You know you're raising your kid right when.....

dpowell
dpowell Posts: 3,067
edited November 2009 in The Clubhouse
you're standing in the kitchen washing dishes and your 4 year old says, "Daddy, I need an amplifier in my bedroom."

....happened today:D
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited November 2009
    dpowell wrote: »
    you're standing in the kitchen washing dishes and your 4 year old says, "Daddy, I need an amplifier in my bedroom."

    ....happened today:D

    Atta boy!! :D

    You shouldn't be surprised then if he sends you an email with a link to a good deal for monitors from audigon!

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited November 2009
    Nice.

    Soon as i get my 10's my son is getting my RTI 70's for his computer rig


    Pauly
    Life without music would
  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2009
    A more serious sign that you're raising your kids right, from Bill SImmons latest column :
    I stopped the [book tour] signings for two days so I could spend Halloween weekend with my kids. We live in a neighborhood that gets slammed by trick-or-treaters; this time, we ran out of candy with dozens of trick-or-treaters left. Just as we were about to start turning people away, my daughter announced that she wanted to give away her candy to the remaining trick-or-treaters. And she did. She's 4. She is going to be a good kid. I know it. This was the happiest moment of my book tour, hands down. My father told me I would understand someday, but I already do.

    I'm not a dad but I'm a sucker for stories like that. :)

    OK, back to giving away speakers so I can be mad that my parents weren't rich audiophiles....
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2009
    Priceless.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!

    NORTH of 60°
  • SWFalken
    SWFalken Posts: 136
    edited November 2009
    My wife and I have always stressed to our 6 year old little girl how important it is to act appropriately wherever we are. We took her to a traditional Celtic music concert last weekend. We found seats about 6 rows back on the center aisle. Our daughter saw a couple of seats open in the front row and asked if she could sit up there with our goddaughter. We let her go ahead and sit up front and without any guidance or comments about good behavior she sat respectfully and attentively for the entire two hour performance. It was a quiet and sometimes slow paced traditional acoustic set and they both sat quietly still the entire time. My wife and I were so proud and very happy that she enjoyed the concert as much as she did. We received a lot of positive comments after the show about both of the girls. It made my day for sure.
    "I drank what?" Socrates :eek:
  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited November 2009
    Congrats & well done! I hope you rewarded the 2 girls appropriately to reinforce their good behavior!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2009
    dpowell wrote: »
    you're standing in the kitchen washing dishes and your 4 year old says, "Daddy, I need an amplifier in my bedroom."

    ....happened today:D

    But did he offer a brand preference.That would another indicator.
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  • Cpyder
    Cpyder Posts: 514
    edited November 2009
    That's good to hear! Never forget to raise your kids right. This small diagram will help:

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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,067
    edited November 2009
    GV#27 wrote: »
    But did he offer a brand preference.That would another indicator.

    No, you bring up a good point. The next 2 words in his vocabulary lessons will be 'Polk' and 'Audio' followed by 'SDA'. Follow-up lessons will include Anthem, Pioneer Elite, Denon to name a few. Got to start with equipment on hand for him to make the connection.:D
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited November 2009
    dpowell wrote: »
    ...your 4 year old says, "Daddy, I need an amplifier in my bedroom."
    ....happened today:D

    The daddy replies, "Son, you need a job."
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2009
    He is doing good! I was at least 6 or 7 before I wanted an amplifier. :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,187
    edited November 2009
    When my son was 10 years old, he wanted a Plasma , Full 5.1 system with DVD , VCR , cable and all his video games in his bedroom.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
  • philr168
    philr168 Posts: 91
    edited November 2009
    My son is 17, at about 10 he got into my pile of old audio stuff, took what he wanted and hooked them up in his room. Now every time I upgrade something he ask if he can have it. He currently has a NAD 3150 and 2600 hooked to Polk RTA 12c's and a pair of monitor 7's. All wired into his computer and playstation.