Army Dad Surprises Daughter at School Dance and She Totally 'Freaks Out' (VIDEO)

vrijdag 30 augustus 2013

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by Emily Abbate 2 hours ago

Most 14-year-old girls wouldn't be ecstatic if their dad showed up unannounced to a school dance. But for Louisiana teen Tayla Carrigan, she couldn't have been more ecstatic when her dad, Army Sergeant Kelly Carrigan, surprised her at her back-to-school dance after being deployed for the past five months.

Sergeant Kelly, who left to go overseas in April, endured a serious knee injury that forced him to return home. While his daughter Tayla and her sister Logan thought he had been relocated to a base somewhere in Europe, Dad was really stationed just four hours away at Fort Polk. And as about 800 students sang "Proud to Be an American," Sergeant Carrigan surprised his daughter and she got the hug she's been waiting for for months.

Seriously, this is probably one of the best homecoming surprises I've seen in a while. Watch Sergeant Kelly Carrigan surprise his daughter, here:

How great is this?

Image via GFnews/YouTube

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Little Boy Gets Trapped in Toy Grabber Machine and Mom Freaks Out (VIDEO)

woensdag 21 augustus 2013

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by Jacqueline Burt 15 hours ago

What would you do if your little boy (somehow, inexplicably) got trapped in one of those claw machines with the toy prizes nobody ever wins cause those claw machines are rigged?? Would you: a) Freak out in terror and scream for help, b) beam with pride at your child's clever tactics, OR c) get super mad and yell at your kid in front of all the concerned strangers. 

If you were the mom in this video, your choice would be c) get super mad and yell at your kid in front of all the concerned strangers. Because ... well, I'm not sure why, exactly. Even though I've probably had similar reactions in similar situations ...

Seriously, ever wonder why it is that some of us -- parents, that is -- get really mad at our kids when they put themselves in harm's way? Now, bear in mind, I'm not talking about big kids doing big dumb things, like a 16-year-old drinking and driving or something seriously worthy of parental ire. I'm talking about little kids who fall off tall objects they weren't supposed to be climbing in the first place or touch hot stoves they were supposed to be keeping away from or eat colorful soaps they were warned against putting in their mouths because, contrary to appearances, soap is not candy!! I mean, we're not really mad at our kids in those moments, are we?? We're more scared than anything else. But somehow, that fear and worry and, underneath it all, love manifest as one big I Told You So. 

And the sad thing is, that's all our kids really take from those moments of panic-induced parental pissed off-ness: Mom is mad at me. Mom is mad at me because I hurt myself ... ?!

Maybe someday this little boy, like so many little boys, will look back and realize his mom got angry because she was scared, but for now, who knows what he thinks? At least he'll never climb into one of those machines again, that much is for sure. I think. Check it out:

Do you ever find yourself getting angry at your kids when they put themselves in harm's way?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacqueline Burt

has written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites. She is easily bored and often tired, so she requires constant entertainment to keep her awake. Dance, Monkey! Dance! 

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