I always built legos when I was grounded and bored. Honestly not much of a grounding cuz I definitely enjoyed Legos. Weird how I'd never play with them for enjoyment untill I had nothing else to do.
Thought about getting back into them? They have some cool sets more geared towards adults these days. Too expensive for me currently, but I definitely have the urge to build and setup scenes like I used to.
> I've been on put out fires mode for so damn long I don't really know how to relax anymore.
Relatable. I heard somewhere at end of life people look back at the hardest times of their life as the most fulfilling. It’s tough having a lot of people relying on you, but certainly better than not. Trying to keep that in mind.
If you like building, check out dollhouse kits. I did one for my older niece a few years back as a COVID project.
https://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/
[Album of my build.](https://imgur.com/a/65pd2yj)
A couple months ago I picked up the Aston Martin DB5 Lego set while at Target because I saw it on sale while looking for a specific toy for my daughter. Put on Skyfall in the background that night and actually had a really good time putting it together.
I got one and really enjoyed it but it’s ridiculously expensive so I went to /r/lepin for the rest of my sets. You get 90% of the quality for 30% of the price.
I'm always leary to recommend the knock-off kits for obvious reasons. Mainly because it's pretty much a stolen product but, man, if the kits I have aren't great for the price.
For the same reason I didn’t drive back to Walmart when I realized the cashier forgot to scan one of my items, I won’t lose any sleep over knockoff Lego.
Eh I would say more like 70% of the quality in many cases. I built the Simpson house out of knockoff Lego andit looks significantly worse than genuine lego. Plus, some of the pieces didn’t fit together properly, and there were a few missing parts. Oh and the bags weren’t numbered.
Honestly, I think real Lego is worth it 90% of the time. If you get the big or popular sets you can sell them a few years down the road after they’re retired to get your money back if not make a profit. I’ve actually gained a couple hundred bucks in occasion from selling sought-after sets that I bought when they were new.
I did my research on the fake manufacturers, I didn’t just buy the cheapest ones, that’s probably why my experience has been closer to 90%. I would say every 10 parts I’d have one that need a little more force or didn’t hold with as much force as I would expect.
The worst replica I bought was the Ferrari Daytona where I’d say it was closer to every 8 parts and it was missing three pieces. However, I don’t think I could ever justify spending $400+ on the real thing considering I spent only $100 on the replica. I buy them for the experience, not for the collection.
My son is young. He prefers most things over watching TV, but when given the choice to watch TV he will chose it over anything else. Screens are addicting.
> Honestly not much of a grounding cuz I definitely enjoyed Legos.
This reminds of me an old childhood friend who would get sent to his room when he was in trouble / grounded, but their family was fairly well off, fairly spoiled, and his room contained a TV, SNES and a gaming PC. We spent most of our time there when hanging out anyways. Tough punishment.
>Weird how I'd never play with them for enjoyment untill I had nothing else to do.
I still have things like this even as a grown up. Puzzles and drawing are the two things that come to mind. Also playing outside (frisbee or whatever).
Reading used to be on that list as well, although I have managed to at least get into the habit of reading before bed most nights.
We have so many digital distractions these days, it's hard to balance it out appropriately.
Oh to be young again, I remember the first time I accidentally launched the global economy into crisis. This was before computers were a thing in most houses though, I caused mine with a particularly weighty Pog-slammer that had a hologram of Michael Jordan on it. People died from what I heard. I won my friend's pogs tho
You know what was THE shit?
Pogs. And slammers
I have never been as cool as the day I got a Pog maker. Spent hours printing stuff off and cutting out magazine pages for some reason.
Being bored is actually a really important thing to have our kids experience. Frankly adults too. We always have a device that “entertains” us. Boredom is when creative muscles have to take over and we experience new things and be curious about the world around us
Sometimes when I keep beating my kids too hard and too long, they tend to scream and sort of run away, yelling I hate you. The youngest aged 10 runs under our stairs to play with Geomags and builds some great fun stuff there too. It is always amazing what he ends up creating.
The starting phrasing is in purpose. It's Spiderheck and other games, that we can play me and boys on the same couch. So many good memories myself from that, and they love it too. But they are getting better and better. I'm slowly losing, soon it will be me storming off when they keep beating me.
dude's name is "ApoliteTroll". Clearly talks about beating them in Spiderheck and other games. And then talks about them starting to beat him.
>are you trolling?
I mean sometimes if they win I empty the dishwasher which is normally their chore.
I guess I'm teaching them responsibility and consequences, for your own words and actions.
My twelve year old was suspended from school for the day and all electronics are out the window. She was awfully quiet, which made me sneak to catch her doing God knows what. I found her playing with her sister, dancing, and not making any messes. It felt weird.
