how do I get my daughter to conform to my middle class values

[Tucker2014]

what is the best way to make my daughter conform to middle class values and not shun consumerism and materialism when she gets older, I am very worried that she won’t fit

[Vitalstatistix]

funny.

[Wishfulmakeupping]

Erm what? [no comment]

[AnAirOfHope82]

Get her choseing herown clothes, shoes and bags from 18 months old and take her shopping to toy shops every weekend for new toys never fails. Then move on to hats, coats and hair assessoiries by 4 years old and then gadgets by 6+ yo.

Good luck and may she always kill the environment with plastoc tat and make the economy strong for bankers xx

[Pico2]

I don't think that they are specifically middle class values, they seem to transcend class. Which is nice.

[sezamcgregor]

Once upon a time, my grandparents stood outside a polling station with my mother and her siblings.

Grandma said - "now, you know who to vote for" and marched into the polling station to cast her vote.

Grandpa said - "vote for who ever you want" and lead his children into the polling station to cast their votes.

I know which parent I would rather be.

[SevenZarkSeven]

Taat?

Don't get it!

[Jackie0]

The real middle classes consider ostentatious consumerism a bit vulgar and nouveau riche.

[Jackie0]

and are much more likely to recycle and make do and mend.

[Orangeanddemons]

Get her to star in 'Blinging up Baby'

Problem sorted

[Orangeanddemons]

Get her to star in 'Blinging up Baby'

Problem sorted

[newnamesamegame]

If you were genuinely middle class (and I'm not convinced this isn't a wind-up) you would know that shunning materialism is about as middle class as it gets. Ostentatious obsession with consumerism is something the middle classes regard as very vulgar and downmarket.

Sorry, but if you are a genuine poster you are not doing a very convincing job of being middle class and you are shallow if you think it matters enough to give your child a hang-up about it. And you need to have a word with yourself if you think encouraging a child to be materialistic is a good way to go.

[ooerrmissus]

Surely that's something the au pair should teach her?

[Jackie0]

Would the nouveau riche consider themselves middle class?
Or aspiring to be?
Is the middle class something we are born into to? Can education be the ticket?
Whatever the answer is, it isn't money.
I do realise it's a joke thread btw, it would have been funnier if class hadn't come into it. I don't think people who like to bling up their babies really have any desire to be seen as middle class. They might describe themselves as successful or self made.
I'm waffling now sorry. It's something I do find quite interesting though.
How we see ourselves and how others see us.

[Superworm]

I think you should try and control as much of her life as possible so she very little room to think for herself.

This is what my patents did. I'm very middle class with all associated mental health problems

[MollyBdenum]

You have read all the mumsnet chicken/frugal Christmas etc threads, haven't you? Shunning consumerism (apart from second hand books and several musical instruments) is about as new class as it gets.