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Share your funny stories of teaching your DCs something with Hotel Transylvania 2 - £300 voucher to be won!

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MichelleMumsnet · 23/09/2015 09:48

Hotel Transylvania 2 have asked us to find out what stories Mumsnetters have about moments when teaching your DCs maybe haven’t quite worked out as planned…

In Hotel Transylvania 2, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn’t showing signs of being a vampire. So while his mother Mavis is busy visiting her human in-laws with Johnny – and in for a major cultural shock of her own – “Vampa” Drac enlists his friends Frank, Murray, Wayne and Griffin to put Dennis through a “monster-in-training” boot camp. As Mumsnetters well know, teaching your children to do something isn’t always as simple as it seems….!

You can watch the trailer below.

So, have you got any funny stories of when you were trying to teach your DC something? Maybe you were trying to teach your child to read and they came out with some inappropriate interpretation of a word? Or perhaps you were teaching your child to cook when they decided that the cake batter would work better as a face mask? Whatever it is, we’d love to hear your funny stories about teaching your DCs something.

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 John Lewis voucher! Runners up can also win 1 of 2 exclusive Hotel Transylvania 2 goody bags!

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Thanks and good luck
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chrin · 28/09/2015 16:40

when we were teaching our autistic grandson how to tie laces they often ended up with coming apart as he just couldn't get his around it. Even now he's 13 he does it the wierdest way but at least they stay fastened even if they tend to end in knots when undoing them. The main thing is he really tried.

TrollTheRespawnJeremy · 28/09/2015 16:49

I decided to take it into my own hands to teach DD how to ride her bike without stabilisers.

All was going well, and we'd built up a fair amount of speed... when I tripped over a tree root and pushed her OFF of her bike.

As if Parental Guilt wasn't bad enough to start with..... I think it'll be a while before she'll want to give it another shot.

janestott33 · 28/09/2015 18:48

Granny arrived to stay for the weekend. She was very excited to see her grandson again as she lives a considerable distance away and the changes in him every visit have been huge. She says to him in a very confident voice "Hey (name), its Granny! Have you got a great big hug for Granny!" My ds (18 months at the time) had always been so confident with people shocked us all when he pushed her aside and rushed towards the kitchen. I apologised and help Granny unload a few things into the house while asking how the journey was and put the kettle on. Under the assumption that ds was busy playing with his toys. We sat down with our tea, when ds came running back in looking really pleased with himself holding a large plastic jug. He rushed over and gave it to granny. He said "grey big jug" as he placed it on her lap. It took a few minutes to sink in why he had done this but once we realised we where in stiches.

tamalyn1 · 28/09/2015 18:52

teaching my daughter how to make cupcakes, anyway while i was on the phone she got impatient and weighed the salt instead of the sugar i hadnt noticed and we decorated them and served them at her birthday party!! noooo they were disgusting lol

alsproject · 28/09/2015 19:47

Teaching my son to whisper instead of shouting. He ends up whispering very loud instead!

clarem100 · 28/09/2015 19:58

well we've had some funny incidents whilst teaching my toddler how to use the potty/toilet. Notably her telling me she needed a wee whilst we were in town outside the local cathedral. Go the potty out and she sat down then said really loudly "I'm doing a poo mummy. A big swirly one"

nettymay · 28/09/2015 20:08

Moving to Wales I tried to teach my 2 toddlers about St. Davids Day.
My 5 year old said I have a daffodil for you. I said what has your brother got for me from nursery. He said its a 'Drip'. I found it was a drawing of a LEAK!

