[Misc] Anyone tried a "Yes day"? #DadsNet

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

No. I'm quite fortunate that my 2 (5 and 2, their ages not their names) are pretty good at not arguing when I say no to something. Not sure why on earth I'd chose to actively throw a grenade into the situation. My daughter is currently obsessed with wanting to give homeless people/charities money so I'm not sure a day of "sure, you're lucky to have a house and food but let's have a day where you can also have anything you want" fits into a moral lesson.

Also at the moment there's no real argument if I explain something is too expensive. Not sure why you'd open yourself up to a day of unlimited spend ...actually I do ..I expect it's so you can post it on social media

 

[keaton]

I think it would be better to say no a bit less generally than a whole day of yes

 

[Is it PotG?]

My wife does that, says 'Yes' once a year.

On my birthday ususally.

 

[BrightonCottager]

One useful thing I've learnt from my 17yo daughter is to have 'open' days, when I'm 'Open [my name]', not 'Closed [my name]'. On Open days I say what I really think about everything, not what keeps the peace / what other people might want to hear. It is strangely liberating because every day is Open day for her, although it sometimes causes tears and discomfort.

 

[Mr Bridger]

I’ll be sticking to my “you having a laugh” days.

 

[Triggaaar]

Is it safe to drink the paint?
Will the babies finger grow back if I cut it off, like Tom & Jerry?

Standard questions my kids used to ask me.

 

[studio150]

Never heard of the film, but this idea of a 'Yes' day is immediately into my top 10 of most stupid ideas ever.

 

[Giraffe]

Hmm, we currently have a 3 year old to which it is hard to say no to unless you want to suffer a Tantrum Day. But saying yes to everything would mean her not getting dressed, not going to the toilet, not going out and eating lollies all day. I think I'll stick with a healthy balance for now!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

And what is wrong with eating lollies all day?

 

[Horses Arse]

We've always let ours choose what they want to do, what they want to eat, watch on telly etc etc etc and generally always be in charge (where reasonable!) on their birthday. Doesn't equate to saying yes to everything though

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I told my kids when they go out and earn money, they can do whatever the hell they liked
edit
They missed the part about going out earning money

 

[hart's shirt]

As Harry likes his music, it would be remiss of me to leave Zoeey and Von Iva out.

 

[banjo]

This threads perfect for Dr No.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I’ve done this with my 2 boys. We usually do it around their birthday but we do tell them and we set a budget for the day.

Last one we did was something like:
Pancakes for breakfast
To the park
To the beach
Bus to town
McDonald’s lunch
Daddy to walk home (mummy and kids on the bus)
Amazon shopping
Film of their choice
Pizza
Computer games
Later bedtime

Was actually a really good day. Giving them a limit and sticking to bedtime etc helped.
My boys are nearly 8 & 6 so young enough that they don’t have the huge imagination. But it’s something we’ve done for a couple of years now and will continue to do as long as they want to.

That seems like a more sensible approach. I've heard of people who let their kids do/have literally anything they want on a 'Yes' day and it's carnage. Then the adults complain about how much it costs them, how spoilt they are and how they then play up afterwards.

I mean, what did they EXPECT to happen?

 

[jcdenton08]

I don’t have kids, does it mean I can have a personal yes day? I’ll crack open the whisky…

 

[Guinness Boy]

Probably not for my kids and definitely not for the dog.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

There was an article about a similar thing a while ago:

"We call it her “in-charge day”. A day when our nine-year-old daughter Flora is in charge, and we are, effectively, hers to command. A day when all the traditional hierarchies between parent and child are reversed, when she can fulfil her fantasies, refuse to do anything she doesn’t want to and experience a taste of power, authority and absolute freedom."

We put our child in charge for a day – it was both terrifying and freeing

One day a year our daughter does as she pleases and it’s always great fun… and a good education for us all

www.theguardian.com

My two boys are only 1 and 3 but it's definitely something I'd like to do when they're older.

 

[Winker]

Daddy, will I be allowed out the cupboard today?

 

[MattBackHome]

My kids went on about this for a bit after seeing the film; definitely something we'd consider, so YES.

 

[super-seagulls]

Another example of the yanks running a good book with a shit film.
Sometimes things don’t translate into American. Yes man is one.

Back to the op question, bad idea!