Come and brag about your amazing child

[UnlimitedChipsAndSalsa]

Forget a humble brag. Sometimes they just do amazing things and you have to share it SOMEWHERE (not in a competitive way).

[quote JingsMahBucket]@UnlimitedChipsAndSalsa thank you so much for starting this thread. I wish more people would boast about their kids on MN. There’s nothing wrong with talking about your kids’ achievements or good qualities. This thread has been wonderfully heartwarming to read and I’m so proud of all the kids on here and I’m even deliberately child free![/quote]
Thanks, @JingsMahBucket. I think in the right context, sharing children's achievements can be a really positive thing.

I love these! Great thread. Usually the only person I can 'brag' to is my mum .

Just off out, but will come back to it later.

My DS was a late developer speech wise. He went on to be head boy at his secondary school, (London comprehensive, so nothing fancy!) He's fluent in French and Spanish, and got a first in his law degree and aged 23 is a newly qualified solicitor at a London firm. He's also one of the kindest, modest people you could ever hope to meet. So proud of my boy.

DD 5 learnt to read and write when she was three. She starts sentences with words like ‘unfortunately’ and ‘to my astonishment’. She’s so great at building relationships.

My DC4 (12months) can build towers of 5 or 6 blocks, when all the literature says he should only be doing 2 at his age. What's even better is how he proud he is when he does it. He turns to me with a flourish and makes a 'tada!' type noise.

I am taking my Dcs away in a few weekends to a holiday camp. I decided to upgrade to a 'deluxe' caravan as things have been crap lately and my 11 year old when he heard clasped his hands together in joy and exclaimed; 'We are living a deluxe sort of life!!!!'.

I have a five year old and I had a baby in November.

For Christmas, my five year old received some money in a card. Straight away he took out two of the five pound notes and said he was giving them to his brother.

(We didn't let him. His brother had money in a card too, which just hadn't opened it yet).

My very empathetic dd 8 came home from school sad yesterday. It was the teachers birthday, but dd said the class were 'calling out' more than usual and surely the teacher wouldn't have liked that on her birthday, so she felt sad for her.

Ds 10 always top of school tests, enjoys learning and has nothing but praise at parents evenings.

Ds 18, works hard in his job, is very respectful of females and calls out any disrespectful behaviour he sees from friends/colleagues/customers regarding females.

Very proud of my 3 happy kids.

@bibliomania

A very heartwarming thread!

DD(14) is great - she's been known to cook dinner and wash up afterwards, unasked. She sings all the time and quite often in tune. She stood up to a boy making racist jokes in the classroom and has been unfazed by the backlash. She's articulate and tell me things. She lets me hug her and will still cuddle up to me on the couch when we watch something together. We've been through some difficult times due to her father, but she's doing brilliantly at school and has good friends and is enthusiastic about life. She's a joy.

Good for her!

I would love to hear a few more of these if people are willing to share.

My little fosterling, I was told he most likely wouldn't walk or talk. He's not quite two and now sprints, full tilt into life, he has some words inc. "Peaseeeeeee!" and "Feeties", I figure "please" and "sweeties" are good words to have to get you through most things in life!

@bloodywhitecat Aw, that's great! Sounds like he has his priorities straight, too.

I'm proud of ds1 this week because we've managed to break his Roblox addiction. I don't mean that in a jokey way, he was utterly obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else. First of all he went cold turkey with all computer games.
We agreed that if he did more of the computer homework school set and practiced his musical instrument every day and helped around the house more.
There have been some wobbles, but it's been weeks and he's done what we've asked. He plays the drums and the quality of his playing has now shot up. We've allowed him Minecraft back and he's having fun, building adventure maps and actually being creative! He's coming back to himself and it's so good to see. He is 11.

@CeratopsofthePharoahs That's not an easy thing to do. Your DS should be proud!

DS3 is a BLW genius. He is just six months and today he polished off every ingredient of a stew. He's getting really good at getting the food into his mouth. He chewed on a mushroom today for 7 minutes and then spat out the stalk :o

DS2 is starting to play with his little brother and he's suddenly become fluent in the language of the country we live in. He reverts to it when he's tired, which is very cute.

DS1 is doing his own washing and meal planning!

Wow, @BertieBotts, they're all superstars!

l am so proud of my 16 year son, when he was 13 he suffered from a debilitating anxiety and panic disorder that really affected him getting into school. It was heartbreaking to witness his attempts and his frustration, anger and tears, he became very depressed as he is naturally a high achiever. Finally after many many months of exhausting all avenues l deregistered him. From that moment on l felt the whole world was watching and waiting for him to fail, so they could tell me " l told you so" My son has had no help, no tutors , no paid for online schooling, he found all the references and tools he needed himself, he even manged to get a part time job to pay for his exams as l am a lone widowed parent, and yesterday after all the hassell of trying to book and take his exams through covid etc he got his results, All A* and A results.
More importantly his mental health and well being is so much better now.

That's amazing, @Moonface123! He's worked hard for it!

Love this thread so much it’s really cheered me up as I’ve been ill all day.

My DD is 19 months and whilst she occasionally has her moments generally she’s an absolute delight to be around. She’s so funny, clever and watching her discover the world makes me appreciate it in a new way.

She noticed the moon for the first time the other day and was amazed. Imagine never having seen the moon before?! It made me stop and think it really is beautiful.

Her speech is also coming on in leaps and bounds in 2 languages (DH has a different native language to me) she can count to 3 in both and is really good at naming animals and body parts in English.

My mum sent us a couple of books that are like “first 100 words” type things with colours and animals and general household objects and it really made me appreciate how much she knows now!

Also she loves sharing things with us / our pets (although the cat didn’t appreciate the blueberry she offered this afternoon )

My two year olds speech is absolutely amazing. We always get complimented on it and I'm always so proud of her. She's like a sponge. She only needs to hear something once or twice to get the correct context and her tenses are incredible.

@SamanthaVimes @20viona
Amazing talkers!

DD (9) is amazing. We were told she might not walk, and not to "expect too much" as age 3 she couldn't speak or walk more than a few steps.

Luckily she's a stubborn bugger determined little thing and she now has a reading and spelling age of 15, loves swimming, can manage junior park run, and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Tudors and Stuarts (sparked by Horrible Histories ).

DD2 (now 11) has very much struggled with confidence for the last 2 years, after a teacher made her self conscious about her speech in Y3. Referral for speech therapy has been delayed due to covid, and we're still waiting for school team to contact us (and on the waiting list for private therapy as I'm done waiting). She became very behind at school, particularly English and reading, some of it because they can;t assess her.

Last year (Y5) her fabulous teacher improved her confidence (and 'levels') but she still 'hated' English and all related subjects.

She's just started reading for fun. She sneaks a book into bed and stays up, only switching the lamp off if she hears us moving around. I sternly tell her to only read 'one' chapter and then let her have as long as she wants up to an hour behind our backs. I'm so proud of her. I'm not pushing anything, the books are for a younger age - the age she was when it all went wrong - but as an avid reader (and hobbyist writer) I'm beyond delighted, as I believe that reading has an almost osmosis-like effect on learning.

She's overcome so much, @anotherneutralname!

@elfycat, yay for your DD! Finding pleasure in reading (anything, any level) will be so good for her.