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Nathan Ripperger
Parenthood

Find yourself saying ridiculous things to children? This Dad made a book about it

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9.32pm, 20 Sep 2015
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HAVE YOU EVER noticed yourself saying some very strange and hilarious things to your children?

Dad of five Nathan Ripperger has made a book out of all the amusing things he finds himself saying to his boys who are all aged under 10.

The video producer and graphic designer got a huge response from other parents when he started creating poster-like images of the funny things he was saying, so now he’s created a book of around 80 of the funniest, weirdest, and most amusing sayings and paired them with images.

Here are some of our favourites:

Find yourself saying ridiculous things to children? This Dad made a book about it
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So now over to you in the comments section, what kind of absurd and bizarre things have you found yourself saying to your children?

Things I’ve Said To My Children was published this week. 

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