Carole Middleton's sacrifices for Kate during childhood?

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https://www.womanandhome.com/life/royal-news/carole-michael-middleton-sacrifice-kate/

Aibu to think that every parent would do the same for their child?
Aibu to think this is normal parenting?
Aibu to think that Carole & Michael gave their kids the skills during childhood to seamlessly fit into the elite world as teens?

I also went to boarding school and I agree with you. Many parents lived hundreds of miles away or abroad and while my parents were great for turning up for events there were some parents who simply didn't from one term to the next.

Yeah it’s a non article of just fluff although I don’t think they’re suggesting that she sacrificed anything more than any other parent

But was that because they worked the type of jobs where you couldn't? Running your own business gives you more flexibility.

Feel free to start a new thread to see... I doubt you'll get any points for this.. probably just absue 🤣

I don't think it's a mystery, is it?

Pop them into elite schools and show them how to network.

Perhaps this is an indication of how low the bar is for how much work Kate thinks she should do. If standard parenting is a 'sacrifice' it's no wonder she never had a proper job and barely did any events compared to the other working royals. She clearly thinks doing anything is a sacrifice.

My DD is an utter time sponge, spend HOURS at sports, I’m not sure our family would seamlessly fit into an elite world though 🙄. But hopefully she’ll be fit and healthy.

If you're sacrificing your time to attend your child's sporting events then sorry, I think you're a bit of a shit parent.

I go to my son's events because supporting him in his endeavours is amazing and I know I am very privileged to be able to.

Same. She gets all the perks of the high life without the tedium of having to look ridiculously delighted to eat a cupcake and shake the hand of a snotty child at X event to celebrate Y cause. It must get tedious! Just leave me to prance about the palace in my diamond tiara in peace!

Well, I’m going against the grain here because I totally understand and appreciate what they are saying. That’s probably because my own parents:

-would never have gone to any sports fixtures, despite the fact that I was very sporty
-would never drive me to weekend fixtures (we lived rurally)
-didn’t care when I was given detentions for not turning up to weekend fixtures as that was the school policy.
-wouldn’t bother driving me in to school if the trains were cancelled and I had a GCSE

Not everyone has had the same upbringing, you know.

Depends, I think parenting in the 90s were a bit different from now. I never did any clubs or sports, my parents didn’t encourage me to do anything like that - it was just go outside and play, don’t come back until dinner.

they’ve also not helped with my children as grandparents 🤷‍♀️

I am not clicking on the article. But if it is saying that Kate is appreciative of the efforts her parents went to then that is a nice thing is it not?

if she is saying that no other parents ever did what her parents did then that is a different thing. But I would be surprised if that is indeed what she has ever suggested.

I was the recipient of terrible but not abusive parenting. My parents attended three events in my entire school career, and we never went on my family holidays. Never prioritised me or my siblings. Never helped with grandchildren and played favourites which has destroyed our sibling relationship. Even in adulthood our bond with each other is fragile, and our relationship with our parents is so low contact it barely exists.

I am always looking to learn how people in very happy and mutually supportive families have been parented. Say what you like about the Middletons, but they seem to have raised three loved and loving kids.

It's a non article because the journalist has taken bits from two pieces of previously released material to put together a new article that says nothing new or unexpected.

And clearly not every parent puts the kids into every club going and is around the ferry / watch them. Many simply couldn't with work / disability/ caring responsibilities. Some just wouldn't want to

Similarly, many parents would not be blocking off their diary for a 3 month work trip where they basically have to do as they're told

She's clearly a good, loving mother. Nothing new, unusual or unexpected there.

So what? There is nothing wrong with that. Some people do not bother to raise their kids well at all. Wouldn’t be great if all parent make sacrifices to raise stellar kids that are better than themselves in education and opportunities. In theory all parents do but not really. I do not have anything bad to say about that family. I wish there were many more like Kate Middleton out there.

If I could I would

if most people could they would

they could and they did

You had terrible parents. But that doesn't mean decent parents were making huge sacrifices by attending school events.

This 💯

I hate the sycophantic articles in Woman and Home and Good Housekeeping etc.
So I stopped buying them.
For example an interview with Lulu and then it leads onto her face cream and its miraculous power that keeps her so young looking.
FFS I am not that stupid gullible.

Sycophants? I don’t think royal watchers gain anything from articles like this.
Is there something about RF watchers you dislike?

Words can't express how little I care. I don't think I can even be bothered enough to finis

@flowergirl24

What happened with the gcse? Did you get there to take it?

This seems entirely standard to me.

Paying someone else to raise your children on a fulltime basis and going to a few sporting events really isn’t parenting.

What an unpleasant thread a lot of nastiness and fake information.

OP have you ever read any Royal articles before? It is normal for various members of the Royal family to be highly praised for ordinary things.