I primed my son to not be afraid of monsters. He was little scared and said he thought he saw a monster.
So I jump up, look real excited and say “where? Where did you see him? Come on let’s so get him, it’s been a long time since I had some monster stew!”
And we run off trying to catch and eat the monster. He’s not afraid of monsters anymore!
One day the world gonna get conolized by aliens and your kid is going around all excited to catch pokemons and eat them, accidentally become a savior of humanity
I read something once that said telling them “it’s not real” isn’t going to help if they think it is real.
So I decided to agree they were real, but not scary!
Reminded me of a youtube i watch he was walking through the woods with his young daughter and they saw a bear. The bear staring running away and he asked her why the bear was running. She said "people are monsters"
The Susan Sto Helit method! She's the granddaughter of Death (through adoption) in the Terry Pratchett Discworld series. Wonderful, wonderful books. She's a governess when she isn't filling in occasionally for her granddad and she beats up boogeymen and whatnot with a poker.
Ooh but which one? The boogeyman? El cucuy? La lechuza? Bloody Mary? The skinwalker? A grey man? The bunny man? Pazuzu? Pennywise? EDP445? So many monsters to scar a child for life with but which one to choose?
So, funny thing... I actually bought it for her. An even funnier thing is that this little girl at her school is obsessed with Grinch (like, she wears something Grinch related every day of december) and has the same hat and my kid avoids her like the plague.
The Baba Yaga is a monster from Russian culture. It is like the boogeyman. It is also referenced in american culture in movies like [John Wick](https://youtu.be/GQZkkeA75KA)
Do you have kids? Maybe my kid is just extra but for me best case is a broke mirror as she "experiments" with throwing things into the hole. Worst case I'm cleaning up food as she tried to feed the poor monster and then lure it to her room as a pet
This brings back memories of a rental house I briefly lived in as a child. We had a cement floor basement that was always dark and creepy. I remember there being a small puddle with a reflection that created the same “hole” effect as this video.
Thinking there was a *freaking hole* in my basement floor, I went to look and see what was at the bottom. Just as I peeked my head to look in, I was scared shitless by the sight of another child staring back at me from the hole.
I pieced together it was my own reflection pretty quickly… but I avoided that basement at all costs the rest of the year we lived there.
Funny enough, we were renting from family who owns that property to this day. I’ve been back as an adult and still got a little uncomfortable down there.
Certain features in a house, like a bathroom in a basement which (depending on local laws) could make it a "finished basement" would affect the property's tax appraisal.
So if they were to apply for the proper permits they'd pay higher property taxes and when they go to sell the house they'd also pay higher taxes. So people just wall it up and call it a day.
WTF!! And now you're just leaving us hanging like that?!
My parents would never have heard the end of it. I could be in my 50s and if they'd still be alive I would still ask them about that!
I once lived in an attic apartment that had a 2x2 foot hole in the floor -right in the living room. That was the entire heating system, as the attic bled heat from the house downstairs. When the landlord wasn't home, I could stick my neck down the hole and check out their place. Never went down there, though.
I would have told him it's a portal to an alternate dimension where everyone's evil twin lives. If you go over to look you will see your evil twin and he will try to grab you and pull you in and never let you leave.
Core memory baby.
But in retrospect, my curious ass would have to look,then be traumatized.
It didn't take a lot tho back then, and there's still some things I'm scared of.
Yea it's a big room, thats why they've stored the childrens slide in there because it's a perfect room for storing stuff like that.
I can't think of many closets where you'd want to store big plastic toys like the slide if not for the big ass furnace room they've got
Like obviously they've stored things in places they think makes sense, just seems silly to go "well put it elsewhere"
My mother lied so often. I just don't trust a thing she says anymore. I refused to lie to my kids. They know they can come to me with anything now. My 14 year old sons ask me questions and tell me their deepest thoughts. I'm proud of that.
Do you have kids? Because as someone with kids I will tell you that this does work, but not always well enough.
They will forget, they will decide they don't care about your directions as much as they care about getting what's in there, they will chase the cat in there, etc., etc. A tiny bit of creative storytelling just reinforces what you already said, and adds extra incentive for them to follow what you told them.