Sockattack · 28/09/2015 20:17

Teaching my son that naughty words are swear words except he though they were square words.....

kerryv · 28/09/2015 20:44

Unfortunately my kids overhear some of my adult conversations and repeat them at the wrong times.

sweir1 · 28/09/2015 22:52

Teaching my boys to say excuse me when they "let go"!

sweir1 · 28/09/2015 23:02

Teaching my boy to keep horrible thoughts to himself. He had a bad haircut and the next time I went for mine the lady asked did he want his doing. My boy said no because last time you made a right mess of it. The ground needed to open up and swallow me

buckley1983 · 28/09/2015 23:34

We've been potty training in our house over the last few months - lots of praise for successful wees & poos & no accidents. This has resulting in me getting a 'Good girl Mummy!' for sitting on the loo & doing a wee - nice to know that this praise lark works both ways! :)

MakeTeaNotWar · 29/09/2015 07:04

Teaching young DS and Dd the correct anatomical terms for the genitalia was rather a surprise for our elderly neighbour who was doing some gardening. Dd bounced over delightfully to tell her that mummy has a vulva, did she have one too....

finleypop · 29/09/2015 09:14

My son was 5 when he realised that my sister was a vegetarian and asked us to explain what it meant. We thought we had covered it pretty well, until he was asked if he would like cheese on his pasta a few weeks later. No thank you he replied, I'm vegetarian to cheese (he meant he just doesn't like it lol!!!)

mumtoason87 · 29/09/2015 09:52

I just seem to have taught my son way too much - he's forever correcting me - and always right! He's only two Blush it's amazing what the infant mind is capable of - he amazes me everyday. Smile

goodomens830 · 29/09/2015 10:05

Oh teaching my daughter words was always a challenge. Gloves became glubs etc. But there were a few words that caused us constant embarrassment. I remember being in the supermarket, toddler in the trolley shouting VERY loudly "Mummy, look! PORN! Want PORN!" She was pointing at tins of corn. Similarly, my other daughter (until the age of 4!) would ask for boobies in the supermarket. Blueberries...she wanted blueberries.

janeoho · 29/09/2015 13:34

My daughter got a scooter from santa last christmas and she wanted me to help her learn how it worked. I thought it would be easy and I put my foot on the scooter and started to roll it forward and built up a bit of speed. I said to my daughter LOOK THIS IS EASY! and then BAM! I went over something, i think it was a stone. It derailed me completely and I fell off with a sprained ankle.

My wee one did give it a go a few weeks later!

Catsgowoof · 29/09/2015 14:19

my dh teaching toddler dd some french. whilst out another kids comes ipto us with a dinosaur "dino swar" he says. dh "yes it's a dinosaur, dd can you say that in french?' cue dd 'daddy is a poo'

Lulabellx1 · 29/09/2015 14:26

Teaching DS how to wipe his bum properly. Hilarity ensues!!!

devito92 · 29/09/2015 16:27

Teaching my DS to ride a bike was an horrific experince. I spent must of the time shouting at my DH to catch him if he was goning to fall. I was a nervous wreck for days

badgermum · 29/09/2015 16:51

Teaching my son not to talk to strangers went well until we went shopping and he decided to point out to me every stranger in a loud voice that he might be a bad man

Princessxo · 29/09/2015 21:01

We've had long talks with DS1 about swearing so he's always trying to catch us out and saying 'ooh you said a bad word' even though it just sounds like a bad word. We've been trying to talk extra slow sometimes so he hears just how different the words are and how although certain words may sound like 'swear words' when said really fast, they're actually really different. He's still learning lol.

Maiyakat · 29/09/2015 21:59

Trying to teach DD to cover her mouth with her hand when she coughs - she is hopeless at it, but will very quickly point out if I fail to do it!

Lariflete · 30/09/2015 11:50

Teaching DD and DS 'Please' and 'Thank you' - if they didn't say please or thank you, I would make them repeat it.
Then I did it to a stranger in the supermarket Blush
I was mortified, the stranger (rightly) looked a bit pissed off but he did then say please!

iwantavuvezela · 30/09/2015 13:02

taking my 8 year old daughter with my lovely mother in law to a lion park on holiday thinking I could teach her a bit more about nature and wildlife, conservation etc.
Well the first two lions we saw decided to mate right in front of the car. When I mean right in front of the car, I mean they were practically on our tyre.
My daughter exclaiming loudly "that sex, they're having sex"
mil laughing, me thinking silently I didn't even know she knew the word "sex"
Me saying well actually it's MATING.
For the rest of the day my daughter loudly told everyone about the "sex" she had seen!

Next time I want to teach her about nature I'll just pop a DVD into the player!