To get annoyed with the phrase 'love bombing'...

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..where did it come from? why, on social media, is taking your kid for a piece of cake, out for the day, or paying them attention now called 'love bombing'?

You’re being unreasonable. If someone wants to love bomb their child, let them off. It can only do good. It demonstrates a parent who cares who wants to make things better.

it's the phrase that makes me cringe, not the act of being nice to your kids obvs.

So OP, it's the frivolous use of it on social media which annoys you more than the act itself.

I think if I were to talk to you about my Love Bomb (albeit not actually being one!) I don't think you'd be annoyed, but see it as something that worked for us at a specific time.

The only place I, personally, have come across the expression "Love Bombing" is on this site
www.reddit.com/r/JUSTNOMIL/
Which is even more entertaining than Mumsnet.
It refers to blatantly insincere attempts to win undeserved affection from others, by sending numerous gifts/messages/whatever.

Love bombing is something i do with colleagues i manage who i feel could do better with a person showing them the way. Usually people who are overly defensive and needn't be, it's just been a copping skill for them. It's never failed me. I don't care if some think it's a silly phrase. It's a valuable tool.

I first heard ‘love bombing’ back in the 80s, as the term for the way vulnerable people were manipulated into joining cults - I hadn’t heard of it being done positively, in the context of parenting - so my impression of ‘love bombing’ is very negative.

I had never heard of it in any other context other than the parenting model and it worked for us - we didn't call it love bombing but we were doing what Oliver James had suggested and it worked a treat. If you find yourself in constant conflict with your child and it is causing you to dislike each other you need to turn that around and love bombing is a great way to do it.

Love bombing to me is when at the start of a relationship the other person is showering you with loads of attention and saying they love you etc. Not anything to do with treating your child.