tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246583228211437181.post8991557735799092142..comments2023-11-05T03:34:48.595-05:00Comments on MidLifeMama - A Change of Life: The Three Stooges Gene effectmkosbothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07695855964895496627noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246583228211437181.post-68685913455204391742009-03-04T10:06:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:06:00.000-05:00I think a lot of those movies were made to appeal ...I think a lot of those movies were made to appeal primarily to the parents, so they would be able to bear taking the kids to the movie.<BR/>The dads always get a kick out of slapstick.witchypoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283731244654558458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246583228211437181.post-61805735374772780912009-02-28T07:03:00.000-05:002009-02-28T07:03:00.000-05:00We are way past the object permanence stage. He to...We are way past the object permanence stage. He totally gets we exist even if he cannot see us. He has begun to pretend A LOT which is normal for this age. He even practices crying, laughing and falling down in the mirror. He may well be the Chevy Chase of his generation and as long as that means he can take care of his parents in their dotage, I can get behind that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246583228211437181.post-43443268714216067672009-02-27T16:37:00.000-05:002009-02-27T16:37:00.000-05:00Yeah, there is a boy/slapstick thing. Axel thinks...Yeah, there is a boy/slapstick thing. Axel thinks falling down and hitting are hilarious, and he's never even seen Madagascar so, unfortunately, I can't blame the penguins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246583228211437181.post-63019914453407473752009-02-26T23:50:00.000-05:002009-02-26T23:50:00.000-05:00I never thought the Stooges were funny. Bug Bunny ...I never thought the Stooges were funny. Bug Bunny and the vintage Looney Tunes - BAH-RILLIANT! However, I do not recall attempting to whang anyone over the noggin with an anvil or tying a double barrel shotgun in a knot.<BR/><BR/>However, the idea of reality for a 2 yr old is plastic at best. Viscous and fluid is probably better. The repercussions of smacking some one are usually quite different in real life than in any animated flick. If Coop saw his Dad over-react (get sad, scared, cry etc etc) to the slap I'm betting the little man'd fall apart trying to make Daddy feel better and in his lil'spiffy mind feel badly. He's beginning to realize he can affect the world outside of himself and not just have it affect him. The world, however, is not different from him. None of us really exist as individuals separate from him (Object permanence, psych 101, Mommy can't be seen = Mommy no longer exists = AAAAAAAAGH!). Same thing with smack = sad in Mommy/Daddy whom are EVERYTHING in my world.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, correctly channeled, you can build the next Chevy Chase (SNL Chevy, not post-SNL... well, maybe Fletch Chevy, but not Vacation Chevy).Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847646617121594534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246583228211437181.post-10459671875932258132009-02-26T15:00:00.000-05:002009-02-26T15:00:00.000-05:00Hey, I’m with you. Slap stick sent parenting back...Hey, I’m with you. Slap stick sent parenting back 1000 years. <BR/><BR/>My parents thought that it was funny and my mom and my aunts use to pop us around for grin-grins. It’s humiliating. My little sister started that same thing with her children and I jumped in with both feet and gave advice whether she wanted it or not. No slapping or jerking kids in public, remember, you’re smarter than they are.<BR/><BR/>In a restaurant a friend of mine met me for lunch with my niece and her daughter. In the middle of lunch my friends little girl loads up her straw with coke and turns to her mother and blasts her in the face with it and laughed – to show off to my niece. I lost it. I got up, grabbed the little girl by the arm and dang near dragged her on her heals outside in the parking lot and let her have it with words. (The three second, I’m going to kill you for doing that drill). Then I said, “You go back in there after washing your face in the restroom, she was crying, I’ll wait, and then apologize to your mother.” She did. I could have just reached across the table and knocked her on her little fanny. Not my kid I realize, but mom seemed it was actually a good thing. <BR/><BR/>Smacking in the face makes kids head shy. I can’t remember the last time I got smacked in the face but that is a sure way of collecting a knuckle sandwich from me.<BR/><BR/>Spanking my Little Woman around the room on her fanny doesn't count - especially if we're laughing. it a cute little thing we do together, but never in front of the dog or cats or ducks. :)Audubon Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416502283861536402noreply@blogger.com