#71

I’ve been a very permissive parent and basically tried to have the attitude of “Try it, but bear in mind…”. He seems to have turned out better (so far) than some of his mates who have stricter parents. I occasionally have to remind him about why he should/shouldn’t be doing something and I will let him take the consequences of his misdemeanours if they occur.
Happy to be shot at for this opinion because, in the end, we’re all just making it up as we go along

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#72

He caves, or just lets them have stuff like coke, chocolate and that which I would never buy as I don’t like it but he does do 🤷 .

@colon_closed_bracket @thewarn grandparent laxness is outrageous, my dad who would make me and my two sisters share 1 fudge between us will feed my kids pancakes, doughnuts, chocolate, ice-cream etc all the time :rofl:

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#73

Parents:

Have you ever used the phrase “ask your mum / dad” in order to defer the decision making to your partner?

  • I’ve done it, and had it done to me
  • I’ve done it, but have not had it done to me
  • I’ve not done it, but have had it done to me
  • I’ve neither done it nor had it done to me

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#74

that is permissive parenting!

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#75

Kind of similar, I don’t really ever buy that stuff so I rarely have it around to give to R regardless of how I feel about him having it.

Then his dad loads him up with a load of rubbish the two days he has him.

#76

Jelly Beans, Kinder Egg, Chupa Chups, Flying Saucers, Milky Way and Haribo
Jelly Beans, Kinder Egg, Chupa Chups, Flying Saucers, Milky Way and Haribo
Jelly Beans, Kinder Egg, Chupa Chups, Flying Saucers, Milky Way and Haribo
Ohhh Jelly Beans, Kinder Egg, Chupa Chups, Flying Saucers, Milky Way and Haribo

C-C-C-C-C-COCAAAAAIIINE

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#78

Harder to do with split parents.

“ask your dad”
“I’m not seeing him for three days!”
“you’ll have to wait then”

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#79

assumed you were talking about porn…

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#80

Oh yeah, I don’t let them chase pigeons or ducks.

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#81

quite enjoy giving gifts anyway, so imagine i’ll be awful at moderating that with my own kids.

#82

Your poor potential tadpoles

Blue slush puppies, blue mr freezes - best of the best

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#83

nah - they don’t want what you want to give them and they demand the stuff you don’t want to give them

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#84

he’s a copy of das kapital, kid and a can of stella, enjoy :cowboy_hat_face: :wink: :wink:

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#85

were these the cola ones or the raspberry ones? The best type, either way.

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#86

Guess it’s what you’re used to isn’t it.

He also buys them electronic things of bigger value than I’d say is appropriate because he has a thing about researching for the best rated stuff. So kids end up with better phones, headphones etc than me as I just buy whatever is cheap and / or get his secondhand ones.

#87

Smurfs? Water type pokemon?

#88

I don’t have kids. My imaginary kids will not be allowed to vote Tory.

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#90

raspberry

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#91

Oh, no TV in their rooms is a thing for me. Although now you can watch Netflix etc on anything this is a bit redundant. No phones / devices upstairs after bedtime is how it has been implemented.

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#93

We appear to have turned our son into a revolutionary. He’s started drawing slogans saying ‘central government out’ and ‘why won’t you stop being mean’.

Good stuff.

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