Cloudsaucepan wrote:^^^ Re: the yellow teeth thing - that's rich that she was carrying on about people ragging on Chloe's appearance too! What a psycho. It takes a special kind of crazy to be told over and over that you are not wanted or appreciated in a group, yet insist on inflicting yourself on them anyway for... well, for what? To stir up trouble? To get attention? It's pretty pathetic.
Back to Chloe, I'm a little late on the ant thing but it's so ridiculous. I think she's sheltered and arrogant, but I don't think she's dumb - surely she knows what the consequence is going to be of reinforcing her kids' fears? Or is this a maturity thing, where she hasn't thought out the logical adult conclusion of her childish behaviour? She is making those kids paranoid about so many things, like getting lego colours mixed up, eating non-vegan food, going in the water at the beach, and now ants? Is she seriously trying to turn them into shut ins? (although I think that would probably suit her just fine)
DING DING DING!! Or else she's doing it on purpose, which is so heinous.
I mean, I hate spiders A LOT. As my son started to notice them I had to be calm and take care of the situation IF I didn't want him to freak out like I did/do/used to. He screamed maybe once or twice, but eventually went to get his own toilet paper to smush them. I had to be an adult, ignore my irrational fear (it IS possible, willingness/will power IS a thing!) and teach my son it's a stupid weak spider who, while spindly and unpredictable, cannot hurt you.
I would be so embarrassed to have to click bait title all of our boring vlogs. The big secret about her shirt under her sweater being Ro's/matching Ro's? Like.... does she think grown women with children think that's entertaining or worth watching for?? There are times she zooms in on a kid doing something funny -- those are fun -- and the old clips at the end. Absent is all of the stuff that represents Chloe as a mom: how she handles arguments or sharing, how she triages everyone's needs, how she decides what to feed them [I want to see her accounting for all of the food groups, basically], how she gets Evan/Otto/Felix to do things he doesn't want to do (clip nails, school work, get dressed when it's time to go to the everloving park, etc) not to mention all of the sit-down videos she could do. I'd like to see a video on what her and Ro do differently -- like I'm more likely to let my son wander and go far, whereas his dad likes to have eyes on him (at stores, out on walks). I try to forbid the kids wearing socks with sandals/crocs but hubby could care less.
She could have tons of videos where she goes "Potty Training: 3 different ways" or "How each kid handled getting off the bottle" or "how the kids are different, and the same" and then explain what worked for each kid. Yes, she'd have to 'compare' the kids as in "Otto trained faster than Evan, Felix is behind both of them at this age." but it would be useful to someone else who has tried one method and found it hasn't worked.
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