#now all the kids are toddlers
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
#now all the kids are toddlers#good luck i guess 🤪#sims 4#ts4#sims 4 gameplay#ts4 gameplay#sims 4 legacy#ts4 legacy#gen 2
18 notes
·
View notes
Text
Batman sighs deeply and rubs a temple.
It was meant to be a simple space mission, nothing to big. Just a quick check and report back.
Only problem is the ones he would normally assign this to are all dealing with other things so he had to ask... Someone else...
Like...
The ones that were once Young Justice.
Look, they were the only only ones with a spaceship (How? He still had no idea, Tim keeps saying 'What happens in YJ, stays in YJ') that could go far out without problems, and even though he knew putting the old YJ team together might be a bad idea, he trusted them especially Red Robin to be just a bit more professional at least. Since they were no longer teens but young adults now.
And again it was meant to just be a quick mission.
Nothing big.
So...
So why was Young Justice currently wrangling two floating black haired toddlers, one with blue eyes while the other one had red, and a black haired baby.
Turns out they found these children floating in space on their way back from their mission, cryo sleeping in a ice block huddled and cuddled together around a well loved teddybear with a teal headband on its head.
Or they were sleeping in cryo sleep until Superboy brought the ice block in and the thing melted allowing the children to wake up.
Batman could feel a headache coming on when he noticed just how... attached Young Justice was becoming to the children as well and knew it would be a miracle if he could get them to separate from the children.
#danny phantom#danny fenton#crossover#dp x dc#blue rambles#danny phantom dc#writing ideas#random idea#dpxdc#de aged danny#de aged ellie#de aged dani#de aged dan#Bruce can already tell he isn't going to get YJ to leave the kids#he can see it#Dan has attached himself to Bart#he can sense the time powers around the speedster and because he's out of his own time too it works#Dani or Ellie is with Cassie. Cassie wants to teach her everything and become awesome. Which she will.#Danny is being held by Tim and Conner and talking their ears off and asking all the toddler questions about space and stuff#YJ says 'these babies are ours now'#The Fenton/Phantoms 'these people are ours now'#how and why they got deaged I leave open ended#YJ luck strikes again
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
Prompt 105
A cult summons the ghost king. Except they don’t. Instead they get these tiny white-haired triplets of toddlers blinking at the summoning circle looking confused.
They’ve gotten the ghost princes and princess instead.
The very young princes and princess who are none too pleased and going to cause problems on purpose for both rogues and heroes alike. As godlings de-aged into their ghost age are like to do.
Meanwhile in the Realms, Pariah is staring down at where his trio of ghost toddlers that Clockwork had handed him when he had first woken up and was still groggy just disappeared from. He looks over at Fright Knight, his dearest brother, who looks just as shocked.
Clockwork is going to kill them both if they don’t get the kids back now.
#dcxdp#dpxdc#dan fenton#danny fenton#ellie fenton#pariah dark#fright knight#clockwork#ghost prince danny#prompts#What did Clockwork do? Good question#The Observants sure are regretting some things now though#Pariah was still half asleep when the sarcophagus opened and when three babies were dumped into his arms#His core latched on before he even registered that his maybe-ex was there#Do they count as exes when they never divorced#well if he doesn't get the kids back they sure will be#meanwhile the JL are pulling their hair out#JL Dark are hysterically laughing#Oh god Pariah Dark fuckin procreated they're all so dead#Oh no it's literal toddlers oh fuck#Klarion somehow befriends them via the power of “want to pet my cat”#hilariously all the realms think that the triplets are bio Clockwork's and Pariah's and nothing can convince them otherwise#Look they have Clockwork's hair color! And that one has Pariah's flames awww!#They even have their eyes how adorable!
3K notes
·
View notes
Text
Can be read as a continuation of this
.・゜-: ✧ :-
It's been a few weeks, really, since the day he met his biological father.
The oversized hoodie drowned him, a perfect haven while he waits near the entrance to arkham asylum.
The whole week rushed by after the event. His mom, wonderful, black belt, kickass mom had fretted over him the whole time, messaging his therapist not long after and getting an appointment.
His dad had been clingy, giving him bear hugs left and right, it felt nice. Jazz hadn't let him out of her sight for one moment, always searching, always studying.
Man, he loved his family.
