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Fromage · 30/04/2024 16:45

Sorry, that might have sounded snippy, the way I worded that. My apologies if I came off that way.

I really should have said, I agree, £45 is still a lot for a cup.

servedstraight · 30/04/2024 16:46

Love these threads. People frothing at the mouth over a cup. Hysterical.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 30/04/2024 16:47

I judge people who follow stupid fads. I can’t help it.

TuesdayWhistler · 30/04/2024 16:47

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Wow.

Do you often find that taking that kind of nonsense stops people replying to you and you feel like you 'win' when they do?

That's a sign you're online too much. Try Reddit. 👍

spuddy4 · 30/04/2024 17:05

Times like this I'm glad my two are young adults and can buy their own bloody cups!

It's hard because as a parent you want them to fit in but £45 for a cup is a lot of money and if they are getting hysterical over it getting scratched then they that's going too far.

Maybe schools recognise not everyone is stupid enough can afford to pay that much for a cup and they are trying to level the playing field. Either way if they say no then parents should make their kids follow the rules.

DeadbeatYoda · 30/04/2024 17:35

TuesdayWhistler · 30/04/2024 15:26

"No"

That's what parents need to learn to say.

"Can I have a stupid cup?"
"No"

Problem solved.

🤪

@TuesdayWhistler
Now that's parenting done right! 😆

TuesdayWhistler · 30/04/2024 17:41

DeadbeatYoda · 30/04/2024 17:35

@TuesdayWhistler
Now that's parenting done right! 😆

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Well I dunno about that...

But, I do know, that I don't hang around waiting for schools and laws to to say,
"No"
To my kid when I should be the one saying it.

"Can I take a £45 cup to school?"
"No"

"Can I take cold pizza, crisps and chocolate for my lunch?"
"No"

"Can I get a tattoo?"
"No, you're 11..."

"Can I take this bottle of Vodka to the park?"
"... Take the port.."

🤪

ColonelRhubarbBikini · 30/04/2024 17:56

I don’t understand why you’d take it to school?! They weigh a ton!

My middle DC has one. Fetched back from America by a relative as a pressie. It’s a nice big solid cup and allows them to drink the 17l of water they seem to get through daily without dirtying every single glass in the house so I’m thankful.

DNieces school is all about AirUp bottles at the moment.

VulvaArmy · 30/04/2024 19:10

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 30/04/2024 16:47

I judge people who follow stupid fads. I can’t help it.

You must spend a hell of a lot of time judging children. Not a great look for a grown woman.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 30/04/2024 19:13

VulvaArmy · 30/04/2024 19:10

You must spend a hell of a lot of time judging children. Not a great look for a grown woman.

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That’s a cute way to try and circumnavigate the fact that adults are funding this nonsense on behalf of their small capitalists.

LetsGoRoundTheRoundabout · 30/04/2024 19:33

I love mine. I don’t love that my stupid car has tiny cup holders it doesn’t fit in!

I can’t blame a school for banning them. Anything expensive that people are going to get upset over it being knocked is asking for trouble. Plus they leak if knocked over.

VulvaArmy · 30/04/2024 20:26

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 30/04/2024 19:13

That’s a cute way to try and circumnavigate the fact that adults are funding this nonsense on behalf of their small capitalists.

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No it isn’t. Kids follow this daft trend, you judge people who follow daft trends, so you judge kids.

The parents aren’t following the trend, they are just paying for something their kids want-if the kids asked for something else the parents would buy that instead.

My ds is obsessed with Pokemon cards, so I pay for Pokemon cards… no one thinks it’s me that’s interested in them.

TuesdayWhistler · 30/04/2024 20:30

VulvaArmy · 30/04/2024 20:26

No it isn’t. Kids follow this daft trend, you judge people who follow daft trends, so you judge kids.

The parents aren’t following the trend, they are just paying for something their kids want-if the kids asked for something else the parents would buy that instead.

My ds is obsessed with Pokemon cards, so I pay for Pokemon cards… no one thinks it’s me that’s interested in them.

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Trust me now.

If a parent is over indulging a child, that parent is being judged, not the child.

Kids won't be getting judged for carrying Stanley's. Kids won't be getting judged for wearing designer clothes. Kids won't be getting judged if they've 2400 Pokémon cards...

Their parents will be judged as the ones incapable of saying 'No' and necessitating petty rules and laws so those idle parents can say,
"Sorry Tarquin Archibald Dukes, it's not me saying no honey, it's the mean old horrible school. I'd let you wear your Rolex and take your Stanley... Obviously I would.. but the mean old school..."

