I'm trying not to be a pain in the a$$, but why, oh why does my daughter

[ScreamingMeemie]

have to play her stereo directly above my head and stomp around to it??? Eeek! Can't she see I'm trying to concentrate here? :shrug:

I'm really not wanting to be screaming, shouting, "turn that damned thing off" Mom, but the bass is so...so...bassy on this particular song.

[ret5hd]

1. because you did it to your mom...

as i did mine.

[RogueTrooper]

5. And as your grand daughter will do to her someday too

It is the circle of life :evilgrin:

[MissMillie]

2. can she adjust the bass?

I had a neighbor who didn't play his music particularly loud, but the had the bass set on super high. Used to drive me NUTS!

on edit: maybe she needs some headphones w/ a long cord....

[Napoleon Dynamite]

3. I don't know if this will work with your daughter, but

I have been told to teach my cat to stay off stuff by squirting him with a water gun. I haven't done that yet, since I can't stand the thought of annoying my precious kitty, but maybe you could try it with your daughter. Just throw the door open and squirt her until she stops dancing. Then turn down the stereo. If she does it again, squirt her until she makes the connection between dancing and the water gun.

Hope this helps.



I'm a hopeless smart ass. I hope this comes across OK on the Internet.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. !

:spray: Oh God, that's the funniest thing I've read all morning. :rofl:

[Napoleon Dynamite]

12. I'm glad you took it the right way

I knew you weren't really grumpy!

[Love Bug]

19. Hey, Napoleon -- got any tots?

[Napoleon Dynamite]

21. Get your own tots!

[LincolnMcGrath]

8. That is funny!

:rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

25. You need to write a book on parenting

[Napoleon Dynamite]

34. Thanks, I'll consider it

I'll devote a chapter to whether or not it is appropriate to use a leash on a child at the supermarket. Surely you have seen them.

http://harness.coolfreepages.com/Leash+Child/wristrein.jpg

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Seen them? My parents had one for me when I was little...

Didn't use it often, but they still had it.

[Napoleon Dynamite]

40. and how did you like being tethered to them?

[ghostsofgiants]

46. Like I said, they rarely used it..

So I don't exactly remember how I felt about it. I just remember them having one.

[liberalitch]

42. cousin pete was so hyper he used to pull the grocery cart..

with three of us in it.....
my aunt meme would just tie him to the front and off we'd go....
Sometimes.... after some chocolate.... she could even stand on the back!

He's an FBI behavioralist now!

[liberalitch]

31. are you available for children's parties?

[Napoleon Dynamite]

33. for the right fee, I could be

I get a lot of competition from Lisa Whelchel, with her hot saucing techniques and using clothes pins on children. My way is more fun though.

[liberalitch]

41. Occasionally I'll put a sock over my stepson's head....

or some tape on his foot..... for my own gratification.

[Napoleon Dynamite]

43. and does he react like a cat?

and try backing up continuously thinking he can just back out of the sock? Does he keep picking his feet up and putting them down over and over since there is tape on them?

[liberalitch]

45. why do it otherwise?

[Patiod]

35. In my house, that results in angry, wet, still-misbehaving cat

I'm thinking you'll end up with an angry wet teenager!!!

/yes, I understand ND's post was a joke

[blondeatlast]

44. LOL!

That's a good one. :rofl:

[LincolnMcGrath]

4. That is when you know you're an adult.

I am sure your parents were none to happy when you were jammin "Wake me up before you gogo."


lol

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. Ha! How did you know that?

;)

[LincolnMcGrath]

15. You know you had the Wham poster on your wall!

Don't deny it.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Okay...okay...I had about 30 of them. Cut out from fan magazines

with a small part of the wall next to the closet reserved for Duran2. Don't tell anyone. Shhhhh.

[LincolnMcGrath]

27. I knew it!

Every girl I knew liked at least one of the guys in D D.

P.S. Don't let any of the guys on DU know that I thought D D was kinda cool myself. If a story like that got out, it could ruin me.