"Are you going to visit him?" The gruff voice of Batman asks, and danny shrieks, jumping away as he looks at the vigilante with wide eyes.
"Oh Ancients—! Don't scare me like that!" Danny scolds, hand over his chest and breathing hard.
He can feel the amusement wafting off of Batman. Or something.
Huffing, the child leans against the brickstone pillar holding the gate again.
"No," he ends up answering. "I'm not here to visit... him."
Batman listens quietly, simply standing next to him. He doesn't pressure nor demand anything. If danny thinks more of it, he might get a headache.
"My sister is an intern in Arkham, we're gonna have dinner with Harley and Ivy today." A shrug, and the wind lovingly pushes him.
"Good." The man states, he hesitates a moment before he stretches his arm out towards danny, opening his hand and showcasing the items.
First is a lollipop, famous for being handed over to children after being saved by the bat himself. Second is a pin, in the shape of Batman's signature bat, it had a red button on the other side however.
"It's an emergency alert, in case anything like this happens again." Is quickly explained and Danny takes them, if not a bit tense.
He is unused to the trust the man shows him despite how short their time was spent together. Danny wonders if the bat already snooped around.
"Thanks—"
"Danny!"
His head snaps to the gate opening, brightening up as Jazz runs through and hugs him.
"Jazz!" He eagerly hugs back, thank looks up at her.
"You gotta meet Bat—" He trails off when they turn to the empty spot next to the pair, wind rustling leaves just as he finished. "man..."
Damn batman.
Danny huffs and tugs at Jazz's jacket. "Nevermind then, c'mon let's get a nice present before we visit harley."
Simply bringing her up seems to have Jazz excited. "I still can't believe we're having dinner with THE Dr. Harleen Quinzel!!!"
"And her wife."
"aND THE Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley!!!"
Her enthusiasm is rubbing off on him, he grins, hooking up his arm around hers, and they're skipping towards town, laughing like maniacs.
#dcxdp#dpxdc#dp x dc crossover#look batman is paranoid#danny “i went from two mentally ill villains to crazy scientists” fenton: im fine#batman: are u sure#he was legot concerned when he got the notif that danny was at arkham#its alr now tho#just his sister#look he gave danny a emergency alarm button thing cuz he holds harley as a dear friend#even if he and her will never be mother and son#the least he can do is give him a hand if he ever needs it#jazz will and would've broke jokers neck if arkham crew wasnt aware shes the sister of jokers kid and shes hella protective#THIS IS ALL PRE-ACCIDENT#Danny is TODDLER shaped#10-13 years#he still got few months before hell#if harley was aware he was back in gotham she would have killed the joker before he knew of his son#bruce alr knows everything abt danny#the moment danny hits 15 hes sending the internship to wayne enterprises in the astronomy wing
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
new dad Bakugou who’s going back to work full time almost a full year after his daughter his born and he now has to grapple with the fact that….goddamn, he’s spoiled the shit outta her.
well, he doesn’t think it was spoiling her. in actuality, he just created a routine with her, gave her every bit of his attention, held her when she cried, scolded her (yes just at eight months) whenever she’d babble for more puffs even though she’s had enough already. it wasn’t spoiling, it wasn’t. he vowed to never be that dad, to raise a snot nosed brat, one similar to himself.
but here he is, on a Tuesday morning three weeks after her first birthday. he’s standing halfway between the front door and the living room in full uniform, with his still sleepy baby and her even sleepier mama. she’s gripping his neck like he promised to abandon her, wailing and crying so loud and dramatically, that you can’t help but chuckle at her antics and how he wavers ever so slightly.
“You promised you’d go back to work,” you scold him gently, rubbing at your daughters quivering back when she whines again the moment he acts like he’s gonna pull her off. Bakugou frowns at you, and you shrug, smoothing her unruly blond curls away from her sticky forehead.
“But you guys need me.” He pouts, eyebrows downturned as he pulls her away enough to wipe at her wet face. she blubbers again, whimpering out a small dadaaaa noooo, that absolutely breaks his heart.
“And so does the world.” You smile at him, gently pulling your daughter away from the matching glassy red eyes who watch her go. “We’ll be fine, my love. Promise.”
