much more than what I posted going on with her. People have tried telling her that her fears/concerns and actions are abnormal and asked her to just go talk with a Doctor, seeks some professional advise. She counters with - I spoke with my whole family and they think there's nothing wrong with being protective @@ We BEG for her to just go and ask and get a "Secopnd opinion" and she won't. Sad part is her sister is a Doctor

 

[MareQ]

OMG! THAT is way over the top!

Nothing wrong with bike helmuts and life jackets...those are common sense safety precautions. My DH has a nice dent in his head from falling off his bike when he was a kid, had a concussion and was lucky it wasn;t worse....(now that I think about it though, it explains so much!)

Nope nothing wrong with bike helmets - when you're riding a bike - but this chick makes them wear full gear just to go play out in the back yard.

 

[freckles and boo]

Honestly - I don't think so. There's so much more than what I posted going on with her. People have tried telling her that her fears/concerns and actions are abnormal and asked her to just go talk with a Doctor, seeks some professional advise. She counters with - I spoke with my whole family and they think there's nothing wrong with being protective @@ We BEG for her to just go and ask and get a "Secopnd opinion" and she won't. Sad part is her sister is a Doctor

Sounds like extreme anxiety. I predict a rebellion in her children's futures.

 

[mamacatnv]

Does this mean that DS 17 should be cutting his own meat

 

[Luv'sTink]

My Dad's favorite response when one of us got hurt was 'oh, that'll make you tough', followed closely by 'don't worry, it'll feel better when it quits hurting.'

I really wonder about some people.

I guess I should have told my 5 year old this when he fell down the stairs knocking out one permanent and one baby tooth, or when the doctor was stitching up his gums. And when he took a baseball to the nose and it was broke and needed surgery to fix, just call me overprotective.

Some people make is sound as though all kids are over protected then if something should happen everyone starts with what a bad parent this person is/was.

 

[Hannathy]

Does this mean that DS 17 should be cutting his own meat

You mean he is allowed solid food!!!!

 

[bamajill]

Does this mean that DS 17 should be cutting his own meat

LMAO...only if it's with a plastic knife, of course.

 

[WhatATreat]

That's nothing... I have a friend which I have mentioned on ths DIS before that:

Makes her children wear long sleeves, long pants, wrist pads, elbow pads, knee pads and a bike helmet to.... play in the backyard. YUp - she wants them fully covered- winter/spring/summer/fall - just in case they trip and fall and hurt themselves in the sharp and deadly grass she has in her yard.

She doesn't allow her children to wear belts - for fear that they may take them off and accidentally strangle themselves (how does somebody accidentally strangle on their own belt?) On this same note they also are not allowed to sleep with anything more than a fitted sheet and a pillow. No top sheet, no blankets, no pillow case - because what if they get tangled up and suffocate?? (Everybody that has ever heard of a 9 and 8 year old being strangled by their own bed while asleep please raise your hand!!!! Nope didn't think so)

She locks them into their rooms at night - so they don't wander out and trip/fall/get scared/get outside and get lost. She has one of those baby video monitors in each of their rooms so she can see them and hear them if they need her (Again I need to mention that they are 8 and 9.....) Wonder what will happen when the boy reaches his teenage years and need some "privacy" Guess he could just go in the closet except - WHOOPS she took the doors off just so they can't get trapped in there....

Need I go on???

Isn't locking kids in their rooms dangerous? What if there is a fire?

 

[Hixski]

Nope nothing wrong with bike helmets - when you're riding a bike - but this chick makes them wear full gear just to go play out in the back yard.

You need to tell us more. Sounds like what you have told us is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[KimR]

I really wonder about some people.

I guess I should have told my 5 year old this when he fell down the stairs knocking out one permanent and one baby tooth, or when the doctor was stitching up his gums. And when he took a baseball to the nose and it was broke and needed surgery to fix, just call me overprotective.

Oh, no, I didn't mean to imply he was an unsympathetic monster! This was his response for relatively minor scapes and bruises. He was awesome when we were truly hurt - very concerned and supportive and on top of things.

 

[mamacatnv]

There are the extreme parents as some have noted - I did school volunteering with a woman who would go to the school if her son had to poop to make sure his bottom was wiped properly, she would go to the school and take him into the teachers bathroom. (she encouraged him to wait until he got home so she could wipe him) - he was in 1st grade. That is sick IMO. She saw nothing wrong with this

For all the rest of us I think we all have our areas of paranoia - I have very high anxiety levels and am anal about car seats, bike helmets, life jackets, trampolines, my son being in another teenage drivers car (not allowed actually) he has his own and just about anything that a child "can break a neck on". Toboggans & skiing give me heart palpatations.

I am unconcerned about germs, scrapes & bonks, blood must be flowing to warrant a band-aide and Dork is a common word heard coming out of my families mouths when one of us does something stupid.

 

[bamajill]

This reminds me of one day we were walking through the parks with my then 4 year old. She trips, catches herself and begins to WAIL like she was dying.

We say, "What's going on??"

She screams, "I ALMOST FELL DOWN"

She didn't get a whole lot of compassion from us that day, lol.

And I'm going to put the "It'll feel better when it stops hurting" in my little mind bank for future withdrawls, lol.

...and no, I won't use it if stitches are required or teeth fall out. To the poster who was commenting on this, I'm pretty sure the poster who mentioned it didn't mean that her dad was MEAN, just that a simple bump or skinned knee wasn't always cause for drama. (at least that's how I read it)

 

[mamacatnv]

You mean he is allowed solid food!!!!

some, just no grapes, hot dogs or round hard candy

LMAO...only if it's with a plastic knife, of course.

I was thinking a spork would be safer

I have a friend whose niece was allowed to stay home alone when she was 14 but she was not allowed to eat. The parents were afraid she would choke and no one would be there