What are your kids doing right this second?

MusicMakesItAllBetter · 26/05/2025 10:11

BeLoudRubyPanda · 18/05/2025 20:04

This website is called Mumsnet and you can tell by the name there's mums. So what are kids up to

Watching YouTube together, nicely

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 20/05/2025 19:50

One is upstairs, relaxing after work, one is currently asleep in Australia, where he is a teacher, and the eldest is with his wife, their toddler and their baby twins - probably either doing bedtime or making supper.

LindorDoubleChoc · 20/05/2025 19:48

Kid 1 is at her boyfriend's flat about 2 miles away from our house, she walked there setting off at 6.30pm. No doubt he has cooked her dinner.

Kid 2 is at the football with DH. It is the team who won the FA Cup 😎so they'll be there late to watch the parade of the cup around the ground.

I am having absolutely blissful evening home alone.

TiredOctopus · 20/05/2025 19:00

I really like this thread. Mine is playing computer games online with a classmate. Both being loud 😂

Girasoli · 20/05/2025 17:43

One is playing PlayStation, one is eating a fruit icelolly and watching YouTube.

They've both been at after school club until 5.15 so can relax a bit while dinner cooks.

Mightyhike · 20/05/2025 17:34

One is playing netball, the other is eating ice cream and watching YouTube.

12daysofchristmas12 · 20/05/2025 17:29

Putting a baby doll in a pram and forcing her eyes shut to sleep (2 year old).

aspidernamedfluffy · 20/05/2025 17:16

Soaking up the sunshine in Malaga with her DP.

MotherOfBengals · 20/05/2025 16:25

Celebrating his 33rd birthday with his family.

ButteredRadishes · 20/05/2025 07:19

Caligirl80 · 20/05/2025 00:50

It's likely "I want to feel superior about what my kids are doing" nonsense. Similar question crap to the "how much do you save every month" stuff. Could also be an exercise by marketing people to gather some info on the sly about what an example set of children get up to. Of course people could be completely making shit up. I could say that my kids are sailing round the world, learning how to fly jets, and in prison and no one would be any the wiser. Of course that also assumes I actually have kids...ah the perils of asking survey questions lol!

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Oh come on, people like a "what's for tea/what time do you wake up/what's happening in your house" kind of banal harmless thread

It's just mindless ways to pass the time.

BelieveYouCan · 20/05/2025 00:59

Caligirl80 · 20/05/2025 00:50

It's likely "I want to feel superior about what my kids are doing" nonsense. Similar question crap to the "how much do you save every month" stuff. Could also be an exercise by marketing people to gather some info on the sly about what an example set of children get up to. Of course people could be completely making shit up. I could say that my kids are sailing round the world, learning how to fly jets, and in prison and no one would be any the wiser. Of course that also assumes I actually have kids...ah the perils of asking survey questions lol!

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Being as most people’s kids seem to be doing something very mundane, I’d doubt that’s the case for most people.

Caligirl80 · 20/05/2025 00:50

anon666 · 19/05/2025 18:21

Very puzzled by the OP. The thread title makes sense. But why do you want to know what the kids are up to?

It's likely "I want to feel superior about what my kids are doing" nonsense. Similar question crap to the "how much do you save every month" stuff. Could also be an exercise by marketing people to gather some info on the sly about what an example set of children get up to. Of course people could be completely making shit up. I could say that my kids are sailing round the world, learning how to fly jets, and in prison and no one would be any the wiser. Of course that also assumes I actually have kids...ah the perils of asking survey questions lol!

seasonspuzzling · 20/05/2025 00:44

Mine are both at school

Thefsm · 20/05/2025 00:13

One (21) is sitting on the porch with me playing with the stray cats, one (19) is in south Philly visiting his fiancées family, one (16) overslept this morning and missed an important exam and is currently playing dnd online.

BelieveYouCan · 19/05/2025 23:48

BitOutOfPractice · 19/05/2025 21:54

Erm you know you don’t have to answer me either right?

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Erm you know you can take your own advice right? 😂

Ineedsunshineinmylife · 19/05/2025 23:32

All 3 girls flown the nest .All asleep there is 1 in London ,1 in Vienna working and 1 in Port Sunlight . I know there whereabouts now better than when at Uni 😁Do not want to ever go back to teen years . All the feels if anyone experiencing the dramas 😱

DetectiveDouche · 19/05/2025 22:56

TheBigFatMermaid · 19/05/2025 20:29

One is probably still trying to get her 7 year old to stay in bed long enough to go to sleep, another is at work (front of house in a hotel) the final one is looking forward to finishing work (tonight on fairground duty) in half an hour.

OK,OK.... my kids are all grown, but I'm still a Mum and I hang about here because of all the wonderful help and advice I've received during really tough times bringing them up.

You're allowed to respond! I did too! ☺️

DetectiveDouche · 19/05/2025 22:06

JJMama · 19/05/2025 20:33

I’ve been here for years, and seen much banality. Just don’t get how asking what other peoples’ children are doing is remotely interesting to anyone else!

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I'm interested.. and interesting in participating but I'm a bit dull. Seems many of us are ☺️

DetectiveDouche · 19/05/2025 22:02

I'm going to have to do a bit of guesswork as my kids are grown and DS1 and DS2 don't live at home.

DS1 (32) is probably in bed watching tv with DIL while GDD (17) months sleeps in the next room. She is a good sleeper, the little cherub. I adore her (which is somewhat off-topic!)

DD (26) lives at home so I'm pretty aware of what she's doing. She's just finished a late shift, has cooked herself some food and is eating in her room watching some strange Vlogger man on tv.. whose name I'm have been repeatedly told but which escapes me. She is guffawing as I write.

DS2 (24) has complex needs and challenging behaviours and lives in a care facility 20 miles away. He is mostly likely awake and chilling with his tablet in bed, periodically getting up to chat with his night staff if it's Max, his favourite. I hope he's in a happy mood and not trashing the joint. I wonder this during most waking hours of the day and often at night.

Note: I'm MN Old School so I use DS and DD plus numbers to indicate order of birth, not age. This used to be what we did but don't see it often these days

Kneeslikethese · 19/05/2025 21:56

One is in her room chilling the other is at band practice

BitOutOfPractice · 19/05/2025 21:54

BelieveYouCan · 19/05/2025 19:43

Erm, you know you don’t have to answer right?

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Erm you know you don’t have to answer me either right?

BitOutOfPractice · 19/05/2025 21:53

Ecrire · 19/05/2025 19:45

Breathtakingly - it is allowed to not respond to threads you feel aren’t relevant to you! Amazing stuff. In the meanwhile the huge majority of those who’ve responded appear to have got the spirit of the thread.

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Breathtakingly, you’ve missed it!

LilacFlowerBed · 19/05/2025 21:14

Both of mine are in bed although I keep hearing little noises from DS so he's probably reading a book as he does most nights.
Wish I'd seen this thread earlier in the day so I'd have something more interesting to add.
Perhaps @BeLoudRubyPanda you should start a new thread titled "If your kids are asleep, what are you doing" 😂

tobee · 19/05/2025 20:41

So why open the thread? That's actually a genuine question @JJMama

Different folks, different strokes and all that.

JJMama · 19/05/2025 20:33

tobee · 19/05/2025 20:14

Ah well relevancy and helpfulness aren't always essential in life @JJMama . Have a little browse around Mumsnet, maybe. You might find some gems. On the other hand you might just despair at the ephemeral and frivolous nature of humanity.

I’ve been here for years, and seen much banality. Just don’t get how asking what other peoples’ children are doing is remotely interesting to anyone else!