Comments on: Enough of this ‘parenting’ nonsense — raise your kids on lies!

By: little Ru

little Ru — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:56:33 +0000

ha ha! my mom would always tell me that children melt in town and that was her excuse not taking me shopping with her. and i beleived her for so long! she had some peaceful shopping moments.

By: MLH

MLH — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:38:06 +0000

Loved it! A man after my own heart…
Not that I lied or fibbed much, of course, but we both definitely knew who was boss.
I told him if he learnt to cope with me, he’d easily cope with everyone else; it worked!
Today, he cracks up when I asked little children who bother me: ‘Did your mother never teach you not to speak to stangers?’

By: Gavin Foster

Gavin Foster — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:33:54 +0000

@ Firefly
God, I hope not. What a failure that would be..
Good luck with your brood

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By: Sipho Hlongwane

Sipho Hlongwane — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:08:58 +0000

Very entertaining.

Some of the best memories I have as a kid were adults feeding me a line of fibs.

By: radiodave

radiodave — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:41:54 +0000

hilarious. nice one!

By: Vrye Denker

Vrye Denker — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:27:24 +0000

I LOL’ed.

“I reckon her solid understanding of how much men detest unsolicited advice from females will stand her in good stead in adult life. ”

Solid Gold.

By: RandomNumberZero

RandomNumberZero — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:50:41 +0000

Heheheheheeee!

By: NCUM

NCUM — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:05:52 +0000

Very funny,until I was 12yrs old my aunt would send me to get something when she wanted to gossip with my mother,she would tell me that she is going to write every tidbit on the wall,this would take me quickly out of the room in anticipation of all the mgosi that would be waiting for me.It still cracks me up even now to think how I used to believe every excuse she came up with,and time and time again I would expect mgosi on the wall.

By: chez

chez — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:23:51 +0000

Ha ha, wonderful article amongst all the gloom and doom. I told my kids that the car wouldn’t go if their seatbelts weren’t on and they believed it for a surprisingly long time. Thanks for the laugh, kids need to know that the world does not revolve around them and too may books place kids at the top of the totem pole. I have often told mine that our home is a dictatorship and not a democracy. Hey they learnt some politics as well!!