Things you hate doing with your kids?

[Iloveanimals]

Aibu to think some things we have to do as parents is torture?
For me it's playing with toys. Games yes. Toys no. The words 'will you play with me' haunt me

Cooking. I'll do it, occasionally, through gritted teeth! I know it's bad because it's an important life skill but I take no pleasure from it whatsoever!

Schools. My dc "have" to be the teacher, they are bossy and I'm bored.

Same. My DD always has a narrative to her playing with dolls and if I play and don't say the right thing she gets mad at me. Or it goes along the lines of "Mam, you're Barbie, you say this" then "now you do this". Errr, just play by yourself if you know how it all goes!

Playing shops! Oh god it's so dull. Thank goodness I had twins the second time round - they play together and I just umpire

Ditsy 😁
Dd was like that too!

I hate all arts and crafts. Glitter, glue, paper. I do like colouring in though.

Really little ... I love cooking .
I think that's the secret ... find something you actually like doing and share that with them.
I'll also add
Cutting and sticking
Painting
Playing dogs ! Help!

Hide and seek...I wouldnt mind if they were any good at it!

I hated baking with them.

Always started with the best of intentions but it soon descended into an internal monologue of "no...that spoon's had golden syrup on it, don't put it down there. Don't lick it YET ffs, well that's just plain unhygienic. Ok they're supposed to be the same size but I'll let that go... can we finish now. Shall I just...finish this for us now..."

Going to the park or swings

I hated it, was always so bored!

Not keen on dolls, especially as I once did a great American accent whilst tipsy, and now have to do this all the time!

I hate board games too.

But what really marks me out as a bad mother is that I detest watching their musical evenings - singing, instruments, musicals etc

Love reading with the 4yo, the 2yo is a book ripper though and I find reading so frustrating. Even indestructible books get roughed up. She just isn't a reader (yet!!)

Playing.
Games are okish but she cries if she loses and makes up her own tules and wants to go for ever and ever.
Pretend play? Fucking torture. Got told off for giving her an imaginary spoon instead of a fork,then giving her the wrong one as it was made of (imaginary!!) wood,and the getting (the fucking imaginary!!) colour wrong.

Rebel that's funny!
I like board games but only cuz he's now old enough to play ones I like!

Aqua beads.

It feels like the kind of thing you do in group therapy.

swimming. which is shameful as I love swimming, but didn't learn until I was in my 30s as my mother CBA to take me. plus it's a necessary life skill.

but the boy just will NOT let go and even try it, so it's super frustrating, not to mention bloody freezing as I can't get in the water properly

GCSE year - so "encouraging revision" - like dragging blood from a bloomin stone...

but back when small - GLITTER - anything involving GLITTER!!

Craft - I hate it so much.

Dd was gifted a wretched bracelet making thing. I swear to god even with a PhD in advance engineering and jewellery making I couldn't get that piece of shit to work.

And every "holiday" homework set is craft related

@Iloveanimals she keeps asking to play cards against humanity

Being forced into playing with a ball. Over and over and over and over again.

Mini golf. Or 'Crazy' golf.

Glitter. Or MoonSand.

They do not cross my threshold now, that's why I send/sent them to preschool.

Reading the sane book over and over again at every bedtime.

Today I had to hide DS's Finding Nemo book because I just cope with reading it anymore. He cried his eyes out at bedtime when he couldn't find it but I felt no guilt

Movie night, DS is into action superhero type movies which I find sooooooo boring. Swimming 'mum, mum watch me jump in the deep end' over and over and over again as I stand shivering giving the thumbs up.

Jigsaw puzzles. I really enjoy doing them by myself, but doing them with a 5 year old or younger is just pure torture. It doesn't seem to matter how often I explain that the straight edges need to line up...she's still trying to force a piece that clearly doesn't fit onto another one

Anything messy that involves me tidying up flour/paint/glitter/play dough because they never do it to my standards properly.