You know you have super children when… ( a cheerful thread)

[olympicsrock]

They don’t take the last of the milk and save it for mum’s morning cup of tea because they know you love the first cup of tea of the day .

I was touched by my kind boys this morning aged 13 and 9. Any more to share today?

These stories are so lovely! I particularly love the thoughtful, supportive teenager ones. Teenagers get such a bad rep for being selfish or moody, it's lovely to hear the good stories.

DD is only 5 but she is super sweet. She scoops up anyone who is sad or upset. I get told by her teachers about her looking after a reception kid who was struggling to settle in the morning, taking a friend who's upset by the hand and walking in with them so they're not alone, playing with the kid who's on their own at lunchtime etc.

I get frequent headaches and I said once that cold helps so when I have a headache and her hands are cold she comes and puts them on my head to help the pain, and kisses it better.

She keeps coming home from school with little notes and pictures she's done that say "you're the best Mummy/Daddy ever" "I love you" etc.

I have a absolute star of a 7 year old who is so in tune with the emotions of others it astonishes me daily. She is the maternal mother type of her little friend group, always looking out for them all. She thinks out of the box as well - when shopping for the food bank (her idea!) last Christmas she wanted to include allergy friendly foods to ensure there was something for everyone. Even I wouldn't have thought of that.

Yesterday I was having a bit of a hard time being 37 weeks pregnant, sat on the sofa feeling a bit sorry for myself but cracking on with matching socks/doing laundry - she sat next to me on the arm of the chair, put her arm around my shoulders and rubbed my arm before putting her head on my shoulder. She whispered "you're doing great Mum, thank you for making our family"

I could have burst into tears.

My 3 year old is as wild as they come but catches me off guard daily with random heart filled hugs. Today I was brought the last piece of their toast as I had used the last of the jam on it and they know I love a bit of jammy toast..."saved it for you Mum.." (it was freezing cold by this point but still, proud of them)

My ds is 10 and autistic and he will say at least once a week that he has love hearts in his eyes when he looks at me (like in cartoons I guess!). He’s a sweetheart.

I went out in the evening last week leaving DS2 for the first time at bedtime and DS1 (4 years old) overheard me saying to DH I was a bit nervous about leaving DS2. Ds1 pipes up "oh mummy, it's ok to be nervous." And gave me a cuddle! Very sweet.

We just had a big clear out and declutter. My daughter (24) sorted out a van and all the dump runs. Someone else taking on some of the organising is so valuable to me having raised them as a single mum for the last 11 years. The house is so much better for it too!

My DD9 regularly tells me I'm the best mama in the world. This morning when she woke up ridiculously early, she got up and tucked me back up with the covers before amusing herself with quiet toys
She's always been the kindest little soul, when she was 1 she'd always find other kids favourite toys if they were sad at nursery

We (myself and dd,8) had a chat about Santa a couple of months back.

One of her friends had told her Santa is just your parents and she was wavering over other things to do with it so I decided it was best done with some distance from Christmas and confirmed her suspicions. We had a big chat about how Santa was still a big part of Christmas tradition and everything would be exactly the same - and how it wasn’t her job to tell anyone her age or younger about it and she was happy enough with it.

she pondered on it for a while and then said ‘so that jumping puppy was from you and dad?’, She was about 3 when she got that, and I said yes. She gave me the biggest hug and said ‘thank you’.

I used a rock song to put DS down to sleep with, I patted his back to the drum rhythm.
He now aged 11 does it to me if I'm sad or tired.
I still do it to him as well.

My 6 year old made me a card the other day with hearts drawn all over it to keep to remind me that he loves me sooo much. He always wants cuddles and tells me that he wants to cuddle me every day forever, even when he's 50!

My 13 year old made a chair in woodwork to give her little brother for Christmas which made me so happy because normally they do not get on at all but she's trying to be kind to him.

You (couple) get home after a long day out to find tea in the pot, fire lit, and dinner in the oven.

