Boys will be boys

By optimistic2628 - 19/10/2011 14:03 - United States

Today, my 5 year-old twin boys decided to teach each other how to fly off the shed out back. They are still in their pajamas. Batman's arm is broken and Spiderman has a slight concussion. FML
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shinicat 11

Silly kids, Batman and Spiderman can't fly. I hope they're ok though

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fleg 9

How about you watch your children so stuff like that doesn't happen?

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macairelol 0

YDI for not watching your kids good enough... even if you didnt see them go out side, wouldnt you notice they were on top of the shed?

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BadReputation 0

Geez, when I was a kid, we jumped off a balcony onto a couch with makeshift parachutes (blankets), but we were never cool enough to be superheroes. You people ganging up on OP about watching her twin boys 24/7 are both stupid and unrealistic. Boys will be boys, and I may be a girl, but I was a tomboy, and I learned a lot of important lessons by my parents letting me make mistakes. I did lots of dangerous stuff, got hurt a lot of times, but i gained common sense, something I think our children's generation is going to have a serious problem with. Those of you who coddle, shelter, and 'protect' your kids all the time will most likely end up with unmanageable teenagers and/or wild young adults. And I say good for them; you deserve to have to put up with the repercussions of smothering your kids. They're people, and they have to screw up and learn just like the rest of us. Chin up, OP! Hope your Batman and Spiderman heal up ok! And kudos on maintaining a sense of humor when I know you must be stressed.

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Phallic_Metaphor 3

So many people love to point fingers on this site to make themselves feel superior to total strangers. They usually do so talking about things that they have no knowledge or expertise in. So kudos for you for resisting that temptation and another Kudos for a well written, well thought out human response; You are the type of person the internet needs more of.

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mandaboo 8

I totally understand that shit happens and kids learn from getting hurt or cutting their own hair or anything that kids do. I certainly don't watch those kids every second. I do know to get my butt in the room when I don't hear them though. I'm just saying it takes a long time to climb a roof and jump down, is all. :)

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mkcherry 14

took my foster kid (age 4) less than two minutes to climb to to very top of "play house" should be about the same size as the average shed - maybe with more foot holes, luckily he wasn't hurt, but i freaked when I saw him onto of the thing. This kid also managed to learn to climb over the guard rails to his bed, and a whole host of other things, I add more layers of security to make sure he understands he can get hurts, but I wont know the safety measure has worked until he has tried/failed. OP probably doesn't have a motion sensor camera so she can go back and look at how long it took her kids but lets say it was 2 minutes. Thats less time than it takes the average adult to walk out of the backyard, take a leek, wash hands and go right back to watching their kids.

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TuteSweet 13

Oh my goodness! Do you watch your kids? Who leaves two five year olds alone outside? Ydi, they don't.

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_words_of_wisdom 4

#222 actually, back in the good ol days (when my parents were kids) everyone let their kids outside unattended, there were no videogames, there was no tv it was go outside and play while dad goes to work and mom works in the kitchen (not sexist thats what they did back then). so its not the fact that they were left unattended, its the fact that OP raised a pair of idiots (which is better than what i was originally gonna post) i dont care how young they are, i was NEVER that idiotic when i was their age. Hell i didnt even believe in Santa or god back then and i still dont, so she was just doing her late 1960's version of parenting, thats not her fault what IS her fault is that she fed her kids heads with bullshit like "anything is possible" or "Santa has flying reigndeer`

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punkin_26 16

If you can explain electrocution to a 2 year old then OP can expain a broken neck to her 5 year olds and the point should hit home. My son is almost 4 and he knows he can't play with sharp objects, he can't climb on top of the table, can't play with plugs, ect. I don't watch him every second of the day but I make damn sure he knows what he can and can't do. BTW-jersabelle, did I mention I have a 4 year old. Oh, well just in case you missed that- I have a 4 year old son.

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SkeezerAy 1

And where the hell were YOU when this was happening??!! SMDH..Parents these days

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Jkhartninja 0

Don't they know to start on the bed first

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punkin_26 16

Actually the way you explained it was perfect. No need to get graphic with a small child. But op can explain how dangerous their actions are in a similar way. kids understand a lot more than adults give them credit for. And I didn't have to tell my son once. I had to tell him MANY times not to do this or that. But I didn't wait till I caught him in the act. I would point out things like scissors or knives and tell him they are 'sharp and ouchies' or I would tell him to stay away from the oven(even if it isn't on) because it is 'hot and ouchies'. You just have to find a way to get thru to the child and when you do it works for almost any situation. My son has gotten plenty of boo boos but no broken bones and I plan on doing what is necessary to keep that from happening.

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