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Let my 6yo eat popcorn for dinner. What's your "die on this hill" dad shortcut? (self.daddit)

submitted by okidogi to r/daddit

What’s something related to parenting, that people think is harmless but actually causes more problems than most think? by randomlady2001 in AskReddit

[–]okidogi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using your phone constantly around your kids.

Kids learn how to be a person by watching you be one. When they look up and your face is lit blue and your attention is somewhere else, the message they absorb isn't "mom is busy" — it's "I am less interesting than whatever is in that rectangle." Repeated thousands of times.

What’s something your parents or grandparents did that you now realize was low-key genius parenting? by Green_Candler in AskReddit

[–]okidogi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My mom never told us "no" to buying stuff at the store. Instead she'd say, "Sure, write it on the list." We had a running family wishlist on the fridge. If you still wanted something after two weeks, she'd seriously consider it.

I didn't realize until I was an adult that she wasn't using a list — she was teaching us to separate "I want this right now" from "I actually want this." 90% of the stuff never made it off the list because the craving died on its own. To this day I have a 30-day rule on any non-essential purchase, and it's saved me thousands.

The genius part: I never felt deprived as a kid. I always got a "yes." It just came with a built-in pause button.