the newest facebook trend for moms to out-mom each other. who all seen this?

i imagine it's worse for all you old farts

12/10/2013 8:54:40 AM

I don't think it's a facebook trend. Just a trend.

12/10/2013 8:56:58 AM

oh. well i'm not in the mom circles

12/10/2013 8:57:45 AM

and it's not even really a trend. it's been around for like 7-8 years i think

12/10/2013 8:58:51 AM

12/10/2013 8:58:54 AM

this shit is like 3 years old

12/10/2013 8:59:01 AM

I don't even know what that is

12/10/2013 9:00:54 AM

This ranks up there with the Thankful November bullshit I can't stand.

12/10/2013 9:01:50 AM

We've got one, he does all sorts of zany stuff.

12/10/2013 9:02:15 AM

but yeah... i don't get it. or participate in it.

12/10/2013 9:02:28 AM

I refuse to teach my children any kind of shit like this, when we have children there will not be any elf on the shelf shit

12/10/2013 9:02:56 AM

I think it's cute. Not when people post about it on Facebook, but the idea behind it. And apparently kids get really excited about it or something.

12/10/2013 9:11:59 AM

it's Santa's NSA

parents hide an elf around the house so the kids know someone is always watching them

it's this creepy motherfucker:

12/10/2013 9:15:26 AM

The only remotely funny ones involve using Hershey Kisses as poops.
Even that has long been played out, so expect to see it 9,734 more times before Christmas.

I really question the creativity of a lot of my friends people I know when I see Elf pics or Bit.ly strips. I guess I just expected more from some people.

12/10/2013 9:24:43 AM

this is some creepy stuff.
there will be studies in the future that prove that children who were tricked like this grow up into creepy adults.

12/10/2013 9:43:34 AM

there was one on my news feed of an elf face down in a pool of blood after a dirt bike accident.

what great parents.

12/10/2013 9:45:24 AM

We don't do any of the really crazy stuff like some people. I mostly just move him around the house up high from day to day and he loves to try to find him when he gets home from school. I don't post about it on facebook every day.

12/10/2013 9:46:34 AM

I know I was a bit of a paranoid child, but an Elf on the Shelf would have made me a nervous wreck. I get that it's supposed to be fun because the elf does mischievous things, but having a creepy doll watching me through the night is fucked up.

12/10/2013 9:49:58 AM

I've been hearing of friends using him for quite a while now, but i'm 35 and old as hell.

if they had those when i was a kid, i definitely would have snuck up on him and thrown his ass in the fireplace. like for real yo

12/10/2013 10:01:48 AM

12/10/2013 10:02:45 AM

We have an elf for our girls (6 yr and 1 yr old) and it's fun little thing each day moving him around and letting them find him. The folks that bitch about this are people without kids. We don't do stupid crap like post about it on Facebook though. Also we don't do creepy shit like put him in their rooms or the bathroom. He mainly hangs out around the living room or kitchen.

12/10/2013 10:12:20 AM

I'm very against elf on the shelf, because I think you should beat your children when the misbehave, not teach them that they only need to be good when there are eyes on them.

12/10/2013 10:22:01 AM

it's like training them for a life under the caring gaze of big brother.

12/10/2013 10:25:16 AM

Nothing says you have to emphasize the "he's watching you, so be good" angle to any major degree.

I think I would enjoy this as much as my kids did. Imo it's a fun way to remind yourself a little bit of the childhood excitement of Christmas. Like an advent calendar, but it's a silly elf instead of crappy chocolate.

and also my family never had any major Christmas traditions, so there's that part of it

[Edited on December 10, 2013 at 10:32 AM. Reason : .]

12/10/2013 10:25:57 AM

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"We don't do stupid crap like post about it on Facebook though."

well there ya go

12/10/2013 10:30:53 AM

dont lie to your kids people.

12/10/2013 12:55:26 PM

My sister. Ugh. Every day she has to take a picture of how clever she was.

