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Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?

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oioos7 · 03/07/2025 17:57

Hello All,

Just seeing if any current parents can tell me if the vast majority of kids at Teddies thrive academically. I have heard this from current parents and students.

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RefreshingMist · 07/07/2025 00:11

Plantladylover · 06/07/2025 20:52

This has to be one of the most utterly ridiculous threads I've ever seen on here.

How on earth can a parent be so out of touch with real life and reality to not understand that

  1. her ridiculous Titled thread would not cause confusion.
  1. To realise that most people on mn do not have a bloody clue what she is talking about.
  1. To understnd that most mn would think she is having some mild confusion about her soft toy collection.

I utterly despair for her poor teddies 🧸 🤭🤭🤔

I know, it's unbearable

Neveranynamesleft · 06/07/2025 22:56

Ridiculous as it may be, the thread is a furnomenon. I hate to be the bearer of bad news however, it looks as though the OP has hit the paws button as several comments may have been unbearable for them. Maybe called an Ubear and gone for a pina koala.....

Plantladylover · 06/07/2025 20:52

This has to be one of the most utterly ridiculous threads I've ever seen on here.

How on earth can a parent be so out of touch with real life and reality to not understand that

  1. her ridiculous Titled thread would not cause confusion.
  1. To realise that most people on mn do not have a bloody clue what she is talking about.
  1. To understnd that most mn would think she is having some mild confusion about her soft toy collection.

I utterly despair for her poor teddies 🧸 🤭🤭🤔

Tiredandtiredagain · 06/07/2025 20:40

FuzzyPuffling · 03/07/2025 18:12

To be fair, my teddies dont have teddy-children as they don't have wombs, only kapok.

You need to go to build a bear! Get that sorted!

Thmssngvwlsrnd · 05/07/2025 11:08

@Sweetpea1532 's bear looks pretty clever to me 😍 I'd go as far as to say he looks gif-ted and talen-ted

MagdaLenor · 05/07/2025 10:51

Sweetpea1532 · 05/07/2025 03:53

Don't be silly! Of course, Teddies can have kids!

....but do they struggle academically? That was @oioos7 's burning question!

Sweetpea1532 · 05/07/2025 03:53

Don't be silly! Of course, Teddies can have kids!

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
SheSaidHummingbird · 04/07/2025 23:37

EleanorReally · 03/07/2025 20:13

Bear does no one care where the op is? @oioos7

Well maybe she's beneath the trees, where nobody sees? She'll hide and we'll seek as long as we please. Of course we care, but we have to abide by the rules of The Teddy Bear's Picnic Games.

TrickyD · 04/07/2025 22:55

I think we should ask Julie and Amanda for their opinions.

Roomforapony · 04/07/2025 22:47

YYYDlilah · 04/07/2025 22:38

He probably wasn't academic but earnt his stripes in the military.

😂

YYYDlilah · 04/07/2025 22:38

He probably wasn't academic but earnt his stripes in the military.

lifeonmars100 · 04/07/2025 21:58

CarpetKnees · 04/07/2025 20:16

No hope for my ds - his favourite cuddly was a clown Shock

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my child's was this hand knitted thing that my mum got at a garden fete. It was an indeterminate creature , yellow with brown stripes that looked like a cross between a teddy and a tiger. It was an odd looking thing but deeply loved, not sure what its academic ablities were like or if it had ambitions for higher education.

hungryduck · 04/07/2025 20:36

Fun fact: Teddies the school is actually older than teddy bears!

CarpetKnees · 04/07/2025 20:16

redskydelight · 04/07/2025 10:20

Now I feel like a dreadful parent. My son refused to accept teddies and became attached to Doggy. Why did no one tell me that it was the lack of teddies that would make or break him???

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No hope for my ds - his favourite cuddly was a clown Shock

RefreshingMist · 04/07/2025 19:34

TheWeeDonkeyFella · 04/07/2025 15:51

Aw, don't be too harsh on the OP. Perhaps she herself is a child of a teddy and struggling academically? She might've inherited little furry paws and finds it tiring typing full post headers.
😁🧸

Grin
YYYDlilah · 04/07/2025 19:12

I thought teddies went to Furton College or St Edmund Hall only.

OverheardInAWhisper · 04/07/2025 19:00

MagdaLenor · 04/07/2025 17:47

I had no idea that Teddies had a specific school, nor that their sisters had one too.

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Oh, Teddies have everything. They have their own Oxford college, too. Used to be reputed to attract a rugger-loving, less intellectually-endowed bear.

Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
Do Teddies have kids who struggle academically?
mathanxiety · 04/07/2025 18:03

Those of little brain steuggle but they seem happy.

MagdaLenor · 04/07/2025 17:47

YYYDlilah · 04/07/2025 17:39

And you can probably type alumna too.

Dolls' fingers aren't the most dextrous.

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I had no idea that Teddies had a specific school, nor that their sisters had one too.

YYYDlilah · 04/07/2025 17:39

And you can probably type alumna too.

Dolls' fingers aren't the most dextrous.

VickyEadieofThigh · 04/07/2025 17:37

YYYDlilah · 04/07/2025 13:25

@Stiffnewknee , This information would have been useful to the rest of us in the OP!
Some of us knew but couldn't resist.

I'm an aiumni of Teddies' sister school St Dolores, Dollis Hill.

I went to a massive comprehensive in Yorkshire. Cost my parents nowt and I still got into Cambridge.

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 04/07/2025 17:24

PennywisePoundFoolish · 04/07/2025 11:55

Iirc, St Edward is the Patron Saint of Teddies, performing miracles at picnics

St. Ted is actually a hypnotist.
He convinced the picnicers that one marmalade sandwich was sufficient for 10 teddies.

He's hoping to start training to be a WeighTWATchers leader for humans.

Neveranynamesleft · 04/07/2025 17:22

Sugardown · 04/07/2025 08:50

At what point this a new poster think

“I don’t think I can add anything that hasn’t already been said”

and the thread dies
these threads always get a bit toe curling by the end

We'll probably just get the bear necessities.

MagdaLenor · 04/07/2025 16:36

redskydelight · 04/07/2025 10:20

Now I feel like a dreadful parent. My son refused to accept teddies and became attached to Doggy. Why did no one tell me that it was the lack of teddies that would make or break him???

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A human tragedy 😥if only you knew!

CaptainMyCaptain · 04/07/2025 16:34

TheWeeDonkeyFella · 04/07/2025 15:51

Aw, don't be too harsh on the OP. Perhaps she herself is a child of a teddy and struggling academically? She might've inherited little furry paws and finds it tiring typing full post headers.
😁🧸

🤣

We really need the laugh emoji back.