{"id":359,"date":"2021-06-16T10:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/?p=359"},"modified":"2021-06-16T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:19:12","slug":"parenting-is-fun-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"Parenting is Fun &#8211; Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being parents is a blessing and the most wonderful experience when could ever get. It is also the biggest responsibility which can sometimes overwhelm you especially in this pandemic times. But remember parenting is\u00a0 fun too. Still not sure how? Read On to enjoy the hilarious experiences of fellow parents :<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thank God !!:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My great-nephew is five years old and loves sports, yet he was amazed when he visited his friend\u2019s house and realized they were hunters. There he saw antlers, mounted deer heads, and shotguns. He came home all excited. \u201cMom, for Christmas I want a bow and arrow or a gun!\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, buddy,\u201d his mom replied, \u201cbut we\u2019re just not hunting people.\u201d \u201cOh, I don\u2019t want to hunt people, Mom,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to hunt animals.\u201d\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em><em>William Livers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><b>I didn&#8217;t\u00a0know lying to kids could be so dangerous.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"edS-b\">From Reddit user u\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/makbxa\/parents_of_reddit_what_are_your_i_looked_away_for\/grtaa4f?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D*ckyBurd<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>My sister baked some cookies to share at work, and when her 3 year old daughter seen them on the plate on the counter she asked for one. Instead of explaining she wasn\u2019t allowed to have one, my sister lied and said they were \u201cyucky,&#8221; implying it was a bad batch.<\/p>\n<p>My sister, confident that her lie was successful turned her back to finish cleaning up. She heard the plate being removed from the counter and turned around just in time to see all the cookies slide off the plate into the garbage.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter smiled and just said \u201cyucky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Priorities :\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>After moving to the country, my three-year-old daughter and I were often alone in our house. Because we lived in a rural area with no close neighbors, I wanted to make sure my daughter would be able to call 911 in the event that something happened to me. After instructing her, I decided to test her: \u201cOK, what would you do if you found me on the floor and you couldn\u2019t wake me up?\u201d I could see her little brain working. To my surprise she finally said, \u201cI would go into the kitchen and eat anything I want.\u201d\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em><em>Laura Albrecht<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The best Secret Keeper :\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>After having a brand-new car for one day, I came home from Black Friday shopping with a fender bender. I told my three-year-old granddaughter, Landree, not to tell Papa or he\u2019d be upset. Pretty soon, here comes Papa and he looked in the garage. Not saying anything, he went back downstairs to his man cave. I asked Landree if she had told Papa. She emphatically said, \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t Gigi!\u201d I said, \u201cWell, what did you tell him?\u201d She said, \u201cI told him three times, \u2018whatever you do, do NOT look in the garage!\u2019\u201d\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em><em>Dianne Kreick<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><i>I too love puppies :<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>After I had our second child, I was anxious to get home from the hospital to show my five-year-old daughter her new sister. When I got out of our car, I asked my daughter what she thought of her new sister. She looked a little disgusted and replied, \u201cI told you that I wanted a puppy!\u201d\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em><em>Pam Vogel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Queen and &#8221; Servant&#8221;\u00a0 a fairy tail:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>When one of our grandsons was about eight years old, he announced at a family gathering that I treat my wife like a queen. Hmm. I puffed myself up and asked him a question, expecting that the answer would give me similar stature. \u201cSince I treat her like a queen, what does that make me?\u201d His immediate response? \u201cA servant.\u201d So much for my ego.\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em><em>Jim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Hence Proved:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0was showing my\u00a0daughter this old \u201cpull my\u00a0thumb off and put it\u00a0together again\u201d trick.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0Daddy, how do\u00a0you do\u00a0it?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0Just look closely! Now I\u2019m pulling it\u00a0right off&#8230;Ta-dah! It\u2019s back!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0But it\u2019s just impossible to\u00a0pull off your thumb like that!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0Is\u00a0it? Take a\u00a0look! I\u2019m pulling it\u00a0off&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u00a0Stop! Now, give it\u00a0to\u00a0me!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valid Point:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other day when we were in the car, my 5 year old says to me &#8220;mom you know how you tell me I can&#8217;t say dum, I said yes, he told me &#8220;there is dum in my name, Adam&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"reddit-embed-author\">u\/MayaAdam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clap Clap Clap:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"subbuzz__title xs-mb1 bold\"><span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">I was in the store with my recently potty-trained 2-year-old when she told me she needed to go potty, so we ran to the bathroom.<\/span>She started doing her business as someone took the stall beside us. She asked if that lady was going potty too, and I told her she was. When the lady finished up, my daughter started clapping and shouted, &#8216;You went potty all by yourself! Good job, lady!'&#8221; \u2014<a class=\"js-skimlink-subtag-modified\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/d49f75e598\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"4214975\" data-uri=\"44b392383d2ca8f7e3dd6875b27d21e7\">d49f75e598<\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"reddit-embed-comment-header\">\n<div class=\"reddit-embed-comment-meta\"><strong>And Sorted to Gryffindor :<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"reddit-embed-comment-meta\">My 4 year old daughter has been fascinated by bridges lately. We were walking across one and just to see what she would say, I asked \u201care you going to be a civil engineer?\u201d She replied \u201cNO! I\u2019m gonna be a witch!\u201d. -u\/\u00a0<span class=\"reddit-embed-author\">Mirandacake<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>I hope you you had fun. You can share your experiences and we can write them in next articles.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Reddit, Buzzfeed, Brightside, Working Mom etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apoorva Yadav Kamboj.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being parents is a blessing and the most wonderful experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laughter-dose","category-parenting-and-child-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keepsmiling.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}