12/10/2013 1:03:03 PM

Yeah...I've got a few "new" parents that take nightly pictures of their elf and put it on facebook. I need to clean up my friend list again.

12/10/2013 1:03:35 PM

I prefer Kegel the Elf

12/10/2013 1:08:05 PM

ITT we get parenting advice from people without kids

12/10/2013 1:51:50 PM

ITT you get advice about posting every stupid little thing you do for your rugrats on Facebook.

12/10/2013 1:54:19 PM

^^never stops you from critiquing coaches or politicians, even though i doubt you've ever been a college coach or leader of the free world

12/10/2013 2:13:58 PM

^amen.

12/10/2013 2:15:55 PM

I'm a professional nanny with a kid of my own on the way. I have no longer problem with elf on the shelf but it irritates the hell out of me to see her daily posts about what sandy snowflake has been up to. She acts like every pose she puts her in is so fucking clever and never before seen. I dont mind daily cute kid posts or look what my crazy kid has done now posts but these are look at me and how cool and clever i am posts.

12/10/2013 4:44:57 PM

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"We don't do any of the really crazy stuff like some people. I mostly just move him around the house up high from day to day and he loves to try to find him when he gets home from school. I don't post about it on facebook every day. "

This is us too, except we move him at night so the kids look for him first thing in the morning. Been doing it about 5 years now

12/10/2013 6:02:55 PM

As far as I can tell, these are a fairly innovative way of ensuring your child behaves better for the month of December (out of fear of the elf telling Santa about anything bad)

ignoring the stupid shit parents think they have to do with them

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"it's Santa's NSA"

basically

I mean, if your little shitstains are less annoying in public because of it, I'm all for it

[Edited on December 10, 2013 at 6:36 PM. Reason : .]

12/10/2013 6:34:12 PM

the older and more bitter i get

the more i agree with stillfurshia

12/10/2013 6:39:54 PM

Why did some of you people hate Christmas!

12/10/2013 8:34:50 PM

We never did stupid shit like this in my house and I behaved just fine.

Elf on the Shelf parents are bad parents.

12/10/2013 8:41:34 PM

yeah, my parents just said, "You act right or you're getting your ass spanked." I turned out ok.

12/10/2013 8:42:31 PM

Nope. Not doing this.

12/10/2013 9:17:43 PM

first off, I have no crotchfruit (that I know of)

That being said, I don't see what the big deal is about this. The whole myth of Santa is that he "knows if you've been bad or good", implying that through some unknown mechanism he knows what you're up to. This elf is just the physical manifestation of that. It's not like Santa didn't have taps on you before there was an elf on the shelf. That motherfucker was watching you, and your parents reminded you all month long.

Kids today are soft, let them sweat for a month under that evil little elf.

12/10/2013 9:24:03 PM

Or, and here's a crazy idea, you could just not lie to your kids.

12/10/2013 10:30:50 PM

Childhood would be a lot less child-like if we told all kids the truth about every single thing all the time.

12/10/2013 10:39:01 PM

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" have taps on you "

lolwut

12/10/2013 10:49:29 PM

Quote :

"Childhood would be a lot less child-like if we told all kids the truth about every single thing all the time."

"santa isn't real. also your life is meaningless, mom and dad don't know much of anything really, and we're all gonna die. sleep tight bud "

12/10/2013 11:08:27 PM

^haha

12/10/2013 11:28:38 PM

Lying to your kids about stuff is a time honored American tradition. In fact, I'm not even sure it's strictly American. Kids will grow up to find out they're in for an entire life of being lied to regardless, why not start the coping process at a young age?

Cynicism is a virtue best cultivated early.

12/11/2013 7:23:29 AM

My kids will know that if they aren't good during the year, instead of a visit from Santa Claus they should be expecting a visit from Krampus...

12/11/2013 7:47:26 AM

The dinosaurs parents are better

12/11/2013 7:50:14 AM