Greedner Quad Squad: Fake as Flock (part 16)

[justalurker2]

I am not watching the vlog but the first 10 secs shows them all sitting on the vanity unit cleaning their teeth. I guess it's an improvement on standing on it. Have they not ever seen little stools for kids? What is their obsession with those kids being off the ground?

How does one contain active children of that age to get things done? The girls can probably maneuver baby gates by now. Latched doors (from the top - out of girls' reach) are probably the best way to contain them in safety, while teaching them limits. They'd have to latch every single door, at this point, leaving just the hallways to the kitchen "free". Yes, it would require holes in the doors. Sacrificing appearance for child safety might require extensive therapy or a threat of jail for these two.

My husband custom built a gate to keep our granddaughter in the living room. We've trained her that when the gate is closed, she stays put. She's old enough to unlock it now but again, we've trained her to never unlock the gate unless she's told to. There is only one of her though, I've babyproofed everything and all her toys are in the living room. She's 3 and I can trust her alone long enough to throw a quick load of dishes in the dishwasher or a load of laundry in.

[DoodleBop2]

My children are disabled but mobile so we're "baby proofing" for big kids. It means anchoring the book shelves with something stronger than the anchors that come with and locks at the tops of all the doors. Chain locks at the tops of all the outside doors. They eventually figure out away around our "baby proofing" and we have to come up with something new. I think extra tall gates would still work as long as they cannot move things to climb on to climb over. At the very least at the top of the stairs. It would probably be the best way to transition them from the cribs but I fear when Esme is alone she's going to get hurt a lot if Indie isn't contained.

I have wondered if Indie and Evie would be better roommates.

The issue is even if they did these things Dumb and Dumber think this takes the place of parenting when it really just gives you enough time to cross the room and redirect etc. It's not like you can just leave them to their own devices while you snapchat.

[lovethispage]

Ugh tapatalk doesn't have an edit option so I apologize for the "dont", I meant to type "are in for a world of".

And to imshookhunnay, I apologize to you for questioning the KAD thing. We shouldn't be so wary of other snarkers but unfortunately since the gomi days and here recently, there have been intruders. I hope you understand that I personally didn't mean any harm. Just being careful or paranoid, Or both... my apologies.

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Ditto

[Morning Glory]

I think extra tall gates would still work as long as they cannot move things to climb on to climb over. At the very least at the top of the stairs.

Actually, even though gates are always shown at the top of stairs, that is not recommended and can be dangerous. When our son first moved from a crib to a bed we put a gate there in case we didn't hear him get up. We discovered him pushing a toy box to the gate so he could climb onto it and over the gate! The fall he would have had gives me chills to think about. It would be better to put gate in the bedroom doorways for the quads.

I started to watch the vlog and just could not bear how they talk to children, their own and the ones at dance. Tyson has all those younger sibs, and Ashley was nanny to her niece for years, apparently, before she had her own children, but within the first minute Tyson was telling his daughters how beautiful they were---twice, in a minute, while they brushed their teeth. What? Isn't that a good time to calmly tell them about the day ahead, or something? And then at dance Ashley is saying to a child "You were in the dance, huh? Did you love it so much?"

Who talks to kids that way? I mean, I think of people who aren't used to kids, frankly, not parents of toddlers. Ugh.

[DoodleBop2]

I think extra tall gates would still work as long as they cannot move things to climb on to climb over. At the very least at the top of the stairs.

Actually, even though gates are always shown at the top of stairs, that is not recommended and can be dangerous. When our son first moved from a crib to a bed we put a gate there in case we didn't hear him get up. We discovered him pushing a toy box to the gate so he could climb onto it and over the gate! The fall he would have had gives me chills to think about. It would be better to put gate in the bedroom doorways for the quads.

I started to watch the vlog and just could not bear how they talk to children, their own and the ones at dance. Tyson has all those younger sibs, and Ashley was nanny to her niece for years, apparently, before she had her own children, but within the first minute Tyson was telling his daughters how beautiful they were---twice, in a minute, while they brushed their teeth. What? Isn't that a good time to calmly tell them about the day ahead, or something? And then at dance Ashley is saying to a child "You were in the dance, huh? Did you love it so much?"

Who talks to kids that way? I mean, I think of people who aren't used to kids, frankly, not parents of toddlers. Ugh.

I didn't know that. Everyone I know who has stairs uses them as long as they're wall mounted not pressure gate. we don't have an upstairs one of the main reasons we picked this house.

[CherryBaby]

As my kids became three and started to head to four years old, we could start to put away the baby safety enclosures, etc. It became enough to just explain that this or that was dangerous. Or that they should be doing this or that. Like going to the bathroom, or staying in bed. These girls are so behind in so many ways!

