Parenting & Family Life on chaosplay

Parenting is hard

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 17:57:32 +0000

Parenting feels impossible until you fix your expectations.

Credit cards vs Pokémon cards

Sat, 23 Sep 2023 17:32:00 +0000

Ayden: I don’t want to lose my Pokémon cards

Amer: ok

Ayden: Pokémon cards are very important

Amer: how so?

Ayden: they have all the information about Pokémon. They are not like credit cards. They are better than credit cards.

Ayden says

Sat, 23 Sep 2023 17:06:45 +0000

Ayden: After we die if plants are eating our body how will we go to heaven

Amer: Our soul goes

Ayden: And we get a new body

Amer: Sure

Ayden: Can we get different skin

Amer: Sure what color you want

Ayden: Pink

It is so hard to choose

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 02:36:58 +0000

Ayden deciding his career:

“There are so many cool job, I want to be fireman, goalie, dad, police officer, monster truck driver.”

American flag is better than Texas flag

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:56:37 +0000

Ayden: Baba, American flag is better than Texas flag.

Me: How come?

Ayden: Because it has more stars!

My heart is growing bigger

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:10:29 +0000

Driving to Ayden’s first Monster Jam show, as the AT&T Stadium came into view, he was getting excited. His heart was probably beating faster, and he could probably feel it. He said the cutest thing ever, “Baba, my heart is growing bigger.”

Be the people that Evan's be

Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Last year, Ayden got into Minecraft thanks to Evan Storm’s channel.

So we bought Minecraft on PS4 and started to play. I preferred to play in first-person perspective, but Ayden preferred third person. But he didn’t know how to ask me to change the perspective. So he would say, “Be the people that Evan’s be.”

Can you bring toys back home?

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight, I was reading the Puss in Boots bedtime story to Ayden. The story begins with the Old Miller dying.

Ayden asked me if people die in real life. I was not ready for this conversation, but I also didn’t want to lie. I said yes and hoped we could move on quickly.

Ayden’s eyes turned teary. In a crying voice, he asked, “Why?”

“It’s just the way it is,” I said.

Wheels and Engine Sound

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:40:43 +0000

Last year, we took Ayden to a monster truck show. We didn’t know how loud these trucks could be. So we bought ear protection headphones for him. He was still feeling a little scared.

Later he came up with the idea that the sound of the engine comes from the tires. He would keep telling me that monster truck tires are loud, or that they made it louder after he put on his headphones.

think hard

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:31:00 +0000

The other day while putting Ayden to sleep, he looked as if he was intensely thinking. I asked him, “Are you thinking something?”

“Yes,” he replied.

“What are you thinking?” I asked.

“I don’t know what car to play with in the morning, baba!”

New Career Direction

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:19:34 +0000

Today Ayden said, “Jack (his friend) wants to be firetruck driver and I will be ambulance driver. Jack will put out fires. I will take people to hospital. It will be so much fun.”

What do you want to be when you grow up

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday, after I picked up Ayden from his daycare, he said he didn’t know what he wanted to be. I guess they asked him this question in his class. I told him he has plenty of time to figure it out. There is no rush.

Then later at night he said, “Baba, I know what I want to be. I want to be a Tow Truck Driver.” He said it would be so much fun to tow cars.

Ask HN: Parents of HN, what are your best sources for evidence-based parenting?

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:29:52 +0000

Here is a list of parenting books recommended by members of the Hacker News community. All links are affiliate links to purchase these books from Amazon:

How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen, and How to Listen So Your Kids Will Talk

One of a few books that are recommended multiple times in this thread. 4.5 stars with 1000+ reviews.

Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster

Another book that was recommended by multiple people.

Baby vs Dog

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:47:45 +0000

It is amazing how having your own kids changes everything.

I love my dog, and because of him I love almost all dogs. I hated leaving him home so much that I would not go to restaurants that don’t let dogs in the patio. (With Whiskey Cake being a notable exception.) Every grocery trip, I would buy him a new toy, and many times I had arguments with my wife because he had too many toys. Every vacation we would have a huge argument because I wanted a dog-friendly vacation where we could take our dog.