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Old 11-07-2014, 23:13
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Didn't bother to contact him as a baby.

He put the money into the bookies and lost that, then he managed to get Carla Barlow's factory and then refused money and just gave her his half. So Simon has no money that his dead mother left him... the money was the only reason Peter decided to look after Simon!

Nearly burned him alive.

Stressed him out with his booze antics.

Numerous affairs that have meant too many people become his "parents."

Ditched the poor kid for half a year!
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Old 11-07-2014, 23:20
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He is a good dad having to put up with him lol.

On a serious note, I think Peter means well, unfortunately he suffers from problems like the bottle, plus he is the victim of bad writing. I think the actor works well with Alex Bain. He was concerned and distraught when George took Simon away. Also his scenes with Simon when he was bullied where really good (sadly this was just a plot device for the godawful affair plot). But the writers can't tear Peter away from his affairs and relapsing.

Plus Peter tried his best for the few months Leanne was away and after the fire, with the support of his family.
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Old 11-07-2014, 23:24
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Didn't bother to contact him as a baby.

He put the money into the bookies and lost that, then he managed to get Carla Barlow's factory and then refused money and just gave her his half. So Simon has no money that his dead mother left him... the money was the only reason Peter decided to look after Simon!

Nearly burned him alive.

Stressed him out with his booze antics.

Numerous affairs that have meant too many people become his "parents."

Ditched the poor kid for half a year!
Simon has hordes of significant adults in his life - thanks to Peter and Leanne's frequent partner changes and fractured (Thanks Yasmeen) backgrounds. I wonder how long it'll be before Kal loves Simon as if he were his own son, and Simon is taking Kal's side over Peter and Nick.
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Old 11-07-2014, 23:29
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He's the worst dad in Corrie anyway. It's so weird to me how people on the forum are so scathing and critical of poor little Simon when he's having to grow up with a train wreck of a father. Of course he's got to be pissed off with his dad and when he tells him he hates him like any other kid worth his salt in the same situation would, is it not because he's trying to send a strong message of his unhappiness with his drunken, skirt chasing, self pitying, introverted and Napoleon complexed daddy?

Peter seems to have some deluded belief that anyone is his life is so privileged to have him around that they should feel satisfied with the minimal amount of attention that he is able to afford them out of his busy schedule of thinking about himself.

There's only so much of him to go around lol.
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Old 12-07-2014, 08:13
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Peter is a sorry loser and cheap drunk. A total embarrassment to fatherhood and with significant shortcomings in the trouser department. Unable to satisfy even the most undemanding of women, he cannot manage, yet alone sustain, an erection. This insecurity and fear makes him drink more and seek out cheap women with no morals to create a subterfuge of adequacy. He is also a bed wetting, bet welching, bigamist. A very frightened man.
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Old 12-07-2014, 09:49
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It's important to remember that however poor a father, he's been lumbered with an equally crap son.
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Old 12-07-2014, 10:29
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Didn't he try to give Simon away to the customers in the pub? Rotten barsteward. Apparently noone took him up on his offer.

Yeah, we're going to be in for a serious amount of teenage rebellion, and acting out when the time comes. Thanks Peter.
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Old 12-07-2014, 10:34
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It's important to remember that however poor a father, he's been lumbered with an equally crap son.
A son who looks like neither parent and a son from a possible different ethnicity, has he been cast this way so that in later life Peter will discover he ain't even his biological son? And then be sat in the parlour with Ken saying how he should have known Simon wasn't his son, but no one seems to notice the lad appears to be of a different race.
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Old 12-07-2014, 12:40
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Ken was the Dad who messed Peter (and Susan) up in the first place. Blame the parents. I think Ken is the worst Dad.
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Old 12-07-2014, 12:43
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Peter Barlow is the worst Dad in Soap?


Ken was the Dad who messed Peter (and Susan) up in the first place. Blame the parents. I think Ken is the worst Dad.
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Old 12-07-2014, 13:16
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Only an occasional Corrie watcher but he's got serious competition from Phil Mitchell.
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Old 12-07-2014, 14:04
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Ken was the Dad who messed Peter (and Susan) up in the first place. Blame the parents. I think Ken is the worst Dad.
Peter Barlow is the worst Dad in Soap?
To be fair, we could say this about all the Corrie parents. Tracy is a sociopath and murderer, so I guess Deirdre is a bad parent (plus she lets Tracy off with a lot of things). Michelle must be a bad parent as her son is a drug user. And Sally and Kevin must be terrible parents due to their two brats, one of them being a thief.

Although I understand Peter being resentful of Ken, lets face it the man is nearly 50 he can't keep blaming his father for his actions, Peter is in control of his own life and brings most of his issues on himself.
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Old 12-07-2014, 14:12
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To be fair, we could say this about all the Corrie parents. Tracy is a sociopath and murderer, so I guess Deirdre is a bad parent (plus she lets Tracy off with a lot of things). Michelle must be a bad parent as her son is a drug user. And Sally and Kevin must be terrible parents due to their two brats, one of them being a thief.