Bakugou looks unconvinced, especially since your daughter reaches for him with another cry of his name. you don’t say anything when he sniffles discreetly, quickly reaching down to the coffee table to snatch up his utility belt that he dropped when she waddled out of her room in tears. he snaps it on wordlessly, and you go to turn to the kitchen when he wraps you both up in his arms.
“Love you,” he whispers against your forehead before pecking it, leaning down to kiss your lips next, and then your daughter’s fat little cheeks. He whispers another love you to her, and wipes away at her rosy cheeks when she pouts at him.
“Rub you.” your daughter pouts, the both of you freezing in shock.
“Oh my god,” you whisper, grinning. “She said I love you back!” Bakugou matches your grin, laughing under his breath as he presses another torrent of kisses all of her face. for the first time since she’s opened her eyes today, she laughs, loud and joyous and familiar. he thinks that maybe going back in today won’t be so bad after all. not if this is what he’ll be coming home to.
#I have been tormented with dad bkg thoughts again I fear#he’s too loveable for his own good#but also the thought of bkg becoming a dad and vowing he’d be this certain way#but then his kid comes out and he’s like. yes. values. parenting skills. life lessons. discipline and love.#and then all of it goes out the window when they just look at him#and they look so much like him and they’re just so cute and annoying and. now he’s brought them everything they’ve ever wanted LOL#also I love toddlers who speak like non conventionally/stereotypically#like my youngest niece turns all of her consonants to ‘h’ for 2 syllable words#and it’s so funny bc everything sounds like ‘huh hah huhh’#but she’s also VERY clear when she wants to be lol she just gets excited sometimes and forgets to enunciate#okay rambling sorry but I love babies LOL#—new treat in the streets! 🍫#bakugou treats! 🍬#dad bkg
564 notes
·
View notes
Text
I need to post this to artfight, and also polish it a little- the colors and designs are so utterly off- but for now here’s the wip :] @allyheart707
#potatoe rambles#unless u don’t have the turtles listed on artfight- pffthhffjfh#trying to find an animal ear for all of them was hard#oh my god I should’ve given mikey floppy dog ears what am I doing#so that’s another thing I need to change#I just wanted to let you know I’m making it because it’s been rotting away in the art iPad for some time now#mutual horror#remeber when you were a kid and you got super into tea sets and was only allowed to put water in it cus you were a menace that would have#‘tea parties’ everywhere including on your bed? no? just me?#well that’s why they have water in their tea cups#cannot trust the toddlers with hot liquids I’m afraid
105 notes
·
View notes
Text
little doodles i drew after listening to the new ep to keep myself from biting into cement and then flopping around the floor like a fish
#malevolent#malevolent podcast#arthur lester#jarthur#john doe#privateeyes#i had to sit in school for 8 hours and all i did was think about Him#my oogly boogly#my scringlo rat#im so proud of my adopted pathetic man noise machine#as a reward he wont be getting thrown down the stairs affectionately tonight#legit feel like those parents w toddlers when they bring their child to the playground#and the kid just starts staring at anothef kid and im like awewewwww theyre best friends now#except instead of a kid its a grown ass man with deepseated trauma and a kill count#anyways as you can see im completely Normal#i am sane#i promise#(lie)
311 notes
·
View notes
Text
I was talking to an idiot and I need validation.
