A warning to the curious

[BrianBlessed01]

If you are in the fortunate position of being able in terms of material things - ie, a comfortable home, laundry done from home, nice holidays abroad - if your child has already experienced those things, be VERY careful. Otherwise, they can, and will, make your life hell. PUT BOUNDARIES DOWN - deal with tantrums and rudeness, shoot those down, take no prisoners. You should have been doing this from the start, tbh.

Only motherflipper having tantrums over the washing in this house is me.

@BrianBlessed01

Tell us what you've done!

Oh dear! Didn't see the update

I sympathise, OP, I once had to do without a washing machine for three months when we rented a house and all our stuff was in storage, with five of us it was a nightmare!!

If only you'd said in the first instance, it was all rather like the Enigma Code.

Sorry to hear you're having a bad day Hun

Well, I've got my boundaries in place. The child is scrubbing his socks against a washboard as I type. Holidays mean he curls up in the dog basket for a change.

Spoiling them is a dangerous game!!

What a bizarre thread.

The irony of this when you're literally going on like being able to afford a holiday means you stop parenting 🙄

Am I the only person who’s actually quite worried about this post? Puts me in mind of the mother in Goodnight Mister Tom,

@BrianBlessed01 still haven't got a clue what you are on about - have you not read your own post out and not realised you've missing some important words out perhaps? Cryptic does not equal clever. Keep it simple stupid.

Your child or your washing?!

What a batshit post.

Brian, I got mine a BEEF TOMATO on your advice several years ago and I have not heard the end of it since.

How does the lack of washing machine relate to your kids being wankers though?

Prize for the child wooden spoon for the washing.

:)

basically dont let them get spoilt

I have epilepsy. When I feel like I'm about to have a fit, I jump in the bath with last nights bedsheets. Does that count as laundry indoors, or am I safe if my bath is actually in a roofless conservatory in next doors garden?

don't spoil your kids because they will become wankers

No shit Sherlock.

If only someone had warned us with a memorable phrase many years ago.

Something like, oh, I dunno... "spare the rod (as in discipline) and spoil the child"?

Didn’t you last chip in about ten years ago with advice on yoni massage… Or was that another Brian?

Sorry to hear you’re having issues with your kids.

I'm not surprised your kids are "wankers"...
😂

Did anyone else read OP’s posts in Brian Blessed’s voice?

Edmund!

Well I think everyone can look back at their own parenting and think you have cooked up when they turn teens.

My eldest was a nightmare at home ( thankfully never out or in trouble - because he also refused school).

OP - your arsehole teen may yet turn into a butterfly. Mine did but he is still self absorbed, clever, charming. Leaves washin double folded on the line for days....

I had a choice of 5 million or going back in time 15 years I'd go back in time. But it's turned out fine. The second son is a delightful 16 year old boy so it's not just us, it's them too.

Has it already been 10 years since Yoni Brian? Is it weird to miss him?

Sharon ? Is that you ??

My point is, don't spoil your kids because they will become wankers.

I think if you had used this as your OP things would have been clearer. Sorry you're having a tough time with your DC. Hopefully they're teenagers and you all emerge (relatively) unscathed