Parenting advice needed. I was cleaning my daughter's room and found this

[JimmyJazz]

should I be concerned? :silly:

[Lavender Brown]

1. For real?

[JimmyJazz]

10. oh please - I can't make up shit that funny!

:rofl:

[Richardo]

17. What Jimmy said

:rofl:

[Lavender Brown]

25. Kids

:spray:

[tk2kewl]

2. Is she a Frank Zappa fan?

Are you planning to move to Montana soon?

[lasttrip]

16. beat me to it!

:rofl:

[JimmyJazz]

21. Can you explain that please?

I'm too lazy to google.

[Zomby Woof]

28. The song 'Montana'

About a cowboy in Montana who grows dental floss on his ranch. :D

[tk2kewl]

32. Lyrics to Zappa's "Montana"

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of Dental Floss Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
I can sell uptown
By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
For somebody else...
but then, on the other hand
I'd Keep the wax N' melt it down
Pluck some Floss N' swish it aroun'
I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top

(that's why I'M movin' to Montana)

Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon
(yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune
I'm pluckin' the ol' Dennil Floss
That's growin' on the prairie
Pluckin' the floss!
I plucked all day an' all nite an' all Afternoon...
I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
(His name is MIGHTY LITTLE)
He's a good hoss
Even though He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way I'm pluckin' the ol' Dennil Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An' ride him all along the border line
With a Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand
By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Well I might Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night
And then I'd Get a cuppa cawfee
N' give my foot a push...
Just me 'n the pymgy pony
Over the Dennil Floss Bush
N' then I might just Jumb back on
An' ride Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana
Movin' to Montana soon

[progmom]

3. your daughter flosses?

you should be very proud indeed. :P

[merh]

4. LOL

:rofl: Exactly!!!

:applause: :applause: She flosses!!! :bounce: :bounce:

[Catherine Vincent]

5. That's good, she recycles.

[Not_Giving_Up]

6. Is it HER used dental floss, though?

Or is she collecting the used dental floss from the rest of the family?

[JimmyJazz]

11. I don't know where she got it....she uses the little plastic flossers.

:crazy:

[Not_Giving_Up]

14. Hmmm

My daughter has anxiety and she stashes all kinds of weird shit. Somehow it makes her feel safe. I don't take pics of what I find, but you would be amazed.

[JimmyJazz]

33. I'll keep an eye on her, but I think she just got a little

carried away from going to the dentist last week. She really likes to go see Dr. Ben and was proud of herself because of her good check up. But, you are correct - children do some strange things in the name of security :)

[Not_Giving_Up]

45. Maybe she's saving it to show the dentist?

Look how much I've flossed! It is probably nothing, really. My daughter stashed shredded up paper (that she's shredded with her own hands), and other tidbits of trash.

[Bunny]

7. HAHAHAHAHA!

That's cute! My daughter once had a toenail collection, so I can relate! :crazy:

[okieinpain]

8. uh, it could be what I found in my son's room. so hush my friend and

be happy.

[notadmblnd]

26. yeah we don't want to talk about boys rooms..lol

I don't know how many times I've told him something was going to take up residence in there with him if he didn't clean it.

Well lo and behold my prophecy came to life. Last weekend he told me he had a bat somewhere in his room. I went in and I heard the squeaking and started moving things around. I tossed his bed pillows to the floor and the squeaking sound moved. Sure enough he had a bat in his pillowcase.

My son sleeps with the bats, why couldn't he just dance with wolves?

[okieinpain]

30. funny. now that's a male for you.

[Zuni]

9. at least she uses floss

she might grow up to be a mass killer, but at least she will have good teeth :P

[johnnie]

12. LOL

That's funny. I think it's great that she flosses though.
Is your daughter the one who cut her hair a few weeks ago? Or am I confused?

[JimmyJazz]

15. That's my other daughter who now gets called "little man" by little

old ladies! She's only four and can't understand why :D

[johnnie]

27. I have a feeling

That your home gets pretty interesting.

[caty]

41. My theory is,

if it's not dangerous, illegal, or immoral--don't worry about.:shrug:

[JimmyJazz]

42. I'm not really worried about it. But, I think my daughter should be

concerned that her mother uses her idiosyncrasies as fodder for laughs on DU :silly:

[redqueen]

13. Naaaah...

at least she's flossing! :thumbsup:

[tigereye]

18. I'd probably just ask her why first

kids have some interesting ideas.

[Taverner]

19. Why does this not surprise me?

[JimmyJazz]

22. shaddup - at least she doesn't like the Wiggles!

:P

[Taverner]

43. But Wiggles are GOOD

They are always happy, teach us to color co-ordinate their clothing and eat fruit salad..hahahahahahahaah :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

[ClintonTyree]

20. The only thing I'd be concerned with.....

is her spelling, but since I don't know her age I shouldn't even comment on that. You should be grateful she's flossing. Many, many kids don't and they and their parents will pay the price later.

I wouldn't say a word to her. She sounds like a great kid to me! ;)

[JimmyJazz]

24. I was a little disappointed in the spelling, too - but I'm not going

to correct her. Besides, she spelled "dental" correctly. And, she's 7 years old.

[asthmaticeog]

31. She's 7 and she flosses?

Man, she's fuckin' wierd. :crazy:

[JimmyJazz]

34. We are firm believers in good dental hygiene.

Is there a problem with that? :7 <---- see.

[bigwillq]

23. That's too funny!

At least she'll always have nice teeth!!:hi:

[AngryAmish]

29. Is she planning on breaking out?

With braided dental floss, shoe polish and some grit you can cut through steel bars.

[Kraklen]

35. As a child rearing expert, I advise you to:

Take the floss, stretch it out, and then use it to spell: "O.K.!"

[JimmyJazz]

36. But the note says "don't tuch"

:shrug:

[Kraklen]

37. Exactly.

[Missy M]

38. Maybe she plans on making a giant dental floss ball for the....

Guinness Book of World Records.

[noonwitch]

39. I think she's just messing with your head

I wouldn't worry too much. You can always ask her what that's about. It's not like it's a threatening topic.

[sundog]

40. only be concerned if she starts writing 'redrum' on the wall

:rofl:

too funny :P

[SarahB]

44. LOL!

My boys went through a "pet rock" phase a couple m onths back. :D

[Sparkle]

46. You should be worried. GWBush did that when he was a kid.

just kidding

[In_The_Wind]

47. the only thing I can say is ~ don't worry

looks innocent enough to me

[JimmyJazz]

48. I'm really just kidding about being worried.

Kids are pretty strange in general. I just thought it was a funny pic :D

[In_The_Wind]

50. it is funny ... I didn't really think you were worried

you're way too sharp to sweat the small stuff

[gollygee]

49. HAHA

that's a photo to keep on hand for the teenage years :D

[TK421]

51. I take it you haven't had "the talk" with her yet?

;)

[seemunkee]

52. Leave it

My daughter collected all kinds of things like that. If we touched it she would get very upset. Starting at about 4 she would fill her coat pockets with sticks and rocks. That didn't end until she was at least 10. At 16 she is finally coming out of her anxiety problems and just did a purge of her room.