[greekspeak]

6. Well, you are her mother. Why don't you tell her to turn it down or take

it away from her? Sorry if that sounds brusk, but my parents managed to raise a sociopath--they refused to correct my sister and now she is headed down the road to a miserable life.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Oh believe me, my kids get corrected. Let's not turn an innocuous

thread into a flame war. This is one of those "pick your battles" instances.

[greekspeak]

30. Not trying to turn it into a flame war.

When I was growing up, I would never have dared turn the radio up to the point where my parents could hear it, much less have it drive them crazy. I would have been grounded for it, and so would my stepbrothers, since we all got punished as a package deal. Sister had different rules, as stepmother wanted little girls. Strict, yes. Too strict. But simply "turn it down or lose it" is not that strict.

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. I think our system works. I've got two kids who have never lied

to me, have never gotten into trouble at school and have managed to get good grades. Turn it down or lose it (and she's lost it) is strict enough for me.

[progmom]

9. yes - go tell her she's ruining your DU time!

:P

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Actually, I should be getting ready for lunch anyway!!!

:bounce:

[bigwillq]

14. Hey, Miz G, you're getting old!

:D HAHA!

What song is it???:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I can't tell...all I can hear is the bass.

:)

[bigwillq]

24. Did you say anything to her?

If you ask nicely, I'm sure she wouldn't mind turning it down a tad.
What about when you go for lunch? Is she staying home?
If so, tell her she can blast it all she wants for the time you're gone.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. 52 times this past month...It gets tiresome.

MrG usually just takes it away...He's got a lower thresh hold than I.

[bigwillq]

29. LOL! 52 times.

That's a tough situation with how to handle it. I was always guilty of playing my music too loud and my folks just said "Lower it" and I would get pissed but I would just lower it. As long as I could keep listening to my music, I didn't mind that I had to turn it down.

Geez, if they took my radio away I would totally turn it down the next time they asked.

Geez, what kind of child are you raising????!!!!!!:D

[SOteric]

16. Hrm. Interesting.

I grew up with 4 brothers in a small flat in San Francisco's North Beach. My dad set marks in ink on the stereo between which volumes we were permited to play the equipment. Anything below was consider a waste of the money and energy necessary to run the stereo and anything above was a nuisance to the household and the neighbourhood. Violators were quietly fined from our allowance.

There was grumbling, but very few repeat violations.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. MrG did something like that. He carved a mark on the stereo.

She attempts to "push it" all the time by moving it up in miniscule increments. The punishment here is saying "bye" to the stereo until further notice. Funny how parenting styles can be so close. :hi:

[Yavin4]

22. Somebody Is Getting Old

Easy. You were young once.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Hey!

I've got Eminem in my player...I just don't play him that loud...or bassy. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Just ask her nicely to turn it down...she'll probably listen

And maybe you might want to consider getting her some cordless headphones (or at least headphones with a long cord, like someone suggested above).

[northzax]

32. wait until she leaves

go into the CD player and figure out what she was playing. Go get that CD, and play it loudly when she gets home. play it in the car, bop around and dance to it, learn the words. she'll hate it. And make sure, if you ever pick her up with her friends? play the song and sing along. She'll be playing soft jazz before you know it.

repeat with every other song she plays too loudly. nothing is worse than having your parents like your music/toys.

This worked for my mother last year, she had kids in her class (high school) who would try to get away with their iPods during assemblies, lectures and the like. Then I bought her one. Nothing makes something less cool than your teacher using it.

[Wapsie B]

36. Hold on a minute!

What did you do with my daughter? Return her at once! ;-)

[izzie]

37. Just learn to shut it out. It is really easy

I had 4 of the things running over my head at one time and I learned to just not hear them. People had to call me from next door as I really just turned then off in my mind.

[suigeneris]

47. In college I learned to concentrate with a cacophony

going on around me and it's been a skill I've enjoyed life long. Work at it :D