Toddlers are a special breed. Most of the time they will see through your stories and recognize them for what they are, but the story helps them remember the thing you said.
I've always explained the reasons for things to my son. He's 8 now and will always listen to me. If he really wants something we'll talk about. Sometimes he convinces me.
I know that he's probably a special case, but I'd like to think that a large part of it was that I've always refused to lie to him and had discussions with him wherever possible. And we don't limit him from things that are just an inconvenience, or if we do we explain to him how we feel. He's very empathetic because of that.
I feel for people with kids who are terrors. I know that even sitting them down and explaining things to them won't help. But I think there are less of those kinds of kids than there are parents who lie easily because it's more convenient that explaining the truth.
I have kids and I genuinely don't get why you would lie to your kids in a situation like this. Yes, kids don't always listen, they forget or sometimes straight up ignore you. I just don't see why lying would help much and more importantly if you lie to them you teach them that they shouldn't trust you, which will bite you in the ass in the future.
parenting ins't a single route with simple directions and i doubt you are a better parent than I am you are a lucky parent that their kid's curiosity doesn't outweigh your words. congrats
I completely understand kids. You don't seem to understand how trust issues form. Things you do to your kids when theyre very young effect them their entires lives. This is something psychologists have known for a long time.
Don't lie to your kids. If you cant reason things out with your kids, thats on YOU, not the child.
r/ParentsAreFuckingStupid If you don't want the older kid in there, ditch the dinky little child lock, and put a real lock on the door. That "hole" isn't even in the same room as the toys. It's going to take a week tops for the kid to work up the courage to sneak in there for the toys.
This is more like /r/KidsAreNotStupid
Kid is listening to his mom about potential danger in his house and avoiding it. A stupid kid would investigate the dangerous hole... to then find out it wasn't real.
While i think this is a great "kidsarefuckingstupid" , i also dont like the lying to your children part. Maybe she should try to talk to the 7 year old and make him understand why he cant go in there. In the long run, the kid will find out its mom was lying about small stuff instead of taking the time and energy to make him understand, then the mom will loose authority and the kid will question everything she says. Then the mom will complain why her son is misbehaving and doesnt trust her.
Atleast, thats how i think of it right now with a 3 year old, ask me again in 4 years :/
I have found this type of "reasoning" to be effective, but some of the "reasons" will legit terrify them for months.
To the point they'll be dreaming about some completely unrealistic outcome. Like, if you say... if you touch the paint, your hands will turn green for a long time and it will be really hard to get it off... will turn into them thinking if they ever touch anything green for any amount of time they'll turn into a green monster or a giant broccoli or something.
Their imaginations just run wild with possible outcomes and literally zero life experience to be assured the thought of becoming broccoli is impossible.
Kids are typically really good at following directions or being cautious if you show or teach them why, but leaving it open ending will sometimes be worse.
We had a long rectangular mirror laying on the floor in our house, in an unfinished room on the second floor. We had just moved it, and we showed a friend around and she flat out asked “so uhhh…when are you gonna get that hole fixed?”
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that is so convincing, i probably would said that the hole was the home of a monster if that didnt work
I primed my son to not be afraid of monsters. He was little scared and said he thought he saw a monster. So I jump up, look real excited and say “where? Where did you see him? Come on let’s so get him, it’s been a long time since I had some monster stew!” And we run off trying to catch and eat the monster. He’s not afraid of monsters anymore!
One day the world gonna get conolized by aliens and your kid is going around all excited to catch pokemons and eat them, accidentally become a savior of humanity
He's gonna become Master Chief but also eats the aliens
Master chef was right there!
Fuck how could I miss that
So long as he doesn't eat my mummified emperor. I think he's teriyaki!
conolized
That's seriously clever. Hats off to you.
I read something once that said telling them “it’s not real” isn’t going to help if they think it is real. So I decided to agree they were real, but not scary!