#superman#clark kent#kal el#comics#dc comics#smallville#martha kent#jon kent#ma kent#pa kent#im gonna rant now. this isnt at you its at the dumb fuck who was commenting on my comment on tiktok.#YES! why the fuck wouldn't he be! he was ADOPTED to be adopted you gotta have the right paperwork in order. the person im mad at LITERALLY#SAID Clark was in an orphanage... lets put our thinking caps! if he was in an orphanage Ma and Pa gave him to the state and yk what! i bet#they thought he was an abandoned baby! no one knew he was an alien. if they didnt he would have been in a govt lab! and in a comic i read ma#and pa thought he was a nasa experiment! yk how they put dogs and moneys in orbit? they thought they did that with a baby! so they took him#ok ok ok then the person i was debating said ma and pa were CRIMINALS!!!!! THEY JUST SAID CLARK WAS IN AN ORPHANAGE!#SO MA AND PA FOUND A BABY. TURNED HIM OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES AND AFTER IT WAS PROVEN THAT HE HAD NO FAMILY THEY ADOPTED HIM!#all of that is legal! they made it sound like ma snuck into a house a stole a child! put some respect on the Kents!#and for why we were debating. he had to have been assigned an ID/ss number/citizen ship because he was to the govt an abandoned BABY#they made it sound like Clark was a 20 year old! he was at best a toddler. he didnt need to take a citizenship test or anything cus HE WAS A#BABY! he was just issued citizenship cus to the govt he was an abandoned baby in the usa WHERE EISE WOULD HE HAVE BEEN FROM!#cus i cant stress this enough NO ONE KNEW HE WAS AN ALIEN! (except maybe ma and pa)#the govt gave an abandoned baby in Kansas an us id cus THEY HAD NO REASON TO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BABY FOUND IN A FEILD IN KANSAS WASN'T#BORN IN THE USA! and with all the paperwork they did on him they gave him us citizen rights like THE RIGHT TO VOTE#there are a million possibilities for why a baby would be abandoned in a feild in Kansas and it would take awhile to aliens#this is what i think the govt thought 'ok baby abandoned in a feild of a local couple. no family to be found. a young mother probably got#pregnant and didn't want to baby so she left it where a couple who couldn't have children could find them. oh look the couple wants to adopt#let them take the baby.' babys being abandoned was so common that safe haven laws were made to give mothers who didnt want their infants a#safe place to drop their kid off (usually a special box at a fire department or hospital)
31 notes
·
View notes
Text
Some toddler au drawings because I couldn't stop myself
Featuring :
Kyle "the outside world is scary don't you dare put me down or worse, give me to the weird moustache man" Garrick,
Nik- "ahah I'm now both our children's favourite dad" -olai (do we even know his last name?)
Jonathan "😭😭😭" Price
Simon "side foot walking autism representation instead of toe-walking bc I very very rarely see it and it's what I do, also he's just a baby and he breaks my heart and I want to hug him really badly" Riley
John "nice frog, anyway, I think I'm about to jump into this puddle, and I'm not gonna do anything to stop it, even while knowing perfectly well that I am gonna cry about my socks being wet right after" MacTavish
and finally, Gary "do I show the weird moustache man my frog or do I put it in my mouth?" Sanderson.
And none of them have shoes because they all hate them and get rid of them as soon as the adults try to put them on. (Simon didn't, but he started crying silently as soon as they were on so they took them off immediately)
#cod mw2#kyle gaz garrick#cod nikolai#captain john price#simon ghost riley#john soap mactavish#gary roach sanderson#toddlers 141 au#i gave baby soap a mullet because i think it's adorable#wouldn't it be funny if when mama mactavish arrives he doesn't recognise her because she looks normal now#and when he was a toddler she looked punk/metal or something#it's funny bc the mactavish family changes with every au of mine#in the werewolf au they're bad people#in the necromancer au it's just his mother and she's a cottagecore sweet little healing lady#and here his parents are retired-ish punks who just like the last au absolutely adore their children#the second child of nikprice is farah btw#all the kids initially kind of think price is scary much to his dismay because he's really tall and he has a big moustache and that's scary#and nik is also really tall but he's funny and not scary because he has a 'weird funny voice' (it's his accent)#roach was never scared of price tho bc he's legit scared of absolutely nothing and it's the world who should be scared#speaking of 'should be scared' the frog definitely should#they warm up pretty quickly to price tho so he doesn't cry too much about it (he is a bit salty when they turn back into adults)#adult roach is so resilient bc baby roach tried to kill him every step of the way#ultimately he decided to show his frog to simon instead#frog got lucky
378 notes
·
View notes
Text
I don’t give a fuck about walking into the kids section of the bookstore. If I want to find my percy jackson books I’m going to do so with zero shame because these little gremlins don’t appreciate the place like I do
#I ignore the employees looking at me when I walk in#like yes I’m 3 feet taller than everyone else here what’s the problem with that#and when I walk out with a pjo book the cashier gives me a little humored smile#there’s nothing funny these books are my holy grail#and they will continue to be#also the urge to give the little kids book recommendations#like hey I read that when I was your age you’ll love it I promise and it’ll make your mom like me for getting you into reading#I want to be the one to introduce them to an amazing book series#I sit down and read in the reading area with all the toddlers and idgaf#they have the best seats and I will be taking advantage of that#and the best part is walking around and pointing out all of the books I read in elementary and middle school#winn dixie#the one and only ivan#keeper of the lost cities#fuzzy mud#city of ember#I’m talking to all of you#because as much as I enjoy the books I read now they will never beat the ogs#I will never be embarrassed to go into the kids section#book reader core#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians#heroes of olympus#barnes and noble#half of those kids are there by force#book tumblr#bookish#bookstores#kids section
19 notes
·
View notes
Text
About the last post. Genuinely. I think if you've never interacted with kids for prolonged periods of time you should not speak of their cognitive development, and/or "knowledge by age". I think far too many of you either forget how YOU were as a child/pre-teen/young teen, or just had such an out there experience it shouldn't be counted.
