to want to rant about annoying types of parents?

[Humandignity]

Ok, I actually know I am. And I would add the "ranting about everything and everyone parent" (aka myself) to the list of annoying parents 😅

But if, hypothetically, I were allowed to rant, I could think of many types of (admittedely subjectively) annyoing parents:

• the "spending their time and energy to placate school and other parents, instead of effectively dealing with their own bullying/misbehaving kids" parents;


• the "perfect fassade" parents;


• the "muscling into PTA functions to advance their own agenda" parents;


• the "delegating all parenting and disciplinary tasks to the school" parents;


• the "kids will sort it out among themselves" parents of bullies;


• the "boys will be boys" parents;


• the "what's wrong with 11/12 year olds watching porn?" parents;


• the "complaining and suffering in private, but never even supporting those who attempt to do something about it" parents;


• the "showcasing expensive branded bags to prove something" parents [note: I like nice bags and clothing myself, but it's the attitude that comes with it];


• the "doing friendly small talk while judging everyone scathingly and quitely" parents;


• the "driving their almost teenage kid to school, because he is not a morning person" parents;


• the "twittering some politically charged dismissive comment about the parents evening at school" parent;


• etc.

There are two categories of annoying parents in your list. Firstly, ones who will have an impact on your child and your life eg the first one on your list. The second category is ones who you can safely ignore and spend no mental energy on, eg the second one on your list. I would cross off your list each type of parent in the second category and resolve never to spend any mental energy on those ones again. Who cares if other parents want to spend time creating a "perfect facade"? Who cares if they want to showcase expensive items, or drive their reluctant teen to school? Don't waste your own mental energy on that stuff, save it for those parents who enable bullying.

Have you got an article to write?

The perfect fassade [sic] is particularly cruel.

So basically all parents in one way or another then?

i enjoyed that 😁

Ill add the parents that allow their primary school children expensive phones and/or access to video games with a 15+ age range so that my kids of course feel shit when I say no.

Someone needs a job and some hobbies. Or has an article deadline.

Why are you allowed to like clothes and bags but other people aren’t? What’s it got to do with you whether someone else’s kid gets a lift to school? This is so tedious.

Oops, yes, sorry for the spelling (facade ir should be)!

Not sure I understand. No, I don‘t habe an article to write. Should I? I think most people would rather read more positive and constructive things

What parents do you like OP? Most of us are just doing our best and may get it wrong sometimes. So not sure what you are aiming for here. A general sense of inadequacy?

You need some real problems

Which parent are you, OP? Judgy and superior parent in nice shoes but not to prove a point?

life would be so much better if people would just live and let live.

the "doing friendly small talk while judging everyone scathingly and quitely" parents

Bit rich, pal.

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Annoying, sure, but I don’t come across all of these parents very often. Are you a teacher OP?

@RudsyFarmer Oh yes, I forgot those😁

'the "what's wrong with 11/12 year olds watching porn?" parents'

Good god, that's horrifying

Rant away. Plenty to rant about on that list

That's quite a list of type of parents you don't like. Like a previous poster said, parenting isn't easy and most people are just trying to do their best for their families. Honestly you would probably be happier if you spent less time criticising. You're just drawing negative energy on yourself.

This!

Am I being really being judged for driving my child with chronic fatigue to school?

the "driving their almost teenage kid to school, because he is not a morning person" parents;

I’ve just given my 18 year old son a lift to college. I do it most days. And I give my 14 year old daughter a lift to school and pick her up every day too. So annoying for you. 😅

My son's school goes from Year 1 through to A Levels (small international school in Portugal). There is one parking lot right near the school gates with about ten spaces, and then a second lot about 250m up the road with loads of spaces.
You have to walk along a country road the 250m but it's safe. To make it safer still, secondary kids are meant to be dropped off at the bigger lot between 8:45 and 8:55 for a school start of 9:00, and primary kids at either lot between 9:00 and 9:10 for a 9:25 start. With this in mind, can I add:

1. the "my secondary aged child is too precious to walk 250m so they must use the primary lot" parents

2. the "I am late for drop off so I'll park horizontally behind vertical spaces and block everyone in until MY child reaches the gates" parents

3. the "I bought a big car I am not comfortable driving, so I will just stop either directly on the verge or behind the primary lot, blocking both the through road and the vertical primary lot so that I don't have to parallel park or reverse or turn into a narrow-ish parking lot entrance" parents

And

4. the "I like to go play golf or tennis in the mornings so I will drop my primary aged child off at 8:45 so the teachers have to babysit them because I can't possibly delay my game by an extra 15 minutes" parents

the "doing friendly small talk while judging everyone scathingly and quitely" parents

Guessing OP is in this group.

the "twittering some politically charged dismissive comment about the parents evening at school" parent

I don't know what this means.

OP, you seem to have become a bit of a misanthrope. I think you should ask totally some questions about your attitudes to other people and where it comes from, were your own parents quite judgemental?

"yourself" not "totally"

I think most parents would fall into or could be perceived to fall into at least one of those categories at least some of the time.

I hate the "judging everyone else for not parenting exactly like me, and judging parents based on one fact or observation without the full picture" parents.

@shivawn No, most certainly not. Sorry that it came across like that, it was not intended like that. That referred to very indulgend parents of a kid that is fit and healthy with no underlying condition, but simply loves a lie-in in the morning.