To wonder how the Cambridge children are so beautifully behaved?

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They sat through the Christmas carol concert so perfectly, and are just so incredibly well behaved when on public outings. They seem delightful and are always so well turned out. As a mum myself, I can’t help wondering - what is Kate and William’s secret? Kudos to the both of them, because they always seem to keep the children in check, but they do it in such a lovely and understated way. They are clearly both naturals with children, because there is no way my unruly brood would be that well behaved at a carol concert. Parenting goals and then some!

Regarding William and Catherine, they use a norland nanny as far as I know.

Because what’s the AIBU?

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I am not a huge royal fan nor do I want a republic.
Probably a very scaled down monarchy where they too can enjoy more freedom.
However I find the comments about Diana very distasteful.

Diana was so young when she was with Charles coerced into the marriage. Her own background was so sad and tragic and she was extremely vulnerable.
She never had a chance with Charles and each revelation of this broke her.
She then naturally struggled because of the situation she was dealing with and by accounts a very unsupported by her in law's.

I think targeting a dead woman in this way , who was denied many basics is wrong.

OP you have poo on your tongue!

Whether true or not, I'm sure William remarked in the last year that George does play video games.

And what is your definition of 'hands on?" They are busy people with full schedules but I'm sure they are as much involved with the children as possible.
They might not do the getting up, bathing and cooking, but that's their lifestyle, it's no criticism of them.

Yep..
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I don't recall anyone 'raging' about Louis' behaviour at the Jubilee, most seemed to find it refreshingly normal.

Well you didn't read the right threads then.
Of course it was normal, but there was lots and lots of over the top criticism on here for it.

@JudgeJ

I've seen pictures of George and Charlotte having tantrums and being told off when they were younger. They are older now and know how to behave in public. Louis has also started school now so is learning how to behave.
There is also a lot of training from a young age. Even as toddlers they are taught how to behave (doesn't always work as pictures show) so by George and Charlotte age they know what's expected.
Will and Catherine do seem like great parents though but I'm sure they have times when the kids run them ragged.

I don’t think it’s unusual to be able to sit through something at their ages. Mine would have been able to by about 7/8 years old. Definitely not at 4 though.

Well that's a rather large part of every day hands on parenting !

I think most children behave how the people around them are behaving.

My grandparents took me to classical concerts from about age 7. I was bored out of my mind but I sat there silently because everyone else was.

DD has just turned 6 and can sit still with some quiet bribing. But we went to a church wedding recently where several other children were running in the aisle or watching iPads (out loud!) It was hard to keep her quiet when she could see other children playing.

Did you even read my post? I said people like Diana who are raised by nannies turn out dysfunctional and that W&K children aren’t being raised by nannies.

Ofcourse they've been seen not being "perfect" but the media must not report such and even when inevitable it is reported as being "cute", "normal" etc. Everyone is conditioned therefrom.

I was merely pointing won't be the actual parents doing the teaching of manners

It's astonishing how much you know about how other people, who you don't actually know, raise their children.

Surely that's what this while thread is about? Speculation about royal children

They are busy people with full schedules

That's pushing it a bit surely! They don't work two jobs with no help!
The Court Circular covers what they do, it's not busy. They will have time for swimming in their onsite pool, fitness in the gym, long rambles round vast estates like in Norfolk where they are at the moment but let's not pretend they are leaving the house at 6am to get to their first job and picking up children from childminders to feed and put to bed and rush out to an evening job!

They are raised by professional nannies.

Did you actually think W&K do the parenting????

Er, yes. I did think it and I still do. People who have child minders or go to nurseries would still say they do the parenting.

Think yourself lucky then that you have healthy NT children instead of bitching about those of us that haven't and struggle.

No one has bitched at all. Obviously, if you don’t have NT children, that’s harder. But most children should not be routinely getting sick, or having vomiting bugs, etc. That is not typical and shouldn’t be regarded as typical -as long as health isn’t being compromised by poor living conditions and insufficient food. I have never had a vomiting bug in my life, nor has DH or my DC. I’d assume the royal children will be ill perhaps even less than average.

Where have I bitched? I just explained why I think it feels on MN that there are more sick and depressed children than is actually reflected in real life. Because it's a forum where people are looking for help and advice, so they're more likely to post if they have children with problems than not. So it can feel skewed.
Really, explain to me what I have said that is bitchy or nasty?

It's really very common this, as I said a GP advised my friend 10 viruses a year for preschoolers. In work, there are 5 small babies amongst the staff's dcs. They seem to be constantly unwell. Crechitis by the sounds of it. Mine didn't go to crèche, coincidence or not, and didn't have these repeated illnesses. I'm assuming the royals didn't go to crèche either 😉

"I’d assume the royal children will be ill perhaps even less than average."

The royal children will mix with fewer children and so are less likely to pick things up. They won't be crammed into a hall with 200 other kids.

I think the point is more that the parents don’t have electronic devices so they can give their attention to the children. When Charlotte was so delighted about Paddington Bear at the Christmas Service, knew her mother would acknowledge this immediately and share that excitement. How might her behaviour have been different if Catherine had ignored her, or if Charlotte expected from experience that she was likely to have ignored her?

In the events we see, the adults in the Royal family respond to the children quickly, so their behaviour never has a chance to escalate, and the extended family step in if necessary. They clearly make sure that the children know what is to be expected at every point and there are plenty of examples on film of the older children directing the others to get it right.

In the events we see, the adults in the Royal family respond to the children quickly, so their behaviour never has a chance to escalate, and the extended family step in if necessary. They clearly make sure that the children know what is to be expected at every point and there are plenty of examples on film of the older children directing the others to get it right.

Is this honestly healthy parenting? I don't think so, it sounds horrendous, children on edge the whole time in case they put a foot wrong. Can't children be children?
And FWIW my adult children were taken to restaurants and concerts from a young age and could behave. But they didn't have the eyes of the world on them of course.

I hope G, C and L are kept out of the public eye as much as possible because of the pressure to behave impeccably every time they are seen.