Although I understand Peter being resentful of Ken, lets face it the man is nearly 50 he can't keep blaming his father for his actions, Peter is in control of his own life and brings most of his issues on himself.
Firm but fair as always, NJ.
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Old 12-07-2014, 15:05
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I'd also put Michael Moon EE in the bad parent category. Showing interest in Tommy only when he was on a downer (father and brothers wanting nothing to do with him) or because Janine was keeping him away from Scarlett. Then telling Tommy at 2 and a half that he was his real father, not to mention trying to dump Scarlett on Kat and Alfie when Janine walked out, and plotting to kill Janine so he could waltz off with Scarlett.
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Old 12-07-2014, 15:38
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To be fair, we could say this about all the Corrie parents. Tracy is a sociopath and murderer, so I guess Deirdre is a bad parent (plus she lets Tracy off with a lot of things). Michelle must be a bad parent as her son is a drug user. And Sally and Kevin must be terrible parents due to their two brats, one of them being a thief.

Although I understand Peter being resentful of Ken, lets face it the man is nearly 50 he can't keep blaming his father for his actions, Peter is in control of his own life and brings most of his issues on himself.
[quote=mo mouse;73669900Firm but fair as always, NJ.[/QUOTE]


Yes; to both.
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Old 12-07-2014, 15:54
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Peter's a pretty good dad I think, and if anyone should know all about being a great dad then it's me, Uncle Q.

I deal in the school of life.

I'm always drunk (I'm drunk now!) and tend to destroy the house here on a weekly basis with my madcap ideas and shenanigans.
Plus I get real punchy whenever my team lose, which is quite often because they're a very poor side.
They're only playing a friendly today, but if they get beat, so God help me them kids best look out.

I refuse to buy my nippers these fancy 'flavour-of-the-month' trainers and clothes the kids of today want, instead I visit jumble sales and garage sales, buying second-hand tweed jackets, worn hob-nail boots and jodpurs which they'll "grow into" because I need all my money for me.
Pubs are right expensive these days.

My kids aren't allowed mobile phones, computer games or ipods either, they can darn well listen to records on the radio like I had to when I were a nipper.
If they need to get in touch with me, they can always leave me a note pinned to the fridge, which I often visit to get another beer.

I don't believe in treating them to Pizza Hut, Nandos, or McDonalds either - they can peel a few spuds and make a pan of chips if they're feeling peckish - and bloody well make me some too if they know what's good for them.

They'll thank me for it one day, I'm preparing them for life and it's a harsh world out there.

I've also named my boy "Felicity" in order to toughen him up.
Sure he cries about it now because of the teasing he gets at school an that, but he'll soon learn to bounce his tormentors off the nearest desktop.
It'll stand him in good stead, you mark my words.
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Old 12-07-2014, 16:05
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Peter's a pretty good dad I think, and if anyone should know all about being a great dad then it's me, Uncle Q.

I deal in the school of life.

I'm always drunk (I'm drunk now!) and tend to destroy the house here on a weekly basis with my madcap ideas and shenanigans.
Plus I get real punchy whenever my team lose, which is quite often because they're a very poor side.
They're only playing a friendly today, but if they get beat, so God help me them kids best look out.

I refuse to buy my nippers these fancy 'flavour-of-the-month' trainers and clothes the kids of today want, instead I visit jumble sales and garage sales, buying second-hand tweed jackets, worn hob-nail boots and jodpurs which they'll "grow into" because I need all my money for me.
Pubs are right expensive these days.

My kids aren't allowed mobile phones, computer games or ipods either, they can darn well listen to records on the radio like I had to when I were a nipper.
If they need to get in touch with me, they can always leave me a note pinned to the fridge, which I often visit to get another beer.

I don't believe in treating them to Pizza Hut, Nandos, or McDonalds either - they can peel a few spuds and make a pan of chips if they're feeling peckish - and bloody well make me some too if they know what's good for them.

They'll thank me for it one day, I'm preparing them for life and it's a harsh world out there.

I've also named my boy "Felicity" in order to toughen him up.
Sure he cries about it now because of the teasing he gets at school an that, but he'll soon learn to bounce his tormentors off the nearest desktop.
It'll stand him in good stead, you mark my words.
Hahaha Maybe you listened to a Boy named Sue then?

If what you say is true, you're a great Dad Uncle Quentin. If you give kids everything they want they're going to be very disappointed when they have to start fending for themselves and think how many burgers they would need to wrap or floors they'd have to brush up just to get one set of those funky trainers. If it's a special occasion and you need a smart outfit you there's always a sports direct. I got all the soup mugs I'll ever need from that establishment.
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Old 12-07-2014, 16:09
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Surely Terry Duckworth must be in the running for the title?
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Old 12-07-2014, 16:27
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Hahaha Maybe you listened to a Boy named Sue then?

