What's in YOUR drain today?

This is what was in mine.

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You should shower more often.

I'll be showering for longer starting today now that my drain wont back up and overflow. :D

ZenGum;770831 wrote:

You should shower more often.

Or, install a garbage disposal / sump grinder in the shower.

I think ww use the word 'drain' differently. I'm thinking what you call a drain is what we call a gutter or culvert.

Well it's still on our property. I'll take a picture of it if you need. Maybe that will help with understanding?

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I am more confused now that you posted a photo..:eyebrow:

Open drain ????
Guess its an Aussie thing !!

I would say that you are presenting evidence that you have or have had a toddler who has learned that things can go inside other things.

There's actually a black grate over the top. I know it looks like a black hole, but it's not.

100% correct wolf. ;)

wolf;771003 wrote:

I would say that you are presenting evidence that you have or have had a toddler who has learned that things can go inside other things.

Maybe you need to move his water bowl away from the drain.

haha...nice one HLJ. Those water bowls get moved all over. Sometimes they get filled up with dirt, and sometimes they get filled up with water from the dogs water bucket (the puple one) and then emptied onto the plants.

Max is big on gardening. Not so great when he goes solo at times, but he's learning, and it's good that he's interested I guess.

Aliantha;771191 wrote:

haha...nice one HLJ. Those water bowls get moved all over. Sometimes they get filled up with dirt, and sometimes they get filled up with water from the dogs water bucket (the puple one) and then emptied onto the plants.

Max is big on gardening. Not so great when he goes solo at times, but he's learning, and it's good that he's interested I guess.

It's very good.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/benign-neglect/201102/talking-trash-or-taking-it-out

I think the disconnect between our aspirations for our children and their actual behavior occurs because of an anomaly in children's development. From the anthropological literature it is abundantly clear that children are at a fever pitch to contribute and get involved in household work during the ages of 2-4. I believe that this motivation, if unrewarded by the assignment of chores, is extinguished. Our children, eventually, stop volunteering, they get a free ride and when, finally, at 8 or later, chores are assigned, the window of opportunity is closed. They've been conditioned to receive care, not give it.

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The solution may be to take time and find "work"' for 2-4 years olds, recognizing that their "help" actually means more work for the parent. In a study done some years ago, the investigators found that children as young as 18 months "spontaneously and promptly assisted the adults in a majority of the tasks they performed. Furthermore, the children accompanied their assistance by relevant verbalizations and by evidence that they knew the goals of the tasks, even adding appropriate behaviors not modeled by the adults." (16)

As a non-parent, I thoroughly agree.

Kids are born programmed to imitate others of their own species. They see you cleaning, they imitate the actions. Train em young!

I didn't have the opportunity to do that with Aden and Mav. Their useless father who couldn't get a job was at home with them while I was working. Aden was always too busy looking after Mav to help their useless father with any jobs he might have gotten off his arse to do, and Mav just thought he was king shit because he could get away with anything.

It took me many years to turn those boys around, but they're not too bad now, and getting better all the time.

Maybe I can get it right with Max. :)

ZenGum;771474 wrote:

As a non-parent, I thoroughly agree.

Kids are born programmed to imitate others of their own species. They see you cleaning, they imitate the actions. Train em young!

Wyeth: That thing with the collar... how did you do that?
Bart: Like my saint of a mum used to say, "Get 'em young, and the possibilities are endless."
Wyeth: I thought it was the Jesuits who said that.
Bart: Probably got it from my mum.

I own that film. Intense.