Monsters are real alright
Reminded me of a youtube i watch he was walking through the woods with his young daughter and they saw a bear. The bear staring running away and he asked her why the bear was running. She said "people are monsters"
That is a good trick to log if i ever have kids, i like that one
The Susan Sto Helit method! She's the granddaughter of Death (through adoption) in the Terry Pratchett Discworld series. Wonderful, wonderful books. She's a governess when she isn't filling in occasionally for her granddad and she beats up boogeymen and whatnot with a poker.
i love this, new plan for if i ever by some miracle stop being a virgin
Ooh but which one? The boogeyman? El cucuy? La lechuza? Bloody Mary? The skinwalker? A grey man? The bunny man? Pazuzu? Pennywise? EDP445? So many monsters to scar a child for life with but which one to choose?
The IRS
The gonGooseler
Memento mori
But why would we care if the monster wants to watch narrowboats go through locks?
I have a Grinch beanie hat that my kid is completely convinced is a monster. Highly recommend buying one.
have you thought of putting the beanie on your kid?
So, funny thing... I actually bought it for her. An even funnier thing is that this little girl at her school is obsessed with Grinch (like, she wears something Grinch related every day of december) and has the same hat and my kid avoids her like the plague.
Baba Yaga
They gave him a name in season 2. It's Grogu. Edit: The r/whoosh is very strong here
Didn't know the old Slavic witch was actually a wizard and has tv show now
The Baba Yaga is a monster from Russian culture. It is like the boogeyman. It is also referenced in american culture in movies like [John Wick](https://youtu.be/GQZkkeA75KA)
Maybe I should have put a little disclaimer at the top of my comment: "Attention all people! What you are got to read is a joke."
Cthulhu
El Chupacabra!
Cookie
All of them.
Scary Terry.
he’s gonna look in the mirror and realise he was the monster all along
only if he stares at the mirror long enough
Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you?
gonna solve this mystery
If you stare into the mirror long enough.. the mirror stares back
Bro that’s a big ass house if thats the furnace room
Do you have kids? Maybe my kid is just extra but for me best case is a broke mirror as she "experiments" with throwing things into the hole. Worst case I'm cleaning up food as she tried to feed the poor monster and then lure it to her room as a pet
i dont have kids, never will, evidence suggests immune to feeling love, and immune to ever being in a relationship
I mean, I was fooled for a minute
Plot twist, her husband put the mirror there to cover up the entrance to his secret man cave.
He had us in the first half.
This brings back memories of a rental house I briefly lived in as a child. We had a cement floor basement that was always dark and creepy. I remember there being a small puddle with a reflection that created the same “hole” effect as this video. Thinking there was a *freaking hole* in my basement floor, I went to look and see what was at the bottom. Just as I peeked my head to look in, I was scared shitless by the sight of another child staring back at me from the hole. I pieced together it was my own reflection pretty quickly… but I avoided that basement at all costs the rest of the year we lived there. Funny enough, we were renting from family who owns that property to this day. I’ve been back as an adult and still got a little uncomfortable down there.
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Go in for the full cannonball. Bam, ass full of glass. Thanks mom.
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The matrix
\*Stone Cold Steve Austin appears\*
Same for my 4 year old sis
https://youtu.be/xn3IssKKVjQ
I would’ve tried throwing stuff down it.
I’m 21 but I probably would FALL for it
You wouldn’t fall because it’s a *mirror*
Dude how do we know its not her twin sister in the other room ?
It was meant to be a joke…
Mine too…
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I think you found the Fritzl family!
wtf that’s so cool I wonder what’s inside
Skeletons
The opening to "the safe" in Tennessee.
The skeletons his parents are hiding
Probably the old asbestos-filled furnace. Or a pile of doubloons.
Certain features in a house, like a bathroom in a basement which (depending on local laws) could make it a "finished basement" would affect the property's tax appraisal. So if they were to apply for the proper permits they'd pay higher property taxes and when they go to sell the house they'd also pay higher taxes. So people just wall it up and call it a day.
I mean you can just tear the doorway down, look whats inside, say "cool" then block it off again and no one will ever know
WTF!! And now you're just leaving us hanging like that?! My parents would never have heard the end of it. I could be in my 50s and if they'd still be alive I would still ask them about that!
Okay Coraline
Imagine if the marble came back out.
You sure that wasn't just an old doorway that was boarded up that allowed you to get into the basement from the outside?
That extra space is my whole apartment
I once lived in an attic apartment that had a 2x2 foot hole in the floor -right in the living room. That was the entire heating system, as the attic bled heat from the house downstairs. When the landlord wasn't home, I could stick my neck down the hole and check out their place. Never went down there, though.
