Stuff you were proud to teach a child

[Queen Firey-Bou]

SOBBB !!  i had to put Rosie dog down in January aged 11+, and then in Feb poor old Finn aged 15... IT was Fucking awful!
The remaining 1 dog is really lonely & has gone mental ( er ), first time he was left alone, he chewed & smashed his way through double glazing in panic to find someone...

So its weird, I've now got less children & animals around than ever before, which is the natural progression of things & it feels so ...quiet & empty a house ! Ive suggested we foster a tribe of dysfunctional orphans but my better half isnt convinced.

[Richmond Clements]

My eldest is at an interesting stage right now.

While he's determined that he knows everything, and was even claiming 'Stop making my learn- I'm not in school!' during our last adventure. He still continued to ask questions and listen to answers though...

[Bolt-01]

Micro bolt and Nano-bolt both got fancy rats at christmas, and are very taken with them. To the extent that they have joined the midlands Rat club and attended a show (Think Crufts for Fat rats) a couple of weeks ago. I am so not looking forward to the inevitable for these.

As for the rest of it- Mini-Bolt does indeed know more than me and is quite prepared to make sure I know it too. Bless him.

Bolt-01

[Peter Wolf]

 Baphomet .


 You get a lot of famous politicians in the US doing  the same thing on stage.


 Perhaps Hillary Clinton and GW BUsh are closet Cradle Of Filth fans.

[LARF]

:-)

My kids genetically are not my own - that aside they are MY kids in everything else, their 'sperm-donor' (SD) as we fondly call him is not around and will never be.

I'm currently helping Mrs Larf build back their confidence in many things as well as school. Mini-larf number 3 needs a massive boost in confidence at school after SD used to tell them that they were a waste of space and nothing would come of them if they tried at school. Hence he's a trier in everything but has his SATs coming up. Mrs L and I have been helping him do test papers, and really helping to push him and let him know he CAN do it, he can succeed and do well - he's an intelligent lad, and quite frankly an amazing kid in many, many ways. I personally don't like our school system, some kids don't 'fit-in' to the way people expect them to learn ML3 is like this - he's amazingly creative, thoughtful, polite and clever in his own way - not anyone elses. So in essence we've had to show him how to temper the way he learns to try and fit in, well I've never fitted in in my entire life so that's a challenge...

Anyway I digress, on Friday I came home after being at a convention for three days, away from the kids and Mrs Larf to be told that he'd won the school trophy that week for most improved at SATs!!!!

We have worked, and continue to work, so hard with ML3 on his SATs but what a brilliant surprise to come home to, it makes it all worth while - even if it does mean fitting in to move forward.

[Matt Timson]

I taught Mini-Brows a lot of her early phrases- including, "Groove it daddio" and, "can you dig it, baby".

I was particularly proud of those- but I also taught her useful stuff like 'please' and 'thank you' as well.  Amazingly, I also go out of my way to try and teach her the importance of being kind to others as well.  I will fully understand if nobody believes that last bit- but it's the truth.

:)

[Richmond Clements]

Well done eyebrows!

Mine were taught from an early age such timeless classics as, 'Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!'

[LARF]

Oh, oh - you are showing your age - "Groove it daddio." - "can you dig it baby.", as for being polite it just goes to show you have it in you JEB and you should not be afraid to let the inner-helpful-kind and generous person out. Don't be ashamed of your feelings, let them out... :-)

[TordelBack]

'Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!'

I will wake my son form his bed this instant to begin this patented indoctrination programme - never occurred to me to gift him a suite of Python insults.  

[Richmond Clements]

Then my work here is done!

Up Up and Away!!

[W. R. Logan]

I teach Army cadets twice a week in all manner of things and get a great kick when Cadets Ive taught get their badges and qualifications. Have yet to teach them how to kill people with your thumbs 8-)

[LARF]

Oh the irony I'm sat outside cadets in worksop waiting to collect my eldest from cadets and just read your post... Weird

[Matt Timson]

"...and you should not be afraid to let the inner-helpful-kind and generous person out"

I get a (admittedly deserved) bad rep in this place- but kindness is actually my default setting.  I just struggle when it comes to fools.

:D

[LARF]

Hmmph, know the feeling can't stand piss artists or people who are not straight with you, I prefer down the earth honest bollocks and if people don't like it they can fuck off :-)

[Queen Firey-Bou]

kindness default ?

don't believe a word of it ! he's one bad arsed scary mo-fo a veritable sociopath & in no way sweet and cuddly, nope.