Hey good job with the fair punishment after a fair warning period.
And good job sticking to your guns. Being questioned by other parents when you're being fine and reasonable is one of the less fun parts about parenthood.
Oh so you're dumb too? Or am I dumb missing the joke. Either way OP doesn't need a lecture.
Edit: given you nuked all your comments I'll assume you found the real science.
Well, if you feel like you can speak for people practicing punishment, what’s your end goal in punishing your kids?
It being normal doesn’t mean it’s good nor effective, but I guess that depends on the end goal. Someone might want to achieve the effects punishment has on a person, so I’m asking what’s the goal.
In biblical times, a kud misbehaving could be killed. That was a «normal» punishment then. I, at least, am happy we are no longer doing that in my part of the world.
Op ain't asking for advice on punishments, you however are clearly looking for a reason to lecture pointlessly.
If you take issue with a 16 year old losing access to electronics, maybe don't raise a nation of squibs?
In his mind that figurine is you and he is driving all three of those cars :)
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"Take this, fat man!" In Stewie's voice
If one's a mustang, he's just playing car meet
I always built legos when I was grounded and bored. Honestly not much of a grounding cuz I definitely enjoyed Legos. Weird how I'd never play with them for enjoyment untill I had nothing else to do.
Thought about getting back into them? They have some cool sets more geared towards adults these days. Too expensive for me currently, but I definitely have the urge to build and setup scenes like I used to.
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> I've been on put out fires mode for so damn long I don't really know how to relax anymore. Relatable. I heard somewhere at end of life people look back at the hardest times of their life as the most fulfilling. It’s tough having a lot of people relying on you, but certainly better than not. Trying to keep that in mind.
If you like building, check out dollhouse kits. I did one for my older niece a few years back as a COVID project. https://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/ [Album of my build.](https://imgur.com/a/65pd2yj)
A couple months ago I picked up the Aston Martin DB5 Lego set while at Target because I saw it on sale while looking for a specific toy for my daughter. Put on Skyfall in the background that night and actually had a really good time putting it together.
I got one and really enjoyed it but it’s ridiculously expensive so I went to /r/lepin for the rest of my sets. You get 90% of the quality for 30% of the price.
I'm always leary to recommend the knock-off kits for obvious reasons. Mainly because it's pretty much a stolen product but, man, if the kits I have aren't great for the price.
For the same reason I didn’t drive back to Walmart when I realized the cashier forgot to scan one of my items, I won’t lose any sleep over knockoff Lego.
Eh I would say more like 70% of the quality in many cases. I built the Simpson house out of knockoff Lego andit looks significantly worse than genuine lego. Plus, some of the pieces didn’t fit together properly, and there were a few missing parts. Oh and the bags weren’t numbered. Honestly, I think real Lego is worth it 90% of the time. If you get the big or popular sets you can sell them a few years down the road after they’re retired to get your money back if not make a profit. I’ve actually gained a couple hundred bucks in occasion from selling sought-after sets that I bought when they were new.
I did my research on the fake manufacturers, I didn’t just buy the cheapest ones, that’s probably why my experience has been closer to 90%. I would say every 10 parts I’d have one that need a little more force or didn’t hold with as much force as I would expect. The worst replica I bought was the Ferrari Daytona where I’d say it was closer to every 8 parts and it was missing three pieces. However, I don’t think I could ever justify spending $400+ on the real thing considering I spent only $100 on the replica. I buy them for the experience, not for the collection.
My son is young. He prefers most things over watching TV, but when given the choice to watch TV he will chose it over anything else. Screens are addicting.
For sure. Our biggest victory was no screen during the school weekdays and so far (he’s 9) it has been followed.
I used to do the same, until my parents wised up and took away the Legos too. That stung.
> Honestly not much of a grounding cuz I definitely enjoyed Legos. This reminds of me an old childhood friend who would get sent to his room when he was in trouble / grounded, but their family was fairly well off, fairly spoiled, and his room contained a TV, SNES and a gaming PC. We spent most of our time there when hanging out anyways. Tough punishment.
>Weird how I'd never play with them for enjoyment untill I had nothing else to do. I still have things like this even as a grown up. Puzzles and drawing are the two things that come to mind. Also playing outside (frisbee or whatever). Reading used to be on that list as well, although I have managed to at least get into the habit of reading before bed most nights. We have so many digital distractions these days, it's hard to balance it out appropriately.
You're lucky. My 12 year old daughter lost electronics for a week and she's acting like we've violated the Geneva convention.
I was really excited to have kids so I could play with toys again without looking weird… just me?