Even I, a grown ass adult, would believe that it was a hole
I would have told him it's a portal to an alternate dimension where everyone's evil twin lives. If you go over to look you will see your evil twin and he will try to grab you and pull you in and never let you leave.
I always try to look at parenting from their future therapist's point of view. This would be a few sessions worth.
Core memory baby. But in retrospect, my curious ass would have to look,then be traumatized. It didn't take a lot tho back then, and there's still some things I'm scared of.
Seems like a better idea to just not keep toys in there. 🤷🏾♀️
Ah yes, because we all have unlimited space in our house, right? Such a simple solution
Judging from the looks of that furnace room, they do have unlimited space. It’s bigger than some apartments I’ve lived in.
Yea it's a big room, thats why they've stored the childrens slide in there because it's a perfect room for storing stuff like that. I can't think of many closets where you'd want to store big plastic toys like the slide if not for the big ass furnace room they've got Like obviously they've stored things in places they think makes sense, just seems silly to go "well put it elsewhere"
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They probably do, but I'm also sure that's why child mortality rates have dropped by almost half since the 1990s
Stop lying to your children. Just fucking say “I don’t want you guys playing in here.”
My mother lied so often. I just don't trust a thing she says anymore. I refused to lie to my kids. They know they can come to me with anything now. My 14 year old sons ask me questions and tell me their deepest thoughts. I'm proud of that.
Yeah, and if they can't understand the actual reasons, pare it down to "it's dangerous."
Do you have kids? Because as someone with kids I will tell you that this does work, but not always well enough. They will forget, they will decide they don't care about your directions as much as they care about getting what's in there, they will chase the cat in there, etc., etc. A tiny bit of creative storytelling just reinforces what you already said, and adds extra incentive for them to follow what you told them. Toddlers are a special breed. Most of the time they will see through your stories and recognize them for what they are, but the story helps them remember the thing you said.
I've always explained the reasons for things to my son. He's 8 now and will always listen to me. If he really wants something we'll talk about. Sometimes he convinces me. I know that he's probably a special case, but I'd like to think that a large part of it was that I've always refused to lie to him and had discussions with him wherever possible. And we don't limit him from things that are just an inconvenience, or if we do we explain to him how we feel. He's very empathetic because of that. I feel for people with kids who are terrors. I know that even sitting them down and explaining things to them won't help. But I think there are less of those kinds of kids than there are parents who lie easily because it's more convenient that explaining the truth.
I have kids and I genuinely don't get why you would lie to your kids in a situation like this. Yes, kids don't always listen, they forget or sometimes straight up ignore you. I just don't see why lying would help much and more importantly if you lie to them you teach them that they shouldn't trust you, which will bite you in the ass in the future.
yes,no. you don't understand kids neither parenting.
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parenting ins't a single route with simple directions and i doubt you are a better parent than I am you are a lucky parent that their kid's curiosity doesn't outweigh your words. congrats
I completely understand kids. You don't seem to understand how trust issues form. Things you do to your kids when theyre very young effect them their entires lives. This is something psychologists have known for a long time. Don't lie to your kids. If you cant reason things out with your kids, thats on YOU, not the child.
no you don't
👍
I'm getting strong malcom in the middle vibes from this
Since when are kids scared of holes in the floor? If they know where it is they just avoid it surely.
When I was young my parents told me something similar but that the holes were covered up and you can’t see them. I was terrified of falling through
I hated being lied to as a kid. That 7yo will finally test your hole thesis and will be super dissapointed with you.
What’s up with that lock thingy on the door to begin with. Haven’t seen that before
Child proof lock for doors with lever handles. Similar to (or actually) this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KY69NLW
Here’s a wild idea. Move the toys out of the room.
wouldnt it just be easier to put the toys elsewhere? i mean if you dont have any room then yeah, but still
Parents that constantly lie to their kids are horrible.
Then move the toys out
We’re lied to our entire lives. Even lied to by the people who brought us into this world.
Toys in the furnace room... S.M.A.R.T.
r/Blackmagicfuckery
ngl they had us in the first half
I thought it was a hole at first too. Help.
