Is it harsh that I have zero respect for soft fathers?
Boyard
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There's a friend of a friend I see once in a while who's constantly talking about how his 6 year old daughter wraps him around her little finger. He chuckles about how she always controls the TV remote and refers to her as "the princess" *vomits* Once he told me every morning at 6:00am (or earlier) she jumps up and down on him and wakes him to get him up!! Ridiculous. When he told me this I just thought "what a pathetic man....." and I think it's inevitable the child will grow up to be a brat with no respect for him either and probably have issues with masculine men.
Of course a spineless father is better than an absent one but I still cringe every time he tells me his stories and how he lets a 6 year old rule the roost.
Good dads, who enforce discipline and never spoil their child are the cornerstone to a well rounded individual. I am glad my dad was old school and supported us kids while not making us pussies or brats.
Of course a spineless father is better than an absent one but I still cringe every time he tells me his stories and how he lets a 6 year old rule the roost.
Good dads, who enforce discipline and never spoil their child are the cornerstone to a well rounded individual. I am glad my dad was old school and supported us kids while not making us pussies or brats.
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£200 just for TAKING them?! Craziness. If he hadn't paid her would she not have taken them? Was it a bribe?
As he is only a "friend of a friend" hopefully you can keep the time you have to listen to his drivel to a minimum.
Totally agree with this. A very unpleasant post.
I think calling the daughter a brat is perhaps uncalled for - you don't know the daughter presumably? If she is a brat, if she doesn't understand the value of money, then it's certainly not her fault.
However, to pay your child to sit their exams really is a joke. A reward of reasonable monetary value is alright, if she's done well but you have to earn it first!
I mean you don't go to a job interview and say "How much do I get for turning up?".
Do you think it's good parenting? Yes I judge people but so does everyone if they were honest. You are judging me right now.
Parenting is a very difficult area to comment on when you haven't worn the t-shirt.
Can the OP enlighten us?
Not "3 hours" but yes, a child needs to learn to amuse themselves. They can play with their toys and use their imagination for an hour I'm sure.
Firm but fair and enforces boundaries. Lovely when you're behaving but no nonsense for disrespect.
Good parenting? How do I know? I haven't met his child.
My dad was very strict with me. Often punished me in a way that would kick-high some eyebrows today. He did it because he knew it was the only method that can work on me as a kid when I was headstrong, stubborn and rather prone to fighting with local kids. He didn't use that type of parenting on my other siblings. He was gentle and patient with one brother, easygoing and trusting with another, tough and firm with another, and so on.
Clearly, he and our mother adjusted their parenting styles in accordance with each of our personalities. As far as I can see, it worked.
Exactly.
There's nothing wrong with drawing on your own childhood experience so I don't agree that it's a "very" difficult area to comment on at all.
He is a divorced dad I bet playing tug of love.
All of us are commenting on the World Cup. Few of us have played or managed international football.
I can't sing. But I know when I hear a rubbish singer.
It is easy to spot incompetence.
Exactly, well said.
Absolutely. The parents know their child, we don't so I really don't think any of us are in a position to judge