Children know what sex is because many of us actually learn about reproduction way before puberty hits. I learned it with the "little seed" analogy in second grade when the teacher had us plant beans in yogurt cups with cotton serving as soil. I've had real sex ed since fifth grade (the best time to learn, since many kids go through puberty around that age). I loved animal documentaries as a young child and guess what - lions have sex in those (in the words of Eminem - "Of course they're gonna know what intercourse is / By the time they hit fourth grade / They've got the Discovery Channel, don't they?"). Some kids just pick up puberty books at eight at the library and read them, or look it up online. Some kids have a younger sibling or cousin be born and their parents explain to them where the baby comes from. Kids make sex jokes too, learn them from their peers or adults. In some cases they might have ended up on the wrong corners of the internet, but that's not the norm (although I do remember all of us on technology class in seventh grade secretly gathering around one of our classmate's computer to look at boobs on google images. Boys and girls alike. It was novelty for us, since up until then we had only seen our mother's or granny's).
Sure. A nine year old won't generally know exactly how intercourse goes, how pregnancy can happen. But many know the bases.
Kids also learn about death early on. I learned it in first grade, and remember being terrified. I spoke about it with my mother in metaphors - I went up to her each night asking about "the pigs going away forever", because that's how I felt comfortable talking about it without directly asking "what happens to ME when I die".
Many kids, such as myself, learn about violence first hand. By abuse. By bullying. Maybe by simply witnessing it instead of being on the receiving end.
The same people who hate children and complain about toddlers existing in a public bus are the ones spreading rethoric of "if a kid knows X they're probably being abused" like be real. Especially nowadays where most kids are in front of a screen before they can even read.
Learn the actual signs of abuse. A child isn't being molested just because they joke about dicks and vaginas. A child isn't going through domestic violence just because they repeat some joke they overheard. A child isn't living in hell just because they play pretend torture with their dolls. Lord.
#garrett.text#I hate how know it all some tumblr users are#you see them refusing to even smile at a passing toddler#but then they talk about what's normal for kids#just because they read a shady article on a random brainwashed usa based online page#get a grip#for context while growing up I had for three years to serve as a second hand caregiver for a toddler#i akso watched my young niece grow (she's 13 now)#i also lived with my younger cousins sincd I'm an orphan#and I plan on working with kids in museums#I am qualified to make this post. if you actually care about that#I have been around kids my whole life
7 notes
·
View notes
Text
BREAKING NEWS! Youngest Wayne's Secret Lovechild?!
Teenage Ellie taking care of deaged Danny and moving to Gotham to hide from Vlad because Lady Gotham offered them sanctuary and will keep Vlad out.
BUT
Chaos is set into motion when during a Rogue attack, Damian Wayne (not as Robin at the moment) saves him and returns Danny to Ellie...
The internet/news happen because of course it did.
And people mistake Danny as his kid and Ellie his baby mama.
#danny phantom#danny fenton#crossover#dp x dc#blue rambles#danny phantom dc#writing ideas#random idea#dpxdc#ellie phantom#danielle phantom#dani phantom#de aged danny#Danny is mistaken as Damian and Ellie secret kid#everyone thinks they had him young#the news is already calling Bruce a grandfather now#Damian is getting a headache from all of this#and his siblings teasing isnt helping#or his dad asking point blank if its true and he has a grandson#Damian is ready to toss something at someone if they ask again#meanwhile Ellie is panicking#shes trying to lay low until Danny can regrow into his actual age#it doesn't help he has the mind of a toddler right now so she cant rant to him about the stress of this#also now she has to worry about fending off jerks trying to kidnap her or Danny for Wayne money#that will never come because shes not dating a Wayne and Danny isnt one!#do Damian and Ellie eventually get together? eh maybe maybe not leaving it open ended
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
I think it would be kinda funny if Roxy, with no attractions to run and not a lot else to do during the day, keeps getting really bored and showing up in the atrium with random shit that was discontinued years ago.
