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To get irritated with British parents in other countries attitude re parenting practices?

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amandacarnet · 27/04/2019 01:15

Yes I probably am. But I come across British parents in real life and onMN who live abroad, and are loudly horrified at some of the ways children are routinely raised in the country they have moved to. I am not saying when you move to a country you have to agree with how most parents in that country raise their kids. But surely if you choose to move abroad, you should realise that things might be done differently. So kids may be allowed to do things at an age most would not accept in Britain. Or education may be delivered differently. Or kids may be expected to do more looking after of younger siblings.
It's as if some people think everyone in the world should follow what Britain generally sees as good parenting. When of course every culture has its own idea of what good parenting is.
I am amazed that when people choose to move abroad with kids they don't always consider any differences in the culture a,round parenting and education and how this might affect their family.
By the way I only talk about British parents as I am British and so only hear this from British people. Parents in other countries may be just as guilty of this.

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Silvanna · 29/04/2019 00:55

When I go on holidays to a hot country, I change the bedtime routine of my children. We go to the beach/ swimming pool in the morning. After lunchtime not going be outside in the heat so they have a nap and they're ready for that because they ate knackered from the beach. That allows them to be up until later than they normally would in the UK. Restaurants also serve dinner later and there are much more to do in the evenings than here.

MariaNovella · 29/04/2019 09:24

Yes, the British are very weird indeed about children’s bedtimes. I have awful memories of being put to bed as a child and tossing and turning for hours before falling asleep. Worse still, I would be made to go to bed in the middle of a favourite TV series which I could hear through the floor as my bedroom was right above the sitting room where my parents were continuing to watch the programme.

winniestone37 · 29/04/2019 13:46

I have encountered exactly the same attitude with individuals moving to the uk and found it tiresome. It seems as if what you're referring to is simply human nature.

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