[fudgenuts]

If it were me I would make one bedroom the sleeping room and still have it cozy and beautiful - the other bedroom would be the playroom - Tysons behavior is blatantly obvious - his actions and treatment of the girls is to engender their necessity of him - he craves the fact that they identify more easily with him rather than their mother - it is disturbing- their constant misuse of words and their pronunciation is because they think it is cute - it is cute when it is genuine- teaching them to mispronounce is sicking - I just sat here with my 4 yr old grandson he is 4 yrs 3 months - we are watching a program on Nikola Tesla - at first he couldn't pronounce his name let alone Tesla Coil but by the end of the show he told his mommy everything about Tesla we learned - yes at barely 4 yrs old he sat and watched this with me engrossed with the show - when mommy came home she asked what fun things he did today and what he learned - he told her ! She learned from how she was raised - can't understand how parenting skills suddenly took a hike on these two when it came time to apply them to their children .

[lmmomSD]

Speaking of speech issues, look what came up in my news feed. This is actually pretty adorable but the speech on this girl is amazing!


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I love Mila! Check out their other vids, they are fairly short. She does the best expressions. Obviously someone is prompting her, but you can tell they have a lot of fun in that house.

I'm torn on that. Yeah, she's cute and funny, but all the rewarding smartass behavior for Facebook views bothers me. Is she going to mouth off to her teacher when she starts school? Are they teaching her any respect for others? I don't mean "respect your elders", because I don't think mindless following of authority figures is good either. I'm just talking about manners and courtesy. She is a little smartass, and sometimes kinda rude. And I personally think manners are seriously lacking in a LOT of children's education.

Sorry-- I know it was just being shared for comparison with the FF. They're certainly not being taught manners or basic courtesy. They're being taught "grab whatever you can when you can because nobody is watching out for you".

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[Premmie101]

I am not watching the vlog but the first 10 secs shows them all sitting on the vanity unit cleaning their teeth. I guess it's an improvement on standing on it. Have they not ever seen little stools for kids? What is their obsession with those kids being off the ground?

I think they keep them off the ground as a form of containment. Everything is about containing them instead of teaching them how to behave in different situations. I agree stools would be great. They could learn to take turns. It’s really not that hard

[Cavmom20]

So Tybag is snapchatting up a storm today... 2 things I noticed
1. It appears they are having a lazy day at home (Why not??), yet esme lifts up her shirt revealing her diaper underneath. If you're having a lazy day at home, put those girls in some big girl underwear and work on the potty training. It is clearly not a priority for them.
2. Esme is walking across the kitchen island and it looks like her head is directly even with the sharp bottom corner of those statement piece pendant lights hanging over the island. Nice job Tybag, let her bang her head a few times. She is the least favored after all

[Night lady]

So Tybag is snapchatting up a storm today... 2 things I noticed
1. It appears they are having a lazy day at home (Why not??), yet esme lifts up her shirt revealing her diaper underneath. If you're having a lazy day at home, put those girls in some big girl underwear and work on the potty training. It is clearly not a priority for them.
2. Esme is walking across the kitchen island and it looks like her head is directly even with the sharp bottom corner of those statement piece pendant lights hanging over the island. Nice job Tybag, let her bang her head a few times. She is the least favored after all

Oh the potty training. I completely agree about taking this time to potty train the girls. Lazy day for sure. Idiots.

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[eskayem]

I have never seen a guy (won't call him a man) more obsessed with Snapchat filters than Tyler.

[Nikki]

I am not watching the vlog but the first 10 secs shows them all sitting on the vanity unit cleaning their teeth. I guess it's an improvement on standing on it. Have they not ever seen little stools for kids? What is their obsession with those kids being off the ground?

Sitting kids up on counters is an easy, albeit dangerous, way to contain them: they're at a great height for grabbing or correcting, the counter height provides fear to keep them still, and it's a technique used by parents everywhere (hence, the "do not sit children on counter" signs). With one child, it would be taking a chance. With four children, it's guaranteed there will be spills.

How does one contain active children of that age to get things done? The girls can probably maneuver baby gates by now. Latched doors (from the top - out of girls' reach) are probably the best way to contain them in safety, while teaching them limits. They'd have to latch every single door, at this point, leaving just the hallways to the kitchen "free". Yes, it would require holes in the doors. Sacrificing appearance for child safety might require extensive therapy or a threat of jail for these two.

I don't get why they didn't just put the handles higher up on certain doors to keep the kids out, such as her office. When you are tall enough to reach the lever handle, you should be sensible enough to not trash it. But then no viral videos. (Yes it looks odd at times to have high up handles, but it does stop you catching clothes on them)

[becca85]

We were watching videos of our kids last night and it made me realize how far behind those girls really are. Our videos were actually made for memories so they show moments without narration or the camera constantly focusing back on me. By their 3rd birthdays both of my boys were clearly speaking in full sentences. In one video my youngest was playing with a present after his 3rd birthday party and said with no mispronunciation, “Hey! Why did you take the wheel off?” “It’s going up the hill now!” “Oh no! It’s going to fall off the track!” His friends at the party talked just as plainly and none of the parents were baby talking to them.
Not saying all of this to brag. That same child developed a stutter for a few months when he was 2 and you know what I did? I took him to the doctor and found out how to correct it.
Why don’t they get their girls help? More than anything talking to them and having actual conversations with them would help tremendously. Instead of, “Do you love it?!” Give them some space and time to figure out what it even is then ask questions about it like what does it do? How do you play with it? What do you like about it?
Repeat what the girls say using the correct words and they will pick up on it. You don’t even have to tell them they’re saying it wrong. But let them say something on their own. It’s like they can’t even speak without their parents shouting things for them to repeat. The girls can’t form their own opinion on anything and have no idea how to express what they’re feeling. Probably because they are always told how they feel.

