to embarass my children by singing in the playground?

[mrsruffallo]

I do it to make her friends smile. All cool stuff- Justin Bieber, JLS. She has asked me to stop but they request their fave tunes now.

Is it not part of the parenting ten commandments
"Thou shalt embarass thy children at every opportunity"

I'm a fun mum!!

Whose approbation means more to you?

DD's or that of other children?

(You'll get plenty of opportunities to embarrass her - possibly simply by existing - over the coming years).

I do. I also yell "get out of town" whilst I high five them

YABU and you sound a complete nightmare. If you want to embarrass your DD wait until she is a teen, then it will come naturally .

My mum used to make want the earth to swallow up because of all the singing and chattyness with my friends. She still does and I still hate it.

Why don't you treat her with some respect and stop. Then she might be angry at you years later when your old and need her to be understanding of you.

Sorry my inner rage is making me incomprehensible. Basically don't do it.

My Dad had a foghorn voice that used to make people jump on the school run when he would suddenly burst into song 'Boots, Boots, Boots, Boots marching over Africa' was his favourite he also used to recite Eskimo Nell (not on the school run fortunately ) - he also looked much older than everyone elses Dad and wore socks with sandals. I was permanently mortified. But as he died when I was 18 I know look back with great fondness at those memories.

Do not go out to humiliate your children but do not let them stop you having fun and creating good memories for them.

know - now

but never describe Bieber and JLS as cool... you are embarrassing yourself woman

[puts muso hat on]

bigmouth

I embarassed DD in the playground by wearing the wrong colour hat this morning. I think it's one of those obligatory parent things, no point in half-measures.

I apparently embarrassed DD at her disco by having the temerity to dance to moves like Jagger.
I think it was the gyrating with the object of her affection. He had no complaints and told DD that I was 'cool'.

My sister used to mortify her daughter when in Y3 by singing (quietly) "Mrs Brown is a poo" Mrs Brown being her dd's beloved teacher.

ripsishere

Yerss. I embarrassed my DCs like this but why should I stop? I have a life to live too.

There's the difference. I don't . If the only way I can make my mundane existence more interesting is by grooving with a 10 YO boy, she will have to suck it up.

bigmouth- You dad sounds wonderful.

ripishere- I too danced to 'moves like a jagger', in front of my 13 year old nephew. Apparently it was 'just wrong' that I did this.

I just get this urge to sing, maybe to lively uop the mundane school run. My son joins in, he is too young to be embarrassed. In fact, he started thesinging of 'rolling in the deep ' this morning in the playground.