This Is How I imagine Maddog's Style of parenting. Full of happiness, joy, laughter, silliness and most of all love. Am sure he will appreciate

A father and daughter play the cutest game of rock, paper, scissors.



https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-videos/8871/Dad-And-Daughter-Play-Rock-Paper-Scissors-With-A-Twist

I'll watch this in a bit. I'm at the office.

Yes, I was the silly dad that my kids appreciated as well as other kids. I coached sports and could be hard ass but in the end, I wanted to make sure my kids and all kids laughed a lot.

I like to think my parenting style is similar. I'm quite apt to do the school run and say, "Okay, we're playing the Good Morning game today -- everyone we see, we have to tell them "good morning."

The look on my stepdaughter's face, trying to stifle laughter, as we keep trying to act normal as we tell a dozen different people "good morning" is worth more than all the money in the world.

Ben Reilly wrote:I like to think my parenting style is similar. I'm quite apt to do the school run and say, "Okay, we're playing the Good Morning game today -- everyone we see, we have to tell them "good morning."

The look on my stepdaughter's face, trying to stifle laughter, as we keep trying to act normal as we tell a dozen different people "good morning" is worth more than all the money in the world.

+1

Thorin wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:I like to think my parenting style is similar. I'm quite apt to do the school run and say, "Okay, we're playing the Good Morning game today -- everyone we see, we have to tell them "good morning."

The look on my stepdaughter's face, trying to stifle laughter, as we keep trying to act normal as we tell a dozen different people "good morning" is worth more than all the money in the world.

+1

Yeah, they’re like a couple of weird kids who laugh at weird shit in a weird way.

For you, Ben Reilly

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:I like to think my parenting style is similar. I'm quite apt to do the school run and say, "Okay, we're playing the Good Morning game today -- everyone we see, we have to tell them "good morning."

The look on my stepdaughter's face, trying to stifle laughter, as we keep trying to act normal as we tell a dozen different people "good morning" is worth more than all the money in the world.

+1

Yeah, they’re like a couple of weird kids who laugh at weird shit in a weird way.

It's so strange and wonderful, finding this deep bond with a girl who isn't my biological daughter. And it's just more proof to me that I'm where I'm meant to be.

I can be the dad, telling her she has to do something she wants to do. I can hear her moan and respect it, and still know that she'll do what I've told her to do, because she respects me in her own way. I don't want her to ever move from respect to fear -- to stifle herself, because I don't want her to do that with anybody.

And then she can be the little girl I would have been friends with at her age, and we can just play and leave one another in absolute stitches, laughing until we've lost our breath.

I didn't even know her three years ago, and now I'd jump in front of a bullet to save her life. It blows my mind how this could happen. And at the same time, it's completely natural and just feels right.

eddie wrote:For you, Ben Reilly

And that's another thing that makes me feel like I'm right where I should be -- and extraordinarily lucky, too.

I love you so much.

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:


+1

Yeah, they’re like a couple of weird kids who laugh at weird shit in a weird way.

But very much so weirdly cute and adorable

It sounds to me Ben and your daughter have their very own special world together. Where they are both silly together

Its extremely sweet and cute

Sounds like Ben has taken to parenting as quickly and easily, as Mozart took to music

Thorin wrote:

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:


+1

Yeah, they’re like a couple of weird kids who laugh at weird shit in a weird way.

But very much so weirdly cute and adorable

It sounds to me Ben and your daughter have their very own special world together. Where they  are both silly together

Its extremely sweet and cute

Sounds like Ben has taken to parenting as quickly and easily, as Mozart took to music

Yeah, he’s really good with kids actually. He has a lot of patience and also loves teaching. My daughter is a little quirky and creative so he really gets her.
He’s also really good at remembering she loves her dad. He bought a film for both her and her dad to watch together when she stayed over at her dads on Wednesday night.

I thought that was really thoughtful.

