#messagewithabottle

[realchrisilluminati]

To be honest, I don't like it either.⁣ ⁣ --⁣ ⁣ #kids #parenting #freshshave #face #me #notes #messagewithabottle https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JDDHHgua4/?igshid=onms0mtmg39c

[realchrisilluminati]

#parenting #family #parentinglife #fatherhood #notes #messagewithabottle #fathersofinstagram #dads #dadsofinstagram #lifewithkids #notes https://www.instagram.com/p/B52mNHjAHtp/?igshid=12v4nl0wlam9p

[realchrisilluminati]

Even if we went out, we'd eventually just want to be home. ⁣ ⁣ --⁣ ⁣ #parenting #family #parentinglife #fatherhood #notes #messagewithabottle #fathersofinstagram #dads #dadsofinstagram #goingout https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GX_ZMgrbF/?igshid=86v3nn0rfmre

[realchrisilluminati]

#parenting #family #parentinglife #fatherhood #notes #messagewithabottle #fathersofinstagram #dads #dadsofinstagram #lifewithkids #notes #time #freetime #legos #lego https://www.instagram.com/p/B606p2YgZBT/?igshid=vg0wifjg8tza

[realchrisilluminati]

Know the difference.⁣ ⁣ If you like this note, please tag others.⁣ ☺️ ⁣ Thx⁣ ⁣ ---⁣ ⁣ #parenting #family #parentinglife #fatherhood #notes #messagewithabottle #fathersofinstagram #dads #dadsofinstagram #lifewithkids #notes https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BBVx5AaeS/?igshid=hkhwu4sloqyt

[realchrisilluminati]

Never has a nickname been so true. ⁣ ⁣ --⁣ ⁣ #artsandcrafts #glittersucks #parenting #family #parentinglife #fatherhood #notes #messagewithabottle #fathersofinstagram #dads #dadsofinstagram #lifewithkids #notes https://www.instagram.com/p/B6YVv81AINm/?igshid=ai4zhs0c709i

[realchrisilluminati]

I want to say that, deep down, I kinda like it when my kids push certain boundaries. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ But that would be a lie. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ It's not deep down. It's on the surface level.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I never pushed. I was a good kid. I did as I was told. I never intentionally caused a problem for anyone. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Show me the famous biography that begins with "he did everything that people told him." ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ There's a Kanye West interview where he discusses parenting and how it relates to creativity. He gives this example about a toddler climbing and standing on a coffee table and being told it's wrong. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ His question - "who says it's wrong?" ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Standing on a coffee table is dangerous, people say. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ But the kid could crawl under the table, jump up quick, and smash his head. A hot drink could fall over, through no fault of the child's, and burn a kid mindless playing next to the table. Kids could trip and smash their face on it, run into it by mistake, or fall face-first into while playing on the couch. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Wait. I've got it. Let's f*cking ban coffee tables. Banish coffee tables. Persona non grata along with dodgeball, specific books, and hugging. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Now that the danger is gone and we're all once again safe, was the act ever "wrong"? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ If it brings the child immense joy, screw it, let him or her climb. One ascent onto an Ikea table could lead to a backyard wall, an indoor facility, and eventually El Capitan. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I don't want mindlessly obedient and vanilla kids. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I just want them to hang up their jacket, so I don't have to ask for the hundredth time.⁣ ⁣ --⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #parenting #family #parentinglife #fatherhood #notes #messagewithabottle #fathersofinstagram #dads #dadsofinstagram #advice #inspiration #lifewithkids⁣ https://www.instagram.com/p/B5VhnOPAaww/?igshid=1a6qdfiiiyth2

[realchrisilluminati]

For the first couple of years in my role as a human suddenly in charge of younger humans, I was good at holding in curse words. ⁣ ⁣ I’m not that great anymore. ⁣ ⁣ I blame the kids. They do more things that require cursing. ⁣ ⁣ I’ll give an example. Yesterday, running late for school, we’re hurrying to the car, and the 9-year-old just stops and stares into the distance. You know the joke about ADHD people where they’re saying something important and then cut themselves off and yell “SQUIRREL!” and run away. I honestly believe he was staring at a squirrel because there was NOTHING else around. ⁣ ⁣ If we weren’t in a hurry, I’d go, “Hey bud, what are you looking at?” but knowing we’re late, I ask, “What the shit are you doing?!?” ⁣ ⁣ I know the F-word fits better in that statement, but I save that curse for special occasions. ⁣ ⁣ The kid snaps out of the gaze and hustles to the car. ⁣ ⁣ The 6 y.o. is in the backseat already, but not buckled in, she’s on the floor suddenly fascinated by the markers that have been rolling around under her feet for months. ⁣ ⁣ “What the shit are YOU doing?!?” ⁣ ⁣ The kids both laugh at the question. ⁣ ⁣ They laugh when I curse. Probably because it doesn’t happen too often. ⁣ ⁣ Only during random marker inspections and impromptu squirrel watching. ⁣ ⁣ Except it’s not always a squirrel or markers. It’s whenever they’re not doing what I need them to be doing. ⁣ ⁣ Which, now that I think about it, is all the fucking time. ⁣ ⁣ --⁣ #parenting #family #parentinglife #fatherhood #notes #messagewithabottle #fathersofinstagram #dads #dadsofinstagram #lifewithkids #notes #runninglate #cursing https://www.instagram.com/p/B5st0iAgKTj/?igshid=1qaw55r2fi7zg