DS offered me some of his chicken nuggets despite him having been nil by mouth due to an earlier medical proceedure... The kid was starving and still willing to share.

(I refused of course)

I'm going through a bit of stressful time with my Dad at the minute, he has been quite nasty to me despite the fact I am helping him (he has been unwell) and have done for years. I was so fed up at the weekend having been verbally abused by him, my daughter who is 20 had been at a Christmas Fair and brought me a new bag, my usual bag has been falling apart and I don't have much left over money after getting paid, it was a lovely and unexpected gift, which she said wasn't much (£20) but she saw it and knew I would like it ( I love it), inside one of the zip up compartments she put a post it note saying You are loved unconditionally, don't let anyone bring you down. Just a really nice thing to do and as my husband pointed out, I helped to make her the person she is.

When as an adult they arrange after school childcare to come to our house, do the washing, clean the kitchen and bathrooms and leave a meal in the fridge for me, while I’m at the hospital visiting very poorly dad.

My beautiful 15 yr old DD (only child) is fiercely defensive of me and things that matter to her which Iv only seen at times but it always takes me aback that Iv raised such a strong, confident little lady.

She also takes such pride and pleasure in celebrating other people, birthdays, Christmas’s, achievements of friends and family always make her so happy bless her, such a selfless person.

She remembers small things I used to do for her when she was little (and now) and does them for me, like leaving little notes, always putting confetti on the table when it’s my birthday, I love that she finds these things sweet and continues them 💖

She is so brave too and has told me it’s because I always made her feel supported and loved to make big decisions/have injections/ etc

I spent close to 5 years as a single mum and have wonderful, thoughtful children.

Last weekend my DD tidied and vacuumed the downstairs whilst I was out at football with her brother. Last night my DS played with his younger brother so I could enjoy watching his sister play football.

DS1(17) told me to go see my friend for lunch and he'd stay home to look after poorly DS2.

My 15yo will offer me a cup of tea everytime he makes himself one which is really sweet. He always checks with me first if he can go out rather than telling me and checks in with me if he's going to be home late so I don't worry. We had some tough times with his behaviour when he was little so to see what a polite and respectful young man he's turned into is just lovely.

I've been really poorly recently, the other morning I woke up and realised we were late up for school. I rushed downstairs to find my 7 year old already down there but she had deliberately not woken me as she knew I needed rest. She had got herself dressed, brushed her hair, made and eaten her breakfast, done her homework, packed her school bag, and then "I saw it was waiting so I folded the 2 bags of clean washing to go away too". Honestly I could have cried at the relief of not being late, and just the sheer kindness, I am so proud of her.

I have a houseful of teens at the moment and they are lovely and have lovely friends. I recently took my 16 yo DS and half his football team to Friday night training at short notice as another parent couldn't do it, the boys were worried they'd have to miss training. In the car on the way to pick them all up my DS read me out the messages from his friends when they heard that I could drive them - all along the lines of 'your mum is awesome' 'what an absolute legend' - and said 'see mum, we all really appreciate you'. Another of his friends gave me a bottle of wine because I'd ended up giving him a couple of inpromptu lifts one week so he didn't have to miss social events as his parents were working.

They've already started buying your Christmas present

They set an alarm, get up early to wave their uncle off to work, then creep back to bed at 6am. And didn't wake anyone else up in the house

They write little notes for me in their notebooks saying they love me 💜

I saw it was waiting so I folded the 2 bags of clean washing to go away too
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This is epic

What a kid ❤️

When they're to young to buy you a present so wrap up something they know you have and love already

When they try and make you breakfast in bed on your birthday or Mother's Day even if it's bizarre and inedible

Goodness, this has made me cry! How wonderful, I bet it made the headteachers day.

When they call you from uni "just to say hi"

My almost 2-year-old boy knows to address the words he knows in English to me, and the ones he knows in Hebrew to DH. It's absolutely magical and I'm so embarrassingly proud of him!