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Cake day: September 21st, 2024
  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.world•*Crrreeeak*
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    2 days ago

    my grandmother put out a dish of radiator coolant for them.

    they loved it for the rest of their lives.

    then her house smelled like death for like a year.

    edit: just like to add that this was probably 40 years ago. squirrels are rodents that carry disease and other pests that can cause disease (looking at you yersinia pestis). old timers didn’t fuck around and took immediate action to solve their problems. you don’t have to like it, but you have to accept that it was effective.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•We try to teach our kids to be honest and not to lie, but I don't think we'd like what we'd get if children were always completely honest.
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    3 days ago

    I tell my kids what I was told.

    If you tell me the truth now I won’t be as mad if I find out you lied to me later.

    for example. my kids have limited access to YouTube. it’s on an old phone that’s in my bedroom on a charger. my eldest snuck in and took the phone for several hours. when I caught him he didn’t hide it and fessed up immediately. I calmly told him I was disappointed that he did it and not to do it again. I thanked him for being honest and upfront with me though and praised him for not hiding it from me because I would have found out eventually.

    not in trouble outside of a light scolding, but had he lied and attempted to hide it he would have lost YouTube privileges for a month.

    kids don’t care, it’s our job as their guardian to teach them why they should care. sometimes it’s as simple as “building trust” between individuals, other times it’s as complex as following unspoken social rules. still, that responsibility falls on us, not them.