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TTPD · 30/04/2024 20:33

They're driving me mad and she insists on dragging it to school every day.

How old is she?
I wouldn't buy such an expensive water bottle, and especially not for a child. But what's wrong with her taking it to school - if she loses it, or damages it, oh well, she can learn to be more careful. And if she wants to lug around that much water (it must be quite heavy?) with no room for anything else in her bag, that's her problem.

I can see why it bothers the school. But if it bothers you, just say no, don't rely on the school to ban it. I don't know why it bothers you though.

OverlyInv · 30/04/2024 20:37

It's not the bottle that's the issue it's the taking it to school

Luckily my DC had a policy where they could only take clear bottles into School

VulvaArmy · 30/04/2024 20:38

TuesdayWhistler · 30/04/2024 20:30

Trust me now.

If a parent is over indulging a child, that parent is being judged, not the child.

Kids won't be getting judged for carrying Stanley's. Kids won't be getting judged for wearing designer clothes. Kids won't be getting judged if they've 2400 Pokémon cards...

Their parents will be judged as the ones incapable of saying 'No' and necessitating petty rules and laws so those idle parents can say,
"Sorry Tarquin Archibald Dukes, it's not me saying no honey, it's the mean old horrible school. I'd let you wear your Rolex and take your Stanley... Obviously I would.. but the mean old school..."

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Well according to the previous poster the children are judged, as they are the ones following the trends.

Unless she meant she judges people who buy things that she wouldn’t, which is equally stupid.

Who gets to define ‘over indulged’?. And what criteria are they to use?.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 30/04/2024 21:20

VulvaArmy · 30/04/2024 20:26

No it isn’t. Kids follow this daft trend, you judge people who follow daft trends, so you judge kids.

The parents aren’t following the trend, they are just paying for something their kids want-if the kids asked for something else the parents would buy that instead.

My ds is obsessed with Pokemon cards, so I pay for Pokemon cards… no one thinks it’s me that’s interested in them.

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You e pretty much explained the problem. Try parenting.

VulvaArmy · 30/04/2024 22:23

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 30/04/2024 21:20

You e pretty much explained the problem. Try parenting.

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You e pretty much explained the problem

The problem with you being judgemental? It isn’t a problem, it just makes you look like a prat.

There isn’t a problem with parents buying their children things either-

birthday/Christmas presents are normal, rewards for achievement are common, as is children receiving pocket money they spend on whatever stuff they like at the time. Some parents also buy their children things ‘just because’

If a child needs a water bottle and £45 is a price the parents can afford and are happy to pay, that’s fine too.

None of it’s a problem except in your head.

Try parenting

What on earth do you mean?

OverlyInv · 01/05/2024 16:29

The Stanley Cup craze is bonkers in parts of the US

If every DC in my DC primary class had a Stanley Cup I would of course bow to peer pressure and buy the bloody thing

Imagine the sheer and utter humiliation of being the only one not to have one must be devastating for a young child in a class of 30

Luckily we're not quite that bonkers over here so hopefully it won't come to that and Schools will be banning them

AllTheChaos · 01/05/2024 16:39

Quite right, @TuesdayWhistler, port for the win 😂

VestibuleVirgin · 01/05/2024 16:42

I thought the stanley cup was something ice hockey teams played for!

AllTheChaos · 01/05/2024 16:44

Luckily these aren’t a thing at DD’s school, which is good as she loses one of her water bottles on a weekly basis. Her lovingly chosen, plastic free, enamelled metal bottles have therefore been replaced with cheap rubbish as I’m NOT MADE OF MONEY YOUNG LADY! And the fancy ones I bought were less than half the price of the Stanley cups! Last time she whinged about it, I pointed out that over the last school year I would have wasted about £200 if I’d kept buying the fancy bottles, so would she rather have them, or Christmas presents, because I’m not paying for both.
She is happy with cheap bottles now 😁

OverlyInv · 01/05/2024 16:46

VestibuleVirgin · 01/05/2024 16:42

I thought the stanley cup was something ice hockey teams played for!

How very droll

And very old

Slow hand clap

OverlyInv · 01/05/2024 16:50

I just used to give my DC clear 500ml bottles which were my sparkling water bottles to take their tap water into school

They never complained and the bottles never spilled because they were screw top. Also they could be replaced regularly and if lost or damaged it didn't matter

VestibuleVirgin · 01/05/2024 16:51

OverlyInv · 01/05/2024 16:46

How very droll

And very old

Slow hand clap

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So sorry to have offended you on this beautiful Wednesday evening
I am suitably chastised