I can't decide if I think that is ridiculous or cool.
I vote: lame.
You don't want to defer your authority to a gadget.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Apr 28, 2006 5:42:55 pm PDT #4368 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jesse - Apr 28, 2006 5:44:33 pm PDT #4369 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, that's ridiculous. Guess what? Parents do have to be the "bad guy" sometimes.
msbelle - Apr 28, 2006 5:45:47 pm PDT #4370 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yeah, that part made me insan-o, and yet I can see this having its use.
DavidS - Apr 28, 2006 5:46:07 pm PDT #4371 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Parents do have to be the "bad guy" sometimes.
Guess what else? Enforcing boundaries is not being "bad." It's being a parent. It's one of your three parental Must Do responsibilities in Hec's Good Enough Parenting Guide. 1) Keep them Alive. 2) Love them to bits. 3) Set Boundaries.
Jesse - Apr 28, 2006 5:47:57 pm PDT #4372 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Guess what else? Enforcing boundaries is not being "bad."
It's not being bad, but it can be being "bad." In the sense that you might piss off the kid. But you know I'm all @@ about pissing off the kid.
Jesse - Apr 28, 2006 5:51:19 pm PDT #4373 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OTOH, I should maybe get that for myself. Put the card in the other room.
Allyson - Apr 28, 2006 5:51:21 pm PDT #4374 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think it's just a poor way to market it.
I can see that it could be useful, though my mom would just shut off the television and we knew better than to turn it on, again.
Spidra Webster - Apr 28, 2006 5:53:31 pm PDT #4375 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Sounds like a great chance meeting, Hec.
Our family was so big that my parents couldn't possibly be everywhere at once, so such a device could have been useful. If the kids don't find a way to monkeywrench it.
Cashmere - Apr 28, 2006 6:02:25 pm PDT #4376 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think it's not a good idea to overly rely on a device that is supposed to enforce boundaries for you. You get complacent and lose your edge.
For example: The drawer lock I thought would keep little hands off the sharp things. Owen ran into the living room carrying a steak knife today.
§ ita § - Apr 28, 2006 6:02:43 pm PDT #4377 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But you'd still be the bad guy. I mean, you're the one that set it up.
I totally like it, but I wonder how long until they work out how to hack it.
Can't decide what to have for dinner.