Parenting Is Tricky - Thursday!
Good morning, the Blue Wizard has arrived! It’s Thursday, and someone commented on one of my videos, like, ‘Look, it’s a Blue Wizard!’ I didn’t get it at first. It took me a little while, and then I realized it was because I’m wearing all blue. Then I remembered there’s even an emoji that’s a blue wizard. Interesting! Is that racist? Probably not. Sometimes you get hit with racism that’s funny or makes you think, and you’re like, ‘Is that racist?’ I don’t think the Blue Wizard thing is, but it made me question it.
Then there was one time I was playing Rocket League. Some guy commented in the chat, and he’s like, ‘Yo, you must be really good at demolitions.’ I thought he was just making fun of me because I suck. I’m like, ‘No, I feel like I’m pretty average at demolitions.’ Then it took me a minute to trigger – like a minute later – ‘Oh, that’s what he’s saying!’ Because demolitions mean you blow up the other car, and he was trying to say I’m a terrorist who blows things up. I was like, ‘Oh, that was kind of witty. I won’t lie, it made me laugh,’ but still a little racist.
On a whole different note, one thing I’ve realized with kids, man, one of the trickiest parts—I won’t say it’s the trickiest part, because with kids, I can say that for every little thing—is finding that baseline of respect for authority versus challenging authority. Obviously, when they’re young, you’re their authority, then school, then government, and life. You want them to respect authority, but you don’t want them to completely kneel down to authority.
You can’t just forcefully tell them to do stuff, but you want them to do stuff. Right now, my kids are hitting me with that ‘no’ so aggressively. It’s like, ‘Do this.’ ‘No!’ Well, uh, okay. Then you get frustrated, and you’re like, ‘Man, I miss the good old days when parents could beat their kids into submission and make them do stuff!’ But at the same time, you want your kid to challenge you on certain things, but you want them to listen. Like, where do you find that fine line, and how do you deal with them saying ‘no’ all the time?
I’m at that point where I’m like, ‘Well, if you say no to this, you can’t have this.’ And they’re like, ‘No, I don’t want it!’ I’m like, ‘Well, that ruins and completely destroys it!’ But I’m like, ‘I guess you don’t want this either.’ And until eventually, I’ll just empty out the entire freaking playroom of all their toys. I’m like, ‘Well, now you have no toys.’ And they’re like, ‘Fine!’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t even know where to put this bag of toys I bought you that I spent so much money on that I’m now not letting you play with!’ Wild. Anyways, y’all have a great day! Talk to you in the next one. Peace!
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