Nuked by my toddler today

annettemarc wrote:
News flash, folks. Much as we like to think parents know what we're doing ... We're winging it. It's terrifying when we first realize it. (I, for one, had always assumed my parents knew what they were doing). Best just to go along for the ride.

We need a"dumbest thing I've ever done as a parent" contest.

I'll go first.

In 1983, when our kids were little (ages 3, 5 and 6) I bribed them on Halloween. (Mother-of-the-Year I ain't.) I told them that if I didn't have to make costumes and go Trick-or-Treating with them, I would give each of them money to go buy whatever candy they wanted the next day. We negotiated a while, and settled on a buy-off of $5 per kid. I figured we'd go to the store the next day, they'd each buy a big bag of Halloween candy and everyone would be happy. Got to the store and there was a "sales spectacular!" ... Full-sized candy bars were five-for-a-dollar. Three Musketeers, Milky Ways, Almond Joys, etc. To this day, they reminisce fondly about it: " Remember that time Mom bought us the seventy-five candy bars?"

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