Like I dunno shows up driving a little train thing that used to drive people around all the different areas of the Plex or something and uses it to get people into areas they don't have a pass for as she runs over the staffbots that take your party passes. Starts her own robot wars thing on the main stage with a bunch of shitty remote controlled toys she found in the basement and taped a bunch of plastic cutlery to for weapons. Rallies a bunch of kids to call Freddy over and the second he pokes his head over the third floor balcony railing she fucking shoots him right in the face with a ball gun.
She does this kind of thing after hours too of course, but sometimes it's just a really slow day and she feels like the manager isn't mad at her enough yet lmao
#manager like: it's been a long week...#when it's only monday.#thing is she has literally nothing else to do#she's meant to entertain and she has no way of doing that other than arcade games and shit#which is bound to get boring eventually#hates golf so she's not playing that and she's banned from fazerblast#so either she goes and hangs out with the toddlers at the daycare (unlikely) watch a movie for the 800000th time in the theatre-#join Chica in her boring ass mazercise and fall over in a yoga class that's too slow for her#OR she can go bowling with Bonnie OR she can just piss the managers off and fuck off behind the scenes#just leaves to some abandoned area to entertain herself instead I guess#but like genuinely. she has so few choices and she's probably bored of all of them#why not spice it up with a remote control crab fight on the main stage? she's BORED!!!#she's got nothing better to do than hijack an old locomotive and start not-so-subtley sneaking people into places they didn't pay to go to!#some of these things don't even make her that much less bored but at least she's got something to do now!#might as well do it now she's got it right? management are gonna yell at her anyway!#choo choo motherfuckers Roxy just flattened a staffbot for shits and giggles!#quickly becoming the animatronic the kids think are so cool and amazing but are also too shy and nervous to approach#cause really who steals a fucking TRAIN?!#anyway.#roxanne wolf#fnaf security breach#WHY NOT PUT THIS IN THE MAIN TAGS ITS FUNNY#flys plex history#I guess? eh whatever close enough
20 notes
·
View notes
Text
My relationship with my mom has come such a long way in the past few years only to come crashing down the second I try to do something nice for my dad and/or acknowledge that she is not the main character of the universe ://
#i tried to ask her if she wanted to get sushi with us for fathers day (48 hours away) and she said 'yeah unless something happens'#and i was like 'okay well the website says they wont seat us unless we're a full party' and she was like 'maybe ill make it maybe i wont'#then hung up on me#THEN texted me like 'just put me down for a no.. i cant decide this on less than a moments notice and you clearly dont want me there anyway#and 'thats the answer you wanted right? 😘'#fucking GOD FORBID i try to do something nice for my dad on FATHERS DAY after not being able to see him for several months#bc hes been flying to and from IL every couple of weeks to care for his dying father#and the saddest part is that for mothers day or her birthday or anything like that my dad is always the person bringing it up first#to my sister and me to make sure we can all plan something that will make her feel special and appreciated#and meanwhile my mom acts like a fucking toddler the second the attention is not on her for 2 seconds#'im tired and so busy and you gave me no time to decide' i literally would have given you a few hours to think about it if youd communicate#instead you passive aggressively imply i hate you because im doing something nice for someone else#ALSO you are not the only person on the goddamned planet that is busy and overwhelmed right now like are you KIDDING#i want to cry#personal
10 notes
·
View notes
Text
I work as the person in an amusement park who watches the children who get lost. Here’s some advice. This also applies to any mentally disabled adults that are under your care. Keep in mind that many places will not look for a minor ages 13-17 unless it is close to closing or they are disabled, as corporate considers it a strain on resources and employee use.
