None of them covered themselves in glory, PG spoke like someone who has dipped into the research pertinent to her and to the detriment of all other research - hence her naive comments on infant death syndrome, which she referred to as "cot death"! Bloody hell babies can and have died in their mothers arms in hospital of infant death syndrome. Retard is a derogatory term taken from a medical term that was once used to define/diagnose people with disabilities. Use of it is unacceptable, as its used to throw an insult to someone which is basically saying "youre as bad as a retard" PG seems like a bright girl I'm sure she could come up with something far more cutting and witty. And you always let the other side talk, it's the quickest way from them to hang themselves.
KH was her usual predictable boring self, her proximity to PG I suspect an attempt to take the piss out of AP. Or am I giving her too much credit? Arrived clearly having not done any research with no real point to make a few sound bites, that she's probably thought made her sound terrible witty, and pulling faces that would have surely of reached the final of a gurning competition. Zzzzzzz sorry I fell asleep I'm so over this little charade.
I'm neither offended or concerned for how either of these ladies rsise their children. So long as the dc are fed, clean (mostly), have homes are loved and are not being physically/sexually/mentally abused, then I have no beef with you.
What I do have a beef with is this concept of being a parent is almost like a project to be managed. Words like "parenting" and AP and CC and whatever else, these words exist so people so people can sell books or get a research grant. All they ever really do is divide parents and I think this is never more true than with mums and add to the guilt complex - "am I doing enough?" " am I doing it right?" "I'm rubbish because I don't do this" " I must do this or dc won't develop to their full potential" It's exhausting ffs and I'm fucking tired of listening to it and I often wonder if our generation will be remembered as the one who actually interfered and over - "parented" our children and I dare say to the detriment of our own mental wellbeing.
So thank you PG and KT, you seem happy with your choices and I am truly glad that this is working for you. But, if you don't mind I'm going to nip back to being a "mum" and doing things my own way, a bit of CC approach, a bit of AP approach and a fair amount frizzcat thrown into the mix, because I tired of hearing about others children and how they love their child, I'm just going to crack on with my own children and continue to love them as I have always done.
Also there's no glory in beating KH the woman is so unbelievable dim that I think not beating her in an argument is fairly shameful.