to be fed up and genuinely mindblown by all this Prince Louis drama??

[Ahurricaneofjacarandas]

I have a 4YO almost exactly his age... please tell me that most people don't think that his behaviour was that of a future delinquent?! I honestly don't see much problematic or out of the ordinary about his behaviour especially after hours of being made to sit still.

Some of it wasn't ideal don't get me wrong but it's absolutely in keeping with my own dd who I believe to be absolutely typically developing and on the whole becoming an incredible, mature, kind and loving little girl

Also, what's with all the ownership being on his mum to keep him toeing the line?! Are we really still that behind the times?

Is this one of those situations where people are just talking shit about him because they're jealous of the RF? Or does anyone actually think that his behaviour was especially divergent from most kids his age? I'm genuinely interested and wondering how much to worry about my own kid 🙈🤣

I feel you, he's just a 4year old acting like a 4 year old.

Agreed OP. Nothing unusual or newsworthy at all about his behaviour. Just an extension of the media's simpering attitude towards Will and Kate trying to make a non-story about 'Louis, the high-spirited prince steals the show ' and 'stressed Kate', 'Kate's powerful gestures to Louis' as a nod to her super parenting skills. All nonsense. One clip where Louis covered his ears they titled, steals the show and Queens calms him down....infact the queen wasn't even looking at him at that precise moment. Kate and Will have done what most parents do every day with their youngsters.
Nothing wrong with the DC, just a bored 4yr old.

So much shite about his behaviour on Twitter particularly - he behaved exactly how I would have expected an average four year old to behave. The difference is no one is publicly, globally scrutinising the behaviour of an average four year old!

I am not criticising Louis. I am criticising all the public who have said it was cute or funny
I absolutely agree with you. Sorry if I wasn't clear. His behaviour at that moment wssnt ' cute' but it is perfectly normal for a child around his age. I do t ger people sayi g it was cute or fun to see either!
I have been friends with people like this. They laugh at a three year olds bad behaviour and think it is cute and then wonder why their five year old refuses to do anything they say
Again I totally agree. I work with families and teens. Some parents think poor behaviour is ok while the kid is 7 8 , 9 and then complain the child has no respect or is entitled at 13. 🤷‍♀️

Also, what's with all the ownership being on his mum to keep him toeing the line?! Are we really still that behind the times?

I thought Prince William was performing? I don't recall seeing him in any of the photos or clips I've seen.

We will almost certainly NEVER get such an event in our lifetime again and for the RF especially it is integral to their very heritage. I don't think it was a bad call at all to involve Louis as much as they could and make it something he will definitely remember. However, I think the press and the twitter brigade should lay off him. I will judge next time I can successfully keep my 4YO still for 10 minutes never mind several hours...

I voted YABU as I have read nothing but delight in his behaviour

What publications or websites are saying that there is something wrong with him?

I have a child with autism and one who does not. I saw nothing out of the ordinary in how PL behaved and thought he was a cutie.

By the way- I hate it when people say there must be 'something wrong. Probably Autism'. Autism isn't 'wrong' it's just different. Sometimes disabling and difficult and heartbreaking, but to call it 'wrong' is offensive IMO.

And yes I agree with the OP that there has been so much vicious commentary about PL (and Kate). It might just be I am more attuned to it having had 12 years of people being really rather nasty about my own child, but it is certainly there.

There was nothing alarming about his behaviour. He was put in a difficult position and I think both him and Kate did extremely well.

But the subject sends people loopy. A feminist I’ve followed on twitter for years blocked me for calling her out after she referred to him a a “little shit”.

I think your point is interesting OP. Someone on Twitter was saying the RF and Prince Louis won't read the comments so the negativity won't reach them at all.

All the judginess is doing is stressing out parents with DCs who now think they're constantly being judged and found wanting.

In RL most people are quite understanding and compassionate about DCs' behaviour but social media has bred and given a platform to a particularly nasty, negative bullying clique that particularly rejoices in attacking women and parenting (since they see parenting as a woman's job).

No, this wasn’t play fighting, it was full on, Mike had Lena on his knee, Mia was really going at her.

Properly full and Louis got stuck in too at one point trying to grab sweets.

I think Louis is doing an amazing job. He didn't try to climb over the balcony or run off at any point. DH had to take our DS out of the Clifford movie 10 minutes in because he just couldn't stay still/quiet and wanted to run around exploring this mysterious dark room full of chairs.
And those planes are loud. Maybe we should all cover our ears when we hear something that loud.

Most of what I saw was just people going. 'LOL, thank goodness. He's just like my four year old.'

I thought he was a pretty average 4 year old - some are more tolerant of these situations and some less.

I did however make the mistake of looking on Omid Scobies Twitter where it was being claimed that he was autistic (which was being presented as a problem - ibviously if he has autism it is not a problem), Kate was a terrible mother - even though she has claimed to be a parenting expert, he had learned the behaviour from seeing William abusing Kate, he had abused one of the Tindall children and he was acting up because neither of his parents had any involvement in his day to day care and he was solely cared for by nannies.

People can read a lot of stuff into things!

No, this wasn’t play fighting, it was full on, Mike had Lena on his knee, Mia was really going at her.*

Properly full and Louis got stuck in too at one point trying to grab sweets.*

And. 🤷‍♀️
3hrs, bored senseless, sweets. They did great.

I cried laughing looking at a clip last night. The dead look in Mike Ts eyes. The music churning on. The kids wriggling. Hang me now he's thinking.

Or possibly

Give me the all of the All Black forwards on wet wednesday in NZ. instead. Please.

Hang me now he's thinking

Or get me back on tour/the padcast with Haskell, Payne and GoodBadRugby. Which was what he was doing right up until the Jubilee.

Judging other peoples’ kids and/or parenting is basically a national pastime. Doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that people are getting worked up about a 4 year old pulling a few faces.

There has been some criticism mostly from people saying my child would never of done that, yet not one of thems child would of been on full display and had to do all that
What was Kate supposed to do , he just a little kid who had a very brief 5 mins playing up
I think the people judging should worry more about how they conduct themselves than a 4 year old child

@pollymere they have all been hidden away for the last 2 years becUase of Covid , like most of us.
They haven't left him at home just because
We barely seen anything of the kids in last couple years
People really try and grasp at anything

@Youcansaythatagainandagain why maybe the kids wanted to go , the older two and how was it wrong , for most normal people it just showed that all kids are kids
Only the cynical and the ones who don't want a monarchy etc bother to be so bitter and comment about a little boy
I mean they must have pretty sad lifes

@Peoplepissmeoff because he is 4 - just 4 ffs thats why
Kids can be naughty and push boundaries , thats how they learn

@minuette1 only by sad people who can't emphasise with a child
I don't think its going to hold him back in life
It was a celebration of his great gramdmother so he had every right to be there
Most normal people won't bat an eyelid at his behaviour and certainly wouldn't hold it against a child

@Dishwashersaurous oh give over
We have a monarchy its changing with the times as we all do and many things have
Why are people so so bitter