1. Teach them your phone number. Best gift you can give them. I’m not supposed to have my phone out at work but I can cut down dependent’s being-lost-time by probably 400% if I can contact you. It also assures the children That We Are Doing Something and that They Are Helpful and Smart. If your dependent has a poor memory, apparently writing your phone number in sharpie and then covering it in nail polish makes it stay all day, even if they’re sweaty or getting in the water. I haven’t tested this but I’ve heard a lot of moms recommend it. I’ve also seen bracelets with little plates or the beads saying the phone number.
Addendum: your dependent may tell you that they know your phone number, but they actually only know your passcode. True story. This summer has been a lot better, but last summer exactly one child the entire season knew his mom’s phone number.
2. Acknowledge that dependent’s memories are faulty, especially in new places. If you tell them to meet you in X spot or that your stuff is all in Y place, they may not remember where it is or remember how to get there.
3. All dependents, but especially little ones, have shit time sense. They might find your stuff, wait there for a minute or two, and truly believe that they’ve been there for an hour. Half the small kids that are brought to me are ones who *know* where their stuff is, but haven’t seen an adult they know personally in 5 minutes, so they’re going to panic.
4. Don’t take naps!!! And don’t let your dependent go anywhere you can’t go or at least go where you catch them at the end!!! Yes you’re staring at the play structure your dependent entered, but can you see them? No? Then there’s a good chance they went elsewhere. So many of the littler kids that are brought to me are brought by genuine, good-hearted strangers who see lost children and take them by the hand. Away from the spot you’re napping in front of/staring vaguely at.
5. This might just be something from my work, but we will not call dependent’s descriptions over the loudspeaker. This is because if an asshole were to see your dependent, hear the description, know it’s a lost dependent, and decide to steal it, they can then use the excuse, “I know where your guardian is! Come with me!” And then lead them out of the park or toss the dependent over their shoulder. Do you know how many crying and screaming dependents leave the location every day? A lot!!! We’re a fun location!!! We’re not going to know if the dependent is screaming because they don’t want to leave or if a stranger is taking them away. We might call the description over the loudspeaker if it’s past closing time and the dependent still isn’t found. But before that, we will only report it over secure radios across the park.
6. Tell a park worker right away. Preferably someone with a radio. Even if you spot the dependent within the next minute, that means the dependent will have less being-lost time. Especially if we already have the dependent with, you guessed it, me. Also please tell us when you find the dependent.
7. Take a picture of your depdendent at the start of the day! That way security guards can have a good idea of what to look for. One mother told me her daughter was blonde and showed me a picture. Her hair color looked brown to me, but then I knew what to look for in the crowd.
8. Keep at least one person in your group in one spot at all times, especially if you don’t have access to your phone or forgot to give out your phone number to the guards. That way they can find you if they pick up the dependent. If you are the only person in your group, then PLEASE stay in one place or at least stay with ONE security guard. It sucks for the dependent if they can’t find you right away even if the both of you are looking for each other and a guard is helping them. You are NOT helping if you panic and run around. And keep your goddamn phone on you and answer calls from unknown numbers!!!!! God. This is a good time to do that.
9. If you lose your dependent in an attraction like the lazy river at a water park, and you have that ONE person staying in place, then this is what you can do with 1+ mobile people.
A. If only one person can be spared to be mobile, have them pick a spot and stay right there, watching the river go by. Eventually, if the dependent is in the river, they’ll go by.
B. If you have two people that can be mobile, both start at the same place in the river and go opposite directions. If you meet up again without spotting the dependent, well, they’re not there.
C. If you have more than 2 people, you can do B but also station different adults at the lazy river entrances/exits.
10. Don’t blame the dependent! Even if they ran away and/or are pissy that you’re upset once you all reunite, trust me, there’s a 99% chance they’re upset too. Yes, this is a good time to have a serious conversation with them. Yes, if this is a repeated problem, and/or you warned them you’d leave the park if this occurred, you should not back down. But also - they’re dependents. They’re not stupid, and they should be told consequences and dangers so they can make good decisions, but they will never have the adult/guardian perspective that you do. Be kind.
Also please for my sake teach them if they’re brought to someone like me, that it’s THEIR job to be safe and listen to me while us park workers look for you. It’s YOUR job to find the dependent, not the dependent’s job to find you. I had a six year old little girl genuinely toddler-howl at me because she wanted to go look for her mom. I’ve never before heard a kid her age howl like that. I can trick kids out of crying 9/10 times but howling came as a surprise lmao. I think I can manage it now that I’ve experienced it but damn.