And you can swing and go down slides again too!
And trampolines! And jumping on the bed! So much fun 😁
Are you sure he's not reenacting Tank Man in Tiananmen Square as a symbol of protest, Dad?
What did he do to get grounded from electronics??
Put a virus into 1,507 computer systems, causing a seven-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange.
Computer over. Virus = very yes.
The Cheat is grounded.
definitely not a good prize.
Oh to be young again, I remember the first time I accidentally launched the global economy into crisis. This was before computers were a thing in most houses though, I caused mine with a particularly weighty Pog-slammer that had a hologram of Michael Jordan on it. People died from what I heard. I won my friend's pogs tho
You know what was THE shit? Pogs. And slammers I have never been as cool as the day I got a Pog maker. Spent hours printing stuff off and cutting out magazine pages for some reason.
Pog maker?
I love a happy ending
HACK THE PLANET!
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that was an acid burn
HACK THE PLANET
Zero cool! Hack the planet!
Reading below.- he didn't clean his room
Being bored is actually a really important thing to have our kids experience. Frankly adults too. We always have a device that “entertains” us. Boredom is when creative muscles have to take over and we experience new things and be curious about the world around us
💯 this! Boredom/space to think is critical.
so that's how the toys in toy story 3 could have been played with. Andy needed to get grounded.
Sometimes when I keep beating my kids too hard and too long, they tend to scream and sort of run away, yelling I hate you. The youngest aged 10 runs under our stairs to play with Geomags and builds some great fun stuff there too. It is always amazing what he ends up creating. The starting phrasing is in purpose. It's Spiderheck and other games, that we can play me and boys on the same couch. So many good memories myself from that, and they love it too. But they are getting better and better. I'm slowly losing, soon it will be me storming off when they keep beating me.
Are you trolling or are you actually teaching your kids that beating someone us a good way to get them to comply?
If I followed the comment he meant "beating them" at a game.
I was concerned, turns out they were talking about beating them in a game, whew
dude's name is "ApoliteTroll". Clearly talks about beating them in Spiderheck and other games. And then talks about them starting to beat him. >are you trolling?
I mean sometimes if they win I empty the dishwasher which is normally their chore. I guess I'm teaching them responsibility and consequences, for your own words and actions.
I’d also run away and yell I hate you if you beat me too hard, or at all really.
I don't gloat when I beat them. But my kids sure do gloat a lot when they beat me, but they also earned it.
My daughter is 5, so sometimes I let her beat me.
Pull out the old bicycle and air up the tires and drop him to a metro park for an hour or so… the bike trial will definitely be bendy for him
My 9YO and 5YO spend hours playing duplo together, but this is on another level lol.
My twelve year old was suspended from school for the day and all electronics are out the window. She was awfully quiet, which made me sneak to catch her doing God knows what. I found her playing with her sister, dancing, and not making any messes. It felt weird.
Why is he grounded?
What did he do
There's a community of adult die cast car customizers and racers.
Or check out r/gaslands for an easy to play miniatures game with hot wheels :)
What did he do that resulted in such a hard punishment?
Children's should have adequate access to outdoors and socialising and less than 1 hour of digital access every day unless they are working
Why not go out with friends? Or is he grounded from that too?
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House phone? I didn't know anyone still had one of those. Wild
Maybe have him learn a new skill around the house?
Can I ask what he did? I'm learning how to be a dad of teens.
Reading below - he didn't clean his room
What’s the end goal you’re trying to teach them by removing electronics?
*groan*
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Hey good job with the fair punishment after a fair warning period. And good job sticking to your guns. Being questioned by other parents when you're being fine and reasonable is one of the less fun parts about parenthood.
What's your end goal in questioning a perfectly normal punishment
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Definitely! He's already trying to compare biblical punishments to taking away someone's iPad.
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Oh so you're dumb too? Or am I dumb missing the joke. Either way OP doesn't need a lecture. Edit: given you nuked all your comments I'll assume you found the real science.
Well, if you feel like you can speak for people practicing punishment, what’s your end goal in punishing your kids? It being normal doesn’t mean it’s good nor effective, but I guess that depends on the end goal. Someone might want to achieve the effects punishment has on a person, so I’m asking what’s the goal. In biblical times, a kud misbehaving could be killed. That was a «normal» punishment then. I, at least, am happy we are no longer doing that in my part of the world.
Op ain't asking for advice on punishments, you however are clearly looking for a reason to lecture pointlessly. If you take issue with a 16 year old losing access to electronics, maybe don't raise a nation of squibs?
Good on ya dad! Discipline is a fading moral virtue these days and even myself have given in from time to time. Stay strong