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Struggling with inherent selfishness of children!

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Mull · 10/05/2021 09:19

I know I’m being unreasonable (and really didn’t want to post there and have my arse handed to me Grin ) but I’m struggling today and need to vent.

My DC (11 & 8) are just normal children, not awful, not perfect, just normal. My DH and I try to give them the best possible life and they are just so ungrateful for it. We spend our lives ferrying them round to clubs etc to enhance fitness, enrich their lives etc. We spend hours sort the life admin that goes with those clubs, residentials, school, homework etc. They are always in the right place, at the right time, with the right, clean, stuff.

We are very happy to do all of this if we just felt like they gave us something back. This morning I got a grunted hello from DD and DS asked if his scouts uniform was washed yet. UNGRATEFUL SODS Angry I want to jack it all in and they can stare at the walls for all I care Wink

They have so many more opportunities than I had as a child and their experiences have been so much better. They have no idea and, in reality, I can’t expect them to see the bigger picture and all that they should be grateful for.

So we will trudge on and I will get over it. But, for today, I am wallowing a bit. Can I eat chocolate for breakfast?!

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