You are a terrible parent!!!!!!

[ChrizJen]

My DD would have very high fevers when she was younger. Tylenol didn't always work so her ped told me I should put her in tepid baths to bring down her fever. After the first time, she was on to me, so I would keep a stock of cheap, new bathingsuits and bribe her into the tub by letting her wear a new bathingsuit. She knew the water was going to feel like ice, but she went along anyway, just to get a new bathingsuit.

That's awesome...LOL

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

Only if you want to be labeled a helicopter parent, or too overprotective. If you DON'T check on her, then you'll be neglectful and uncaring.

Yup, you're pretty much screwed on this one.

 

[Lanie]

Would I be labelled a future bad parent since I'm thinking that I should remember some of the things you do here to use later for my kids???

Love the story about the little boy who says the clean version of a song throws of his singing by the way! Priceless!

 

[TN Hockey Mom]

I'm a horrible mother . . . .

Both of my kids slept with us (DS10 & DS9).

When they did move to their own beds (in a room together) my husband slept in their room with them for more than a year.

I let them watch horrible things on TV (MTV, HBO, Cinemax).

I let them watch PG-13 movies and some R movies.

I have to remind them on the way to church that there are words that we use at home that we don't say at church.

I let my DS10 say cuss words in the hockey locker room with all of the other boys.

I let them both say cuss words if they are singing them in a song.

We have Bruster's for dinner occassionally - this is a local ice cream shop - ice cream is all they serve!

We always eat picnic style - together on our living room floor in front of the Big Screen.

I bribe them! For example, if they get up good for me for a week straight and go to school without a fuss - they get a prize at the end of the week. I believe in "Whatever It Takes!"

They both have cell phones.

They play violent video games in their room.

They eat fast food way too often.

If my kids want candy for breakfast, lunch or dinner - I let them. I've learned to pick my battles!

My DS9 slapped his teacher across the face when he was 7 and I was secretly EXTREMELY jealous. (I would love to have slapped her).

They pee outside and they love to talk about their private parts.

When the pediatrician ask me if I ever see my DS9 private parts (he refused to let him examine them at his physical) I had to tell him more than I care to.

It's like we live in a locker room at my house - and I wouldn't have it any other way!!!!

I'm sure there's plenty more - this is just a snapshot of the things that make me a horrible mother!

 

[Erin1700]

I can. I send my daughter to Catholic grammar school (11th year now PreK3-through 8th grade) and don't take her to church. Try explaining how you're not a hypocrite (yeah, I am).

My DD goes to public school but went to catholic CCD classes all last year. We went to church maybe 2 times this past year. School is starting and I should sign her up again for CCD and I dont think I am going to. It is such a waste of time. Now, if they really learned something, that would be different. But they dont and so she is not going.
My parents are every sunday church goers and are HORRIFIED!!!!!

My DS2 was annoyed at his sister at the restaurant last night and stood up and yelled "Rachael....SHUT UP!"

We watch tv at dinnertime too!

 

[NHdisneylover]

Thanks to those of you who shared that I am not alone with having kids who know about alcohol. Yes, I agree they see how to drink responsibly which I think is good--but others do not always agree with me.

I'm a bad parent because I share custody of my 10 yr old dd. We allow her to go every other week to her dads, and pretty much are open to letting her go when there is other stuff going on that she doesn't miss. Never been to court--he doesn't pay support but half of everything like school, dr, ins, etc. But I've been told I'm horrible for allowing that, that a "real mom" doesn't let her child see their dad much if they are not together.

blows my mind that anyone would criticze you for that Back when I taught it was a RARE thing to find divorced parents who acted like you do and I always appreciated them so much.

Oh and we do not belong to any organized religion at all anymore which makes us evil to the core. Mothers run shrieking from us.

Top that.

We do not belong to a religion either. Made us evil incarnate in most of the homeschooling groups we went to when we were homeschooling (before anyone jumps on me--I know not everyone homeschools for religious reasons--I didn't; but a lot of people do and they tend to assume we all do. Also, I have NO issues with people who DO homeschool for religious reasons--just those who show up to generic HSing events and assume everyone is doign what they are doing).

Oh, and having homeschooled made me bad parent

moving my kids to a foriegn country

teaching them the truth about where babies come from as little ones. Treated it just like talks about how the digestive system works, etc so it was never a big deal

Let my son understudy for Theo in Pippin at age 8 (meaning he saw most of the rehearsals and shows and it is not a kid friendly production but he was fine with it--we talked).

I gave my kids weird names (Marika and Rio)

My word! There is no end to the terrible things we all do

 

[taximomfor4]

For real...

I've been told that I'm not thinking of my kids because I also dont get child support. I didnt' want it (I mean *I* of course would take it, but chose not to) because he gets the kids just as often as I do. We are generally 3 days 1 week, 4 the next and so on. If one of us has something planned, we switch it up. No big deal. Didn't feel it was right to make him pay when he's there for the kids just as much as I am. We split what we need to, and sometimes he pays more since he makes more...we're happy with it, and the kids dont see their parents fighting

Tell the nosies that you get more than what would be ordered as support, doing it the way you do, I bet. I don't know ANYONE who's child support is so high it would cover half of everything. Mine is like $200 a month. And he frequently asks dd if I am working yet, because he wants to go and have it reduced again. Silly thing is, it was set at that amount when I WAS working. When I was unable, I didn't take him to court to have it increased.