Also make sure those kids are DRINKING. Being in a water park is NOT the same as drinking water. They should be drinking every 15 minutes at LEAST, I am NOT kidding.
Also if I call you to tell you your kid is here, please don’t call or text me back after you have the kid. I’m sure other places have phones for these types of things but the only one I have is my personal phone. And I am happy to get the kid off my hands and into your arms, but I’m using my personal phone so plz. Don’t call me back. Absolutely call me if you need directions to my ‘office’ in the park. Don’t call or text me after. I have stories about that hoo boy but this post is already long.
#I am not exaggerating when I say howling#not in a wolf way more like a howler monkey if you have no idea what human toddler cries sound like#I like kids of all ages but there’s a reason why#I’m not going to teach elementary school#I am the person in the *place I work* where if a kid is lost#the staff brings the kid to me until the parents are found#so like. I’m never going to see these kids at their best#I wish I could just hug them but I’m barely allowed to hold their hand if I’m escorting them to get water#this time of year their emotions are heightened by the fact that they’re almost certainly dehydrated#but if they’re a flight risk I do NOT want to risk losing the kid#so I have to wait until#a coworker comes by to get them some water sometimes#the howler girl = this kid#this kid was reunited with her mom without too much time going by thank god#she was a huge fucking flight risk omg#she desperately wanted to go find her mom and I’m like#GIRL you are the lost six year old ITS YOUR MOM’S JOB TO FIND YOU!!! Your job is to stay safe!!!#and color this pretty picture oh god please look back at the coloring page instead of calling upon the hounds of hell#I like to assure every kid that is brought to me that#1. mom’s (or whoever) not going to leave without you (sometimes this is a lie judging from the parents.still very important to tell kids thi#2. they did the right thing asking for an adult’s help#3. as they are literally a kid it’s not their fault they’re lost (again a little debatable with the older kids but still they’re minors)(so#I tell them all this)#4. it’s their job to stay safe while we find your mom#5. now do you want some water?#it’s more obvious in the pale kids but I’ve had so many Black and Brown kids come up to me the last couple days looking positively pink#those kids needed water. so I try to get everyone water#it pisses off my coworkers but idgaf. everyone has a legal right to water in this state esp in the summer#and even if they didn’t#fuck you I’m stealing it. these kids need water
8 notes
·
View notes
Text
thinking about barton doing baby talk to his kids, even though he was eighteen when marcy gave birth to both matilda + louis and thus was a COMPLETELY different person, is honestly both super surreal to me and also surprisingly... sort of makes sense. because barton can NOT bring himself to be mean around babies; i mean at all, and this man loved his kids so much, which 😭 well — let me just say that his behavior has greatly changed since then, to say the least. though barton still believes he loves them in his 'own way'
#OF MONSTERS AND MEN: musings.#ahhh yeah... i just. idk what this mood is that i'm in right now but i just pictured barton being one of those dads that their toddler-#kids seem to ADORE but like 😭 obviously he is no longer the same person because man's used to be able to comfort them relatively-#well and actually made more of an effort at emotionally supporting them. though i guess part of the reasoning for this could be that-#barton was trying to hold back his quote unquote 'blood-thirst' at this point and be like everyone else buttt now he doesn't care about-#fitting in with the rest of the population much at all. because his main job is literally to serve criminals (albeit medically) and he's a#freaking ORGAN tr*fficker for crying out loud. but the strange thing is is that this trait of his where he just can't be mean to babies-#has carried on throughout all these years with him + whenever barton's around one he mayyy or may not sometimes get baby fever 💀#so yeah. that's fun LOL but idk it just makes me a little sad thinking about how good barton used to be with them whenever they were small#and now with his mental health pretty much being on a steady decline + him seemingly turning more and more monstrous by-#the years it's always a gamble with the mathis kids as to whether they'll get to see a glimpse of this again or if they'll just get more of#the same father who provides for his kids physical needs such as food and shelter but not so much emotional needs + can be manipulative-#as HELL sometimes too#tw: mental illness.#tw: manipulation.#tw: mentions of organ trafficking.#tw: emotional neglect.
9 notes
·
View notes