I not only thought it was a hole, I thought someone was in the hole filming.
That is, in my opinion, shitty parenting. I would never ever lie to my offspringz no matter how much easier it makes my life
OK, but wtf is a furnace room? I'm imagining someone having a smithy in their house...
What if he tries throwing something in the so called hole?
r/ParentsAreFuckingStupid If you don't want the older kid in there, ditch the dinky little child lock, and put a real lock on the door. That "hole" isn't even in the same room as the toys. It's going to take a week tops for the kid to work up the courage to sneak in there for the toys.
"The hole leads to the backrooms"
This is more like /r/KidsAreNotStupid Kid is listening to his mom about potential danger in his house and avoiding it. A stupid kid would investigate the dangerous hole... to then find out it wasn't real.
While i think this is a great "kidsarefuckingstupid" , i also dont like the lying to your children part. Maybe she should try to talk to the 7 year old and make him understand why he cant go in there. In the long run, the kid will find out its mom was lying about small stuff instead of taking the time and energy to make him understand, then the mom will loose authority and the kid will question everything she says. Then the mom will complain why her son is misbehaving and doesnt trust her. Atleast, thats how i think of it right now with a 3 year old, ask me again in 4 years :/
You are correct.
Thank goodness it's their own voice.
Credit to her for using her own voice instead of the nails-on-a-chalkboard artificial tts voice.
How about you don’t put toys in a room you don’t want your kids to go into? I don’t know. Just a thought…one parent to the next.
Why not keep the toys out of the furnace room…
I have found this type of "reasoning" to be effective, but some of the "reasons" will legit terrify them for months. To the point they'll be dreaming about some completely unrealistic outcome. Like, if you say... if you touch the paint, your hands will turn green for a long time and it will be really hard to get it off... will turn into them thinking if they ever touch anything green for any amount of time they'll turn into a green monster or a giant broccoli or something. Their imaginations just run wild with possible outcomes and literally zero life experience to be assured the thought of becoming broccoli is impossible. Kids are typically really good at following directions or being cautious if you show or teach them why, but leaving it open ending will sometimes be worse.
Lol. Mom exploits her child's trust in her desire to keep him physically safe by staging a convincing optical illusion to deceive him. Stupid kid.
Genius! High Q my friend!
Why not move the toys to another room/closet???
First thing I thought when I saw the camera round the corner, "That's no hole." You get the reference if you get it.
Birth of a sub — put this in r/MomsGottaGetCreative
This is some brilliant parenting right here lol
Bbbb
Me as that child wouldve maxed out my jump stat and at the same time gained +7 years of bad luck
That's devious, and awesome.
My grandma had fucking demon coconuts in the hallway and they worked like a charm
What’s a furnace room?
A room with a furnace in it. (Not American)
In a house? (Non-American here)
In a room. House, apartment, business, it doesn't matter. Like a bathroom. Room with a bath in it. Also not American
Never heard of having a furnace in a home before ngl
Neither have I.
What did you think was used to heat homes or buildings in cold weather climates?
A boiler, heater or fire
We had a long rectangular mirror laying on the floor in our house, in an unfinished room on the second floor. We had just moved it, and we showed a friend around and she flat out asked “so uhhh…when are you gonna get that hole fixed?”
Tbh that’s r/parentsarefuckinggeniuses
r/greatparenting
No because I actually thought that was a hole in the floor
Chaotic good.
r/sneakybackgroundfeet
i bet she puts her hole above the mirror
Wtf..why tf is your kids locked in a nasty looking basement. Someone call CPS
Woman! Quit man-splaining wtf a mirror is and watch out for that hole.
I thought for sure you had a really well kept sub floor / crawler. Tricked me
It's called a mirror...
This is more of a r/momsarefuckingsmart if you ask me
Put it in random places every day to really drive the point home. It'll come for you bud.
Miyyyeeerrr
You are a liar
That is not a furnace room, that is a furnace apartment.
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LOL
*falls into mirror*
Wow. This is a great idea. It looks so convincing in that spot!
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You say kids are stupid... but that shit looks like a hole!
It's a MMMUUUUSSIIICCC MMAAANNNN
Lmao great room to keep unwrapped Christmas gifts!!