Bragging parents and spoiled children
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Parental bragging
The parental bragging can start alarmingly early. With two children attending a Montessori nursery, I was regularly privy to discussions about pre school birthdays and how to throw the best party.
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Pushy parents that brag about their kids at the school gate; you know the type – every time you arrive at school to collect your little angel they’re there, itching to compare SATS scores, swimming certificates, spelling ability etc.
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| 28-6-2008 | Oh my God! This is so true!!! I know what life as a kid is like when you have pushy parents. They say they just want the best for you but, deep inside, it's all about showing off in front of other parents. It is so horrible and mean to have your mum tell you: "I just hope one day I will be ...more | Just me (Spain) |
| 12-1-2008 | my Gawd - I want to smack the poster of this thread in the face!!
I mean:
" I only hope I can rise above the petty point scoring at the school gate...."
puke puke puke
Tell me this love, How do you know what theyre talking about at the schoolgate unless you have been involved? T...more | Marjorie Proops |
| 12-1-2008 | I REALLY hope your daughter fails her 11plus - I mean you're not bothered are you? Like b0llox ! Only someone who IS desperate for everyone to know that child has not inherited their parents retarded genes would post a post like this...."...she is considered bright, and tipped for Gramma...more | PeterBungHain |
| 15-12-2007 | Parents who are too pushy are usually (but not always) trying to compensate for their own failures in life. While I am sure that most are trying to give their children as many opportunities in life as early as possible the one thing we must not forget is the child's happiness. That is all that m...more | TaffyQuad |
| 19-7-2007 | They just want to know if their little urchin is up to standard. They're planning on him becoming an executive you know - 9-5 job in an office and a company car! Well Whoopee for your child! | Dead from the neck up now |
| 21-5-2007 | I am a teacher of violin and have parents regularly ring me up to start their 2-5 year olds off which I advise against. I am amazed as a fellow parent that I have to be so assertive with these folk!
Non-musical and people with no experience have told me that I am 'out of order' for not tak...more | Mrs Tiggytwinkle |
| 18-1-2007 | Sorry, I should add that I did not mean to boast about my thriftyness or cake making skills etc etc.in the manner of said pushy parents. The cakes are crap but fun. :.)) I was trying to say that it is the amateurishness enthusiasim of the whole thing that the kids seem to like, so you should do what...more | Mum of four again |
| 18-1-2007 | I am pretty well off, and I live in a wealthy area with *serious* party competition, but I have found you don't have to join in. I put a fair bit of planning in, but I spend as little as possible on birthday parties - value basics cakes from Tesco, pass the parcel type games and so on. I only le...more | Mum of four |
| 10-1-2007 | No, it is all true I am afraid, pushy parents do actually exist and if they don't wake up to the potential damage they are doing to their child they will be sorry one day.
They'll be sorry and by then it will be to late to mend the damage. | New Parent |
| 27-9-2006 | God this is such a pet topic with me! Well I just have a real giggle at those silly parents who seem to live their lives through their inevitably untalented kids!Icringe at every parents evening! stand rigid with total boredom at the school gate! and try very hard not to fall asleep at the school pl...more | zenna |
| 15-6-2006 | So so true, I felt so inadequate not being able to keep up with other parents (and still do for even letting myself get roped into it at all. Thankfully I realised that he was a person not a point scoring accessory before I became monster parent. | justjo |
| 31-5-2006 | Parents can be really mean sometimes. I understand completely where you are coming from. There;s no need for all the bragging. | Helen |
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