I understand wanting to hang on to the baby stage but they’re not babies anymore. They’re almost preschoolers. It’s not fair for them.

They really are horrible parents and so boring. They literally do nothing all day. It’s no wonder they don’t have any real friends— ya know, the kind that aren’t being paid or using you to get subscribers. They are the kind of people you would hear other parents quietly talking about as they pull their kid away to play something else at the park, “We don’t play the way those children are allowed to play.”


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[Krouton]

I am not watching the vlog but the first 10 secs shows them all sitting on the vanity unit cleaning their teeth. I guess it's an improvement on standing on it. Have they not ever seen little stools for kids? What is their obsession with those kids being off the ground?

Sitting kids up on counters is an easy, albeit dangerous, way to contain them: they're at a great height for grabbing or correcting, the counter height provides fear to keep them still, and it's a technique used by parents everywhere (hence, the "do not sit children on counter" signs). With one child, it would be taking a chance. With four children, it's guaranteed there will be spills.

How does one contain active children of that age to get things done? The girls can probably maneuver baby gates by now. Latched doors (from the top - out of girls' reach) are probably the best way to contain them in safety, while teaching them limits. They'd have to latch every single door, at this point, leaving just the hallways to the kitchen "free". Yes, it would require holes in the doors. Sacrificing appearance for child safety might require extensive therapy or a threat of jail for these two.

They are also old enough to unzip their tents. How long until they find out freedom is so close?

[fudgenuts]

He is a femme boy for sure - there is no chemistry between them - that last kiss shared online was worse than a brother / sister embrace - but then again ick / ugh I think I just threw up a little lol - do you blame her ? There is no intimacy shown and I'm not talking about handsy PDA - a couple can show closeness and intimacy without kissing etc - my mother and father were that way same as my MIL / FIL - they never kissed in front of anyone but you could/can see the closeness and intimacy between them

[ItIsSunny]

He is a femme boy for sure - there is no chemistry between them - that last kiss shared online was worse than a brother / sister embrace - but then again ick / ugh I think I just threw up a little lol - do you blame her ? There is no intimacy shown and I'm not talking about handsy PDA - a couple can show closeness and intimacy without kissing etc - my mother and father were that way same as my MIL / FIL - they never kissed in front of anyone but you could/can see the closeness and intimacy between them

like they used to have before the viral Mom-in-the-pantry, fame & fortune fell on them?

[Cavmom20]

I have never seen a guy (won't call him a man) more obsessed with Snapchat filters than Tyler.

You know he especially loves the ones that give him long eyelashes and makeup

[Sneaky_snarky]

As my kids became three and started to head to four years old, we could start to put away the baby safety enclosures, etc. It became enough to just explain that this or that was dangerous. Or that they should be doing this or that. Like going to the bathroom, or staying in bed. These girls are so behind in so many ways!

Right? My two are three in April. We just got rid of all the baby gates and made a play room they can go to up by their bedrooms. I have a camera in there and everything, but I still go up when they do.

They just decided this week they’d like to sit like big kids at our table or island and not use the booster seats they’ve had. So we discussed that as long as they sit still and eat like big kids we could do that. Taught them how to safely climb up and down off the bar stools, etc.


We watched the vlog today for the first time in a long time and my son kept saying “sit down! Don’t climb on the counter!” Lmao.


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[fudgenuts]

Back when the girls were small infants their behavior towards the girls and between them was more or less realistic- Ashley has gotten a very cold distant manner about her now - she has actually seemed peeved at some of his antics even though she has tried to play it off - you can see it clearly- Tyson ? He is so focused on what he wants and how he micromanages the girls that he is oblivious- as long as his precious dollies are under his control he is ok - hence his unsettled behavior at large gatherings- he isn\'t in his element and is actually what I would call an insecure person - I think his mom and Madison\'s absences are speaking volumes - Madison is in school and mom is working - those two genuinely love those girls and it shows - I just know in my heart that they are not happy with the current situation- Ashley\'s family absences are speaking volumes - her sisters are much better at parenting and it is glaringly obvious- you can love a family member and not want to hang with them and limit your time with them - can\'t say I blame them either - speaking of the tooth brushing scenes as of late - I see no toothpaste on those brushes nor in their mouths - even putting a small amount on would be showing as they brush - wouldn\'t put it past them to fake that either-