Fatherhood anonymous; an open discussion on being a dad.

[Touring_Sedan]

Skinny skis are scary enough without a bowling ball in a carriage pushing you.

Keep that in the back of your head for summer shit too. Brakes are significantly less effective when there's 80lbs behind you. Fucking terrifying.

[yeahman]

Last weekend transpired into another 100+ lbs load at one point…

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Training for Denali

[anotherVTskibum]

Keep that in the back of your head for summer shit too. Brakes are significantly less effective when there's 80lbs behind you. Fucking terrifying.

+1

I had thought my road bike would be the chariot tow rig, but quickly realized that rim brakes and skinny tires weren't going to do the job on the gravel logging roads I wanted to use.

[tgapp]

Training for Denali

West Butt or West Rib or...?

And yeah. Uh. Yeah. Got a lot of questions to a lot of mags, but I - we - have time to figure things out.

for now we're both skiing and prepping for a yurt trip in a few weeks, and Switzerland after that. so yeah. got time.

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[alpinevibes]

Training for Denali

We can only aspire, daily, to become the GSA

[johnnyg82]

Looking for advice: anyone here had any experience to deal with a kid who needs a tube to feed?

[The Reverend Floater]

Did another ride this evening. A few minutes after this photo, Riley tacoed her sled into a snow bank on the single track trail we put in. I came back and she had already dug it out and had it running. "I think I took that corner too hot..."

Proud dad moment.

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[lowsparkco]

Looking for advice: anyone here had any experience to deal with a kid who needs a tube to feed?

My wife’s a SLP and we have good friends with a child who has a G tube. PM me and I’m happy to ask her any questions you have.

[bio-smear]

Just coming down from my 6 year old having a complete fucking meltdown because she doesn't like one of the 10 toys she got for Christmas. Total drama reality show shit plus what any hollywood writer would script for a spoiled rotten kid.

I was forced to ask is gratitude a learned concept and we've fucked up? Or is she just an asshole?

Sweet kid 89% of the time. I'm about done with holidays and occasions where presents are expected. I'm embarrassed of my performance as a dad that's resulted in this. These fuckers fight 75% of their time together (8 and 6 years old) and it has cast a major pall on our family life.

[yeahman]

Don't blame yourself. At 6 kids are still controlled by being hungry, tired, etc. The promise of Santa coming makes it hard for them to even sleep sometimes.

When they fight, take away everything they like until the behavior changes. It will make your life hell temporarily, but over time it might work. Kids speak one language--consequences.

It's all easier said than done, I know. Hang in there and keep doing your best.

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

Just coming down from my 6 year old having a complete fucking meltdown because she doesn't like one of the 10 toys she got for Christmas. Total drama reality show shit plus what any hollywood writer would script for a spoiled rotten kid.

I was forced to ask is gratitude a learned concept and we've fucked up? Or is she just an asshole?

Sweet kid 89% of the time. I'm about done with holidays and occasions where presents are expected. I'm embarrassed of my performance as a dad that's resulted in this. These fuckers fight 75% of their time together (8 and 6 years old) and it has cast a major pall on our family life.

You and your wife can definitely cut yourselves some slack. I have two girls and when they were that age there were a couple Christmas mornings that ended in tears and long lectures about gratitude.


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[subtle plague]

Let's face it. You have created a Monster. Like all of us. [emoji6]

[Buzzworthy]

You and your wife can definitely cut yourselves some slack. I have two girls and when they were that age there were a couple Christmas mornings that ended in tears and long lectures about gratitude.


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This happens to every.single.household.

Kids are learning and treading through new emotions and situations, one of hardest being disappointment.
In their little minds all they wanted what that one thing. 10 other things still don’t replace the feeling of getting that one amazing thing. To us it sounds ridiculous because we understand these complex emotions. They don’t and you need to remember they are still learning the basics.
But in the moment l, yes it’s disappointing to us parents, because we want the best for them.
You’re doing great Bio and the fact you were disappointed in them speaks volumes to the kind of parents you are.

[bio-smear]

Thanks dudes. I'm already stuck with tense neck for the day so it's time to drink it away in front of the non-drinking inlaws.

[Buzzworthy]

Thanks dudes. I'm already stuck with tense neck for the day so it's time to drink it away in front of the non-drinking inlaws.

I’m pouring a beer with you, that’s the spirit!

[skaredshtles]

it's time to drink it away in front of the non-drinking inlaws.

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[whipski]

Christmas gift from my 18 yr stepson.

[schuss]

Yep, have had to do nuclear "you're going to bed now" with the 7 year old from candy, excitement etc. the past few days. They're wound up and don't know what to do with it.

[anotherVTskibum]

Had to pick up and carry the two-year-old off the magic carpet today, because part of the way up, he stepped off the carpet onto the floor next to it (carpet in a tunnel). He was thrashing around pretty good in his attempt to escape, which made me feel a bit self-conscious. I got a sympathetic smile from the liftie who saw the whole thing, so hopefully it looked more like a dad making a solid effort rather than failure to get the kid to understand how to ride the lift (or failing to realize that he was too tired to go back up).

After carrying him back down and clicking him out of his skis, he walked over to a hollow on the edge of the groom and laid down.

On the plus side, the three year old made three carpet laps with minimal help and actually seemed to be consciously controlling her direction of travel (she'd done some similar carpet runs without physical support last year but wasn't really turning on her own).

Both were very much into going skiing to start, and the two-year-old did manage one lap with me only having one hand lightly on the gate we use. So a good day overall, just need to remember to stop a little sooner next time even when he's asking to go back up.

[anotherVTskibum]

Had to pick up and carry the two-year-old off the magic carpet today, because part of the way up, he stepped off the carpet onto the floor next to it (carpet in a tunnel). He was thrashing around pretty good in his attempt to escape, which made me feel a bit self-conscious. I got a sympathetic smile from the liftie who saw the whole thing, so hopefully it looked more like a dad making a solid effort rather than failure to get the kid to understand how to ride the lift (or failing to realize that he was too tired to go back up).

After carrying him back down and clicking him out of his skis, he walked over to a hollow on the edge of the groom and laid down.

On the plus side, the three year old made three carpet laps with minimal help and actually seemed to be consciously controlling her direction of travel (she'd done some similar carpet runs without physical support last year but wasn't really turning on her own).

Both were very much into going skiing to start, and the two-year-old did manage one lap with me only having one hand lightly on the gate we use. So a good day overall, just need to remember to stop a little sooner next time even when he's asking to go back up.

Oh, then he saw the mountain ops sled parked below the carpet area and wanted to get on that.

[Danno]

just need to remember to stop a little sooner next time even when he's asking to go back up.

advice I was given a long time ago: always stop while they still want to go. Much better to have the meltdown over "I want to keep skiing" then a meltdown because they're tired/cold/bored/etc.

[funkendrenchman]

You and your wife can definitely cut yourselves some slack. I have two girls and when they were that age there were a couple Christmas mornings that ended in tears and long lectures about gratitude.


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We had one of those yesterday - 7 year old.

And our girls fight 50% of the time. Much less when we’re doing activities outside.

[doebedoe]

tgapp with the best Christmas gift a father of a 4 week old could ask for.

[Buster Highmen]

... so hopefully it looked more like a dad making a solid effort rather than failure to get the kid to understand how to ride the lift (or failing to realize that he was too tired to go back up)

DNGAF about what other people think.

You're doing great, give that focus to your kids.

[rudy]

Some inspiration for getting the kids out young to ski group. I never used a chariot or sled skiing but did on the bike. Hard enough on the bike, no thanks on skis so kudos to those of you that have