What's your favorite harmlessly annoying thing to do to your kids? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world to c/dadsonly@lemmy.world

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When my kids ask me to give them something I'll grab it and hand it over. But before they can grab it I'll move it slightly and say stuff like,"what happened? Did your hands stop working? Grab it it's right there!" Do they like it? No. Does it hurt them. Also no. Do I celebrate when they grab it finally? Yes.

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

I wanted my kid, now an adult, to know he could trust me, even if he couldn't trust anyone else. To be his safe port, his home. So I never fucked with him, even as a joke. It's not the relationship I wanted with him. He has friends to do that.

I'm not everything to him, I can't be that. But, I am consistently reliable. He knows he can count on me, I've proved it over and over with my actions.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 days ago

My dad did stuff like this, we were close right to the end.

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