I don't think I'm any kind of genius at parenting, but I do take it really seriously and I will credit myself for giving it a lot of thought, honest thought, as to what I was getting into when I entered my stepdaughter's life. I always have in mind the fact that everything I do is going to teach her something.

But eddie is my parenting mentor, and every time she tells me I'm good at it, I feel like Mozart just told me he really likes a song that I wrote. She has a preternatural feel for what children need in the moment, and because of this, she can go from telling our kids off to cuddling them in a very natural way that teaches them how people can be different in different circumstances and even moods.

Both my stepson and stepdaughter have a seemingly innate sensitivity to the truth of any situation they find themselves in, a deep understanding of reality and human nature, that in reality is something eddie cultivated quite carefully through their lives. She is an amazing mother, and the saddest thing for me is to see her worry over whether she's good enough at it.

That is the true measure, in my opinion, of a person who is absolutely brilliant at something -- you watch them and what they do looks like magic, yet they question whether they've done well enough. Because they truly understand what they're doing.

I'm very lucky that eddie is so good at this, because I can simply watch her and pick up so many things that keep me from fucking it up on my end.

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:

But very much so weirdly cute and adorable

It sounds to me Ben and your daughter have their very own special world together. Where they  are both silly together

Its extremely sweet and cute

Sounds like Ben has taken to parenting as quickly and easily, as Mozart took to music

Yeah, he’s really good with kids actually. He has a lot of patience and also loves teaching. My daughter is a little quirky and creative so he really gets her.
He’s also really good at remembering she loves her dad. He bought a film for both her and her dad to watch together when she stayed over at her dads on Wednesday night.

I thought that was really thoughtful.

Thoughtful, with your daughters best interest at heart. That he understands her bio father is important for her well being and growth.

That is someone 100% committed to being a parent and from a position where they have had to adopt that role.

Those are fine qualities for a person and for that I applaud Ben

It also inherently proves his undying love for you Eddie.

Stay gold the pair of you

Ben Reilly wrote:I don't think I'm any kind of genius at parenting, but I do take it really seriously and I will credit myself for giving it a lot of thought, honest thought, as to what I was getting into when I entered my stepdaughter's life. I always have in mind the fact that everything I do is going to teach her something.

But eddie is my parenting mentor, and every time she tells me I'm good at it, I feel like Mozart just told me he really likes a song that I wrote. She has a preternatural feel for what children need in the moment, and because of this, she can go from telling our kids off to cuddling them in a very natural way that teaches them how people can be different in different circumstances and even moods.

Both my stepson and stepdaughter have a seemingly innate sensitivity to the truth of any situation they find themselves in, a deep understanding of reality and human nature, that in reality is something eddie cultivated quite carefully through their lives. She is an amazing mother, and the saddest thing for me is to see her worry over whether she's good enough at it.

That is the true measure, in my opinion, of a person who is absolutely brilliant at something -- you watch them and what they do looks like magic, yet they question whether they've done well enough. Because they truly understand what they're doing.

I'm very lucky that eddie is so good at this, because I can simply watch her and pick up so many things that keep me from fucking it up on my end.

I’m okay at parenting. I never feel good enough, but I do know that I always try and teach them independence and allow them to find their own truth.

Okay feel like we’ve taken over Maddog’s thread somewhat.

I believe didge started the thread.

Eddie, you're a brilliant parent. I've never seen anyone who is nearly as good at it as you. And like I said, your insecurity about it only proves how seriously you take that job.

And I love that about you. You see what is really the most important job you have, and you make that the most important thing in your life.

The worst thing that a parent can do (outside of criminal acts against their kids, obviously) is be neglectful, and you never let your children be neglected. You can be hard on them at times, but only when you know it's what they need. And it seems like magic to me, because I don't have that ability to sense as acutely as you do when they need to be treated this way or that way. You just always seem to know.

Thank you. I never lie to them, either with words or mood. I think that’s important.