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Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 ya ortta hide and watch what Grumpy (me) teaches the grandson along with what I have already tuaght him CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Grandads are there to teach the grandkids about the sorts of mischief that they haven’t thought of yet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Grandads are there to teach the grandkids about... Everything. Especially all the things mom and dad don't think they should know about or be doing. I have three grandsons. A one year old - Parker, six year old - Brady and a twelve year old - Lucas. Lucas had a bully at school. I asked him if he had reported it to his teacher - he said, "yes, but until they catch him bullying; all they will do is talk to him". Then, me being me, I asked him why he didn't just punch him in the face. He explained to me that his school has a "zero tolerance" policy - so no matter who starts it; if there is a physical conflict - both students get punished or expelled. "Might be worth it" I say to him. But he attends a "special magnet school" with an advanced curriculum that he had to apply to and get accepted, "Grandpa Dan, I don't want to get kicked out - sometimes they don't let you come back and I'd have to go to the regular school". Hmmmm Here, do this. I take his hand and show him how to encircle my thumb and bend it backwards. I show him how far it bends easily and at what point it will "pop". I tell him, "To anyone watching - it looks like you're just shaking hands. He will be focused on the pain and very receptive to anything you say; just to get you to stop bending it. Inform him the next time you have to talk to him - there will be consequences. Be cool - Drop his hand and walk away". Grandma (Painted Lady) usually picks him up from school - but next day I decide I will just to hear if anything happened. He jumps in the car and sure enough - the kid tried something; Lucas responded exactly as I told him and the kid went away. All fine and dandy. Except a few weeks later - I'm picking up Lucas - Painted Lady is picking up the Brady (magnet school is across town from our sons house; so sometimes we make separate runs). We get to the house; I'm bouncing the one year old on my knee when I hear the words "...will be consequences and then he started crying. Just like you said", but this is my younger grandson, Brady relaying a story to Lucas. And I am not the only one to hear this. My son and his wife perk up and ask, "Who was crying?" Brady then tells a story and says there was a kid picking on him and that Lucas had shown him how to "almost break his thumb" to make him stop. His mom and dad in almost perfect unison to Lucas - Where did you learn this? Without missing a beat - points at me with a huge smile, "Grandpa Dan showed me". So I taught him the defensive move; but I forgot to teach him about denying everything when questioned. He still has so much more to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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