Mom’s Gold Star It’d be impossible for me to post this without quoting the ‘The Karate Kid.’ “FINISH HIM, JOHNNY!!” Pro-Parenting Tip: If your baby is too young to assume the crane stance, he’s too young to suffer the sweep the leg move.  That said, I love Laura’s status update and think she’s hilarious. She’s like the Master of Bath Time Ceremonies. I do not have a fancy trophy to offer her, nor do I have any Miyagi-style suggestions regarding her tub-standing dilemma, but I do wish to award her with this week’s Gold Star. Something tells me she’ll figure out how to solve her problem without using any martial arts, but I’m amused by her thought process all the same. Related: Mom’s Gold Star - Bubbles Edition (submitted by Anonymous)

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It’d be impossible for me to post this without quoting the ‘The Karate Kid.’ “FINISH HIM, JOHNNY!!” Pro-Parenting Tip: If your baby is too young to assume the crane stance, he’s too young to suffer the sweep the leg move. 

That said, I love Laura’s status update and think she’s hilarious. She’s like the Master of Bath Time Ceremonies. I do not have a fancy trophy to offer her, nor do I have any Miyagi-style suggestions regarding her tub-standing dilemma, but I do wish to award her with this week’s Gold Star. Something tells me she’ll figure out how to solve her problem without using any martial arts, but I’m amused by her thought process all the same.

Related: Mom’s Gold Star - Bubbles Edition

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Posted on Friday, May 18, 2012 in Mom's Gold Star

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Mom’s Gold Star: Games Edition

I know some people grew up with parents who were maybe a little *too* competitive with them - like parents who try to win at everything from I Spy and Hungry, Hungry Hippos to father-son basketball games - but most of the time, I think it’s awesome when parents don’t let their kids win at everything. Connect Four is some serious business, and the sooner kids wise up, the better. That rule should apply to most games, actually.

Wendy don’t play. I mean, she does play, but she doesn’t play around. Her preschool-aged son thinks he can cheat at Candy Land and beat his own mom?! Yeah. Right. Good thinking, kid. Wendy’s onto you, and she’s not afraid to knock your ass back to Lollipop Woods. You know the old saying: Mom’s gotta do what a Mom’s gotta do. 

Congratulations, Wendy and Kendra! You both win Gold Stars this week for being witty, uncompromising, and, most importantly, for taking games seriously. I’m an avid game lover and defender, and no one gets my support more than a parent who’s willing to cheat and shed blood to teach her child a healthy lesson in competitiveness.

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Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 in Mom's Gold Star

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Mom’s Gold Star I get the feeling Alysha didn’t just post this update to be funny, but to sincerely educate her fellow parent friends on how to manipulate their children into being quiet. She genuinely wants to share her genius with others, and she even conservatively estimates the 85% success rate as if to say, “Don’t come knocking on my door if this method doesn’t work; I’m just trying to help you guys avoid your children for as long as humanly possible with an old family recipe.” It kind of makes me wonder what other awesome tricks she has up her sleeve. I bet her friends are grateful.  Congratulations on winning this week’s Gold Star, Alysha! Thanks for taking the time to let everyone know that getting their kids to settle down isn’t always as hard as it seems. Sometimes all it takes is being in charge of the remote control. Related: Parents Protest Moose & Zee (submitted by Anonymous)

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I get the feeling Alysha didn’t just post this update to be funny, but to sincerely educate her fellow parent friends on how to manipulate their children into being quiet. She genuinely wants to share her genius with others, and she even conservatively estimates the 85% success rate as if to say, “Don’t come knocking on my door if this method doesn’t work; I’m just trying to help you guys avoid your children for as long as humanly possible with an old family recipe.” It kind of makes me wonder what other awesome tricks she has up her sleeve. I bet her friends are grateful. 

Congratulations on winning this week’s Gold Star, Alysha! Thanks for taking the time to let everyone know that getting their kids to settle down isn’t always as hard as it seems. Sometimes all it takes is being in charge of the remote control.

Related: Parents Protest Moose & Zee

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Posted on Friday, May 04, 2012 in Mom's Gold Star

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