Elf on the Shelf can suck it.
Doing this when I get my kids for Thanksgiving. Gotta get them to watch the episode first, that’s the main trick.
Making sure this isn’t the Mirkin Ball sub
You just want to fill your house with tribbles right?
You just want to recreate that scene where someone will open a panel and a thousand tribbles go falling out right?
You do too. Don’t lie
Then kiddo starts leaving the tribbles in the pantry and using them as an excuse as to where all that sugary cereal went…
Stop paying the kid allowance on the premise they weren’t watching the tribble close enough.
When did you start using Lemmy, Dad?
I used to have this t-shirt.

Adopt, don’t shop. Cyrano Jones’ all have STDs
I have no idea what this is, but it makes me want to watch them.
It’s from an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series titled “The Trouble With Tribbles” if you’d like to watch it somewhere. It’s a fun episode!
The plan falls apart at step 1, as children don’t watch ST, let alone TOS.
I did when I was a kid.
Both Trek and Doctor Who on PBS as a kid
We are on Lemmy, we don’t count.
They may not start without external motivation but if mum/dad watches with them, why not?
Haha, we did marathons when our kids were born. First kid we did TOS and TNG while the second kid we watched Voy, Enterprise, and DS9. They both are teens now and say ST is gross. We have failed as parents.
My dad made me watch star wars growing up, I felt like I was rebelling by liking Star Trek and finding they had hotter actors was good too. Maybe thats an idea, lean hard on a show you hate and have your kids look for better options
Teens, amirite? :eyeroll:
There’s usually not enough interesting things happening on the screen to maintain a child’s attention, it’s mostly just conversations. They might look at the screen occasionally but are unlikely to pay much attention.
Source: was children at some point, maybe.
Just do the mini Discovery episode
Do you hate your kid?!?









