83 Parents Who Had To Get Weird And Slightly Unhinged To Get The Job Done

We told our 2 year old his pacifier has to be put on the charger during the entire day so it can be used at bedtime.

My daughters are about 18 months apart, I told the older one that every time baby sister goes potty on the big girl toilet they both they a candy. My oldest fully potty trained the baby for me and was so excited to do it.

If you don’t know which kid did something ask them all individually what the punishment should be for the thing someone done and the one that kicks the most lenient punishment did it.

I put my phone number as the pass code on all devices. my 3 year old could call me if needed.

I got a puppy and while training the puppy to sit I also accidentally trained my toddler so now at all times I keep fruit snacks with me and all I have to do is say “sit” and he stops what he’s doing no matter what and sits so he can have a fruit snacks.

Embrace the silliness.

Make routine tasks fun where possible - they pick a 2 min song for a teeth brushing boogie dance party, put mission impossible music to tidy up a room the fastest and beat the family record (this gets old fast though if it becomes a daily thing, it’s something I’d keep in my back pocket when needed).

Adding fun and silliness is always a good trick - if you’re getting overwhelmed and want to shout at your kids, try using a silly opera singing voice. Or flip yourself upside down (downward dog style) and encourage your kids to do the same - it helps them calm down too since they’re probably high strung if they are pushing all your buttons + models better emotional regulation strategies. Sometimes doing something silly as a “time out” resets the situation and makes it easier to deal with.

The quickest way I can get my kid to the bath or bed is to yell the British are coming in a panic. May she have a future fear of the British, yes. But it is working.

i told my son that monsters only show up if you pay the subscription for them and mommy and daddy don’t pay the subscription so we don’t have monsters anywhere around us.

My favorite thing is having my guy tell things “bye bye” or “see you later” we started as soon as he could talk/understand and still use it as he is about to turn 3. Works wonders at the park! Okay we’re leaving in 5 mins… times up… tell the park bye bye and we’ll see you later. I swear all tantrums stopped immediately. Now we use it for screen time (bye bye Mickey Mouse) and other things too.

My daughter wouldn’t take her antibiotics for her ear infection. Told her if she didn’t she’d lose her hearing. I muted the tv and just started mouthing stuff to her. She took it and I unmuted the tv magic.

If ur little one wont leave u alone and u just need space, hold a tissue. Each time they come close say "come here lemme wipe ur nose" They wont. It'll buy u 30 mins.

when my toddler wont eat I ask her to show me how a animal would take a bite. "how would a tiger take a bite?" how would a gorilla take a bite? how would a giraffe take a bite? etc.

If they behave nicely from Monday to Friday, they won’t have to go to school on Saturday and Sunday.

The tooth fairy can’t visit if your room is messy (OSHA violation) or there’s bad weather (FAA restrictions), or if anyone in the house is actively sick (EPA rules).

This probably doesn’t belong but I’m sharing anyway lol. I have a teenage daughter and every time I try to buy her clothes, she says they’re ugly, but she’s always wanting to borrow MY clothes. So I started putting the clothes I bought her in my closet and now she steals those.

One that I did with my daughter was get her to change her perspective when she was stuck on an idea.

I got her to stand up, bend over and look at me from between her legs, I did the same back. We then had a conversation like that.

It was absurd enough that she forgot what she was upset about and helped reset her.

Told them that when they lie their ears turn red. They cover their ears when they aren’t being truthful.

You can’t just GO to Chuck E. Cheese… you have to be invited.

Christmas cleaning hack. We were given big fabric sacks and we had to fill them with toys and stuff, and leave them under the tree for Santa to collect. But they had to be in good condition, because were told that Santa would take the toys and clean them for boys and girls next year and if we put broken toys under there, we’d get broken toys the next year. It taught us to be more careful with our toys, give back to others, learn the consequences of our actions and it helped my parents declutter. Wins all around.

My daughter had her first friend sleepover at ours. They wanted to stay up late, so I changed our devices to a different country’s time setting so it showed as 3 hours later than it was.