18SOL24: asshole parent

Am I an asshole parent? If you ask my kids, they would say yes. Want to know why? Let me list some of the most common ways.

  • I only played 100 games of Skipbo and Go Fish and Spot It.
  • I made him mac & cheese. He wanted mac & cheese.
  • He’s hungry even though I just game him lunch.
  • I will not let him punch me because he can ruin the card game I’m playing with McKenna.
  • I cannot make his iPad charge faster.
  • The iPad charger doesn’t reach to the couch.
  • Her brothers are crying.
  • He pooped.
  • She’s cold but won’t put on more clothes.
  • I let him have too much Minecraft game.
  • I don’t know what a Minecraft Creeper is.
  • I won’t let him talk to strangers on the internet while playing Minecraft.
  • I won’t let him go outside to play with flip-flops when it’s 50*.
  • I told him to put on pants.
  • I told her to put on pants.
  • I can’t read his mind.
  • He was the game of Go Fish.
  • The got the whole day to play.
  • He doesn’t have a Taekwondo white belt.
  • Her brother doesn’t know how to spell.
  • It’s not summer time.
  • We are not saving any daylight in daylight savings time.
  • Dad is sick.
  • The cleaning lady is coming tomorrow.
  • They have too many toys.
  • The Leprechaun brought the wrong kind of treat.
  • I made them pretzels with cheese for lunch.
  • The cheese/caramel popcorn had caramel popcorn in it.
  • I only gave him 2 cinnamon rolls.
  • I don’t know how to spell…innavoker?
  • Taylor Swift cannot go outside with him.
  • I told him he was a fast runner.
  • I won’t let her stay up well past her bedtime to make paper rings—proof in this one down below.
I mean…pure asshole

So the question is…are you an asshole parent, too? Tell us all about it.

I am writing for the 17th annual Slice of Life challenge presented by Two Writing Teachers.

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