If what you say is true, you're a great Dad Uncle Quentin. If you give kids everything they want they're going to be very disappointed when they have to start fending for themselves and think how many burgers they would need to wrap or floors they'd have to brush up just to get one set of those funky trainers. If it's a special occasion and you need a smart outfit you there's always a sports direct. I got all the soup mugs I'll ever need from that establishment.
Thanks Andrea, you're always one of the most sensible and pragmatic on here I find.
Yes, I grew up listening to my old mam playing that song about a boy named Sue, it must be where I got the idea from.

I'm not a total heel mind, I treated the kids to an orange each only the other week.
Didn't have to either, it wasn't even their birthday or anything.

Too soft by half, that's my trouble.

The lad is six now, nearly seven - I've told him it's high time he thought about getting himself a job and standing on his own two feet.
Trouble is, these kids of today want everything for nowt and would be here freeloading under my roof for years if I didn't give them a nudge.
I've also told him he needs to start thinking about getting his own place, I can't keep him in spuds and old blokes' tweed jackets indefinitely, not when I've got a whole new season of away games & piss-ups to be getting to.
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Old 12-07-2014, 16:48
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Ken was the Dad who messed Peter (and Susan) up in the first place. Blame the parents. I think Ken is the worst Dad.
Yes it all comes back to Ken being a shit dad.
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Old 12-07-2014, 17:07
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As far as mothers go, Kylie wins it hands down although Leanne is a disgrace as well.
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Old 12-07-2014, 17:52
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Thanks Andrea, you're always one of the most sensible and pragmatic on here I find.
Yes, I grew up listening to my old mam playing that song about a boy named Sue, it must be where I got the idea from.

I'm not a total heel mind, I treated the kids to an orange each only the other week.
Didn't have to either, it wasn't even their birthday or anything.

Too soft by half, that's my trouble.

The lad is six now, nearly seven - I've told him it's high time he thought about getting himself a job and standing on his own two feet.
Trouble is, these kids of today want everything for nowt and would be here freeloading under my roof for years if I didn't give them a nudge.
I've also told him he needs to start thinking about getting his own place, I can't keep him in spuds and old blokes' tweed jackets indefinitely, not when I've got a whole new season of away games & piss-ups to be getting to.
Thanks for the compliment Uncle Quentin, there are a couple of people who make me laugh on here, mostly you and Scone. It's true that if you took a chainsaw and sliced me in half through the middle you'd see the word sensible in wiggly woggly writing, it is my middle name lol.

My son is eleven and he's been nagging me for ever about getting him a smartphone so I got him a police style notebook so he can write notes and pass them on to his mates in school.
It's good that he has dreams though.
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Old 12-07-2014, 18:41
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Only an occasional Corrie watcher but he's got serious competition from Phil Mitchell.
Why what's he done?

Thanks for the compliment Uncle Quentin, there are a couple of people who make me laugh on here, mostly you and Scone. It's true that if you took a chainsaw and sliced me in half through the middle you'd see the word sensible in wiggly woggly writing, it is my middle name lol.

My son is eleven and he's been nagging me for ever about getting him a smartphone so I got him a police style notebook so he can write notes and pass them on to his mates in school.
It's good that he has dreams though.
Anything you post in ends up about you and then you kill off the thread when no one replies because the subject has changed so randomly...
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Old 12-07-2014, 18:51
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Thanks for the compliment Uncle Quentin, there are a couple of people who make me laugh on here, mostly you and Scone. It's true that if you took a chainsaw and sliced me in half through the middle you'd see the word sensible in wiggly woggly writing, it is my middle name lol.

My son is eleven and he's been nagging me for ever about getting him a smartphone so I got him a police style notebook so he can write notes and pass them on to his mates in school.
It's good that he has dreams though.
I like your style Andrea.
Keeping the kids grounded these days is an impossible task.

Of course, pretty much everything I say on here are downright fibs and ridicule for my own entertainment.
I only have a 14-year old daughter in reality, and she pretty much plays her old dad like a fiddle.
Whatever madam wants, madam tends to get sadly.

It was certainly different back in my day.
If I said to my old man ... "Dad I want a bike" ... he'd say ... "I'll give you bloody bike" ... whilst reaching for the nearest blunt instrument.

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Old 12-07-2014, 18:56
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As far as mothers go, Kylie wins it hands down although Leanne is a disgrace as well.
Goes without saying Mo but what about Gail. How many extremely unsuitable men has she courted and brought home to her family now

As for worst soap Dads it would take something to beat Max Branning
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