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DH said DS is becoming a spoiled brat.

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NOTabrat · 03/05/2021 19:42

DH has tonight said our three year old is turning into a spoiled brat. Apparently, it's my fault because I let him get his own way. He even went as far as to say if we don't rein it in now he'll end up being the bully at school who gets expelled, smokes and takes drugs. AIBU to think it's bloody ridiculous to talk about a three year old like this?

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Fixitup2 · 03/05/2021 21:55

@Pumperthepumper

It’s quite funny that people are seriously saying ‘if he keeps this shitty behaviour up, he’ll end up being prime minister, and then where will you be?’ 😂😂
The point is the child will turn out like Boris Johnson not a prime minister. Not that I agree. But no mother looks at BJ and thinks they want their son to turn out like that.
NOTabrat · 03/05/2021 21:56

@Pumperthepumper

It’s quite funny that people are seriously saying ‘if he keeps this shitty behaviour up, he’ll end up being prime minister, and then where will you be?’ 😂😂
Heck, one can only hope, eh? Maybe he'll let me move into Downing Street with him!
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EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 03/05/2021 21:56

How has this thread turned into a Boris's childhood thread? Grin

Yellownotblue · 03/05/2021 21:56

But also, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, whatever we may think of him, is also an incredibly successful and wealthy individual. So what your saying is, if I keep up with this behaviour, my boy might be unpopular but he may well also be the PM, successful, and wealthy?

Wow, that is offensive. And wrong.

BJ isn’t wealthy, he is sleazy.

And I hope you teach your darling boy how to keep it zipped up and not have million kids with different women.

Pumperthepumper · 03/05/2021 21:57

The point is the child will turn out like Boris Johnson not a prime minister. Not that I agree. But no mother looks at BJ and thinks they want their son to turn out like that.

I think it’s a fair assumption that no mother compares their three year old to Boris Johnson, why would they?

Pumperthepumper · 03/05/2021 21:58

@Yellownotblue

But also, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, whatever we may think of him, is also an incredibly successful and wealthy individual. So what your saying is, if I keep up with this behaviour, my boy might be unpopular but he may well also be the PM, successful, and wealthy?

Wow, that is offensive. And wrong.

BJ isn’t wealthy, he is sleazy.

And I hope you teach your darling boy how to keep it zipped up and not have million kids with different women.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Have you spoken to your three year old about adultery and unprotected sex yet OP? And here you are complaining about the chocolate buttons!

ScrollingLeaves · 03/05/2021 21:58

I really don’t think your little son is a brat.
He sounds lovely, and engaged, and also normal for his age.

You might get a better sense of whether or not you are being too doting etc by reading some good books (I think one I remember called Gentle Discipline) rather than here. Then you could discuss ideas with your DH.

Probably it is really just a case of keeping consistent, otherwise he could end up by feeling insecure if he has too much power to change decisions in the house.

It really might be best to leave this thread though.

stackemhigh · 03/05/2021 21:58

DS is my first and only child.

I think this is relevant, you may be overcompensating. You go into so much detail about DS, the toddling, the breakfast, the dressing, all the doting. My cousin was an only child and you remind me a bit of their mum, thinking everyone should dote on the child. In reality, cousin was spoilt, took our toys home, hit us and demanded to go everywhere with us. We took to ignoring them and giving them the silent treatment.

Bluntness100 · 03/05/2021 21:59

The issue here is not your son, it’s the fact your husband and you are so far apart in parenting styles, that will be very confusion to a three year old. He will see daddy as th bad guy and mummy as the soft touch,

No three year old should be helping themselves in the kitchen that’s beyond ludicrous, and some of his behaviour, like telling your step son he’s not allowed in the garden or throwing things when he does not get his way is not good,

Children need boundaries, you and your husband need to sit down and talk and agree a compromise on the way to parent, because if you don’t your going to do some damage here.

Your job is to parent, to teach, to lead, and yes o a certain extent control at this age Ie what they can eat, drink, when they go to bed, what behaviour is acceptable.

If you and your husband are at loggerheads, it will simply damage your marriage and how your son grows up.

FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop · 03/05/2021 21:59

So now the OP's son is a future sex offender because he asks for extra buttons and gets cuddled after a tantrum Confused

Right, nobody is allowed a bank holiday weekend anymore if the is is what it does to people

Tootsey11 · 03/05/2021 22:00

I haven't read the full thread but Dp and his ex were like you with their DD. Now we have a tantruming crying foot stamping drug taking/dealing abusive manipulating 30 year old to deal with.

Nip these behaviours in the bud when they are young.

FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop · 03/05/2021 22:00

@NOTabrat if you're lucky he might let you decorate Downing Street but go easy on your budget ey Wink

Bluntness100 · 03/05/2021 22:01

BJ isn’t wealthy, he is sleazy.

Being worth three million is pretty wealthy to most folks, who are you the sultan of Brunei? 😂

ddl1 · 03/05/2021 22:02

He sounds to care more about their son's future that his wife does!

Or has more wild imaginings about the worst possibilities than his wife does!

FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop · 03/05/2021 22:02

Sorry, but what personality traits does my three year old have in common with Boris Johnson?

Actually OP @numberoneson may be on to something - my colleague's friend's cousin's girlfriend's dog's dad's best mate knows a man in the pub who worked with BJ and said it was simply the bain of his life when Boris would constantly get a step to reach into the cupboard for more buttons

FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop · 03/05/2021 22:04

So are we agreed, the OP's son is going to be:

  • a delinquent
  • a smoker
  • a drug dealer
  • a drug taker
  • a sex offender
  • the Prime Minister

You have your work cut out for you OP

Pumperthepumper · 03/05/2021 22:04

Sorry, but what personality traits does my three year old have in common with Boris Johnson?

Does he mess up his hair just before getting his photo taken? Slippery slope....

Deadringer · 03/05/2021 22:04

There is nothing wrong with your son, he sounds like a lovely little boy. The problem is you. Your lack of consistancy and inability to say no will very likely spoil your child, so that he becomes entitled and selfish and not nice to be around if someone needs to say no to him. Why would you do that to him?

NOTabrat · 03/05/2021 22:07

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this thread 👏

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Yellownotblue · 03/05/2021 22:07

@Bluntness100

BJ isn’t wealthy, he is sleazy.

Being worth three million is pretty wealthy to most folks, who are you the sultan of Brunei? 😂

Three millions with at least six kids and two ex wives isn’t that much money. Which might explain why he had to borrow from a Tory donor to redecorate 11 DS. And also sought Tory donors to pay for his current nanny.
FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop · 03/05/2021 22:08

I bet he also grows up to buy a toilet brush

NOTabrat · 03/05/2021 22:08

@Pumperthepumper

Sorry, but what personality traits does my three year old have in common with Boris Johnson?

Does he mess up his hair just before getting his photo taken? Slippery slope....

Yes and he shouts "cheese and carrots!"
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FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop · 03/05/2021 22:09

Three millions with at least six kids and two ex wives isn’t that much money.

Confused

Are you kidding me?! Three million "isn't that much". There are women on MN with 6 kids on a combined household income of £50k that somehow manage to plod on in their relative poverty

NOTabrat · 03/05/2021 22:09

Nursery has informed me, DS enjoys playing with the girls rather than the boys so maybe he's got more in common with Boris than I thought 😉

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sadpapercourtesan · 03/05/2021 22:11

Just don't send him to Eton, OP, it will all be fine Grin

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