I want to take you shopping Mum..

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We hear only negative things about parenting (and most subjects) a lot of the time. People will understandably seek advice for the moments where things are going wrong.
I wanted to start a thread to ask what your positive stories are regarding your kids?

I'll go first.
I have young sons and was in a shopping centre with them recently. I commented that I used to come here with my dm to go shopping, have coffee and cake. My 7 year old said:

"Mum when I am a grown up I will drive, come pick you up and bring you here and we will eat together and chat. I will buy you a meal out of my own money. "
This melted my heart. Ds is ND, he can tolerate shops, cafes when they're quiet, but isn't a fan, and for him to say this is huge.

What have yours said/done that have completely blown you away?

That is so sweet!

My 6 year old DS has been saving for some Nintendo switch games and has managed to save enough to buy two. He said he wants to buy one for him and the other for me.

“we only hear negative”?

speak for yourself op

i hear loads of positives and when my friends and i get together for our fortnightly lunch… we always have a mix of the wonderful, the good, the bad and the ugly of parenting

On MN "most of the time", sorry I thought I had included that.😀 The negative is shared most in life too IME. Your meeting sounds lovely!

but personally i’ve seen lots of positives about parenting and in fact exact replica threads

but perhaps i tend to always seek out the positive hence making a beeline for this thread

Great, well you are attracting lots of positivity! I have heard/experienced a lot of negativity in RL lately as well (I won't go into this), as I want a glass half full thread!

my 14 year old ND son gave me a shoulder squeeze of support when his younger sister was driving me barmy

Im beyond proud of my adult ds's, but your story is absolutely lovely op. You are doing a great job.

Ah that’s lovely op!
ds one said to me when he was very small that I was his best friend and when he was old enough he’d marry me 😂
to be fair mine are all pretty lovely and kind and I feel really lucky to have them.
I rarely moan about them, on here and irl!

Oh my DS's do this if I am stressed. It makes me feel instantly better.

How lovely OP. Bless him.

The thing that jumps to my mind is when my mum died. She died during covid and we had a small amount of people at her funeral as a result due to the rules on social distancing at the time.

In the crematorium we all had to sit spaced apart. I was on the end as I had to get up to deliver the eulogy and my 15 year old daughter was on the chair next to my Dad. As I delivered the eulogy my Dad started to cry uncontrollably and my daughter reached out her hand to her Grandad and took it in hers and held it while he broke down. I remember being so proud of her that she had the compassion, through her own terrible grief, to do that for her Grandad. He still speaks of it today and how much, in that moment, he needed someone and she was there for him.

That is really lovely!

My teenage DD went to Paris with her high school. We gave her some money to spend, obviously, but not a fortune. She came back with more things for me (from the Aristocats, which is one of my favourites) than for herself! €60 she spent, close to half of what she had.

My teenager brought me breakfast in bed at the weekend for no reason other than 'because you make my breakfast every day mum'

My drunk adult son was FaceTiming me from a pub in another country where he is with friends to share that he’s having a great time, the other night. The fact that he does this and ends the call with a loud ”I love you mum!” makes me irrationally happy.

All my kids tell me they love me everyday. The adults have wonderful partners and have made my family and heart grow. I am so very lucky (and tired 😂)

My Daughter (13) loves to draw and paint and she occasionally gives beautiful little pieces of art she’s done just for me out of nowhere.

My son (10h shares everything, Sweets, chocolates, his Minecraft worlds.

Im proud of both of them for so many things but these two little nuggets are examples. They’re both kind, helpful, interesting people and I am loving watching them grow.

I’m going to follow this thread and make sure to read it regularly. It’s very sweet.

So amazing to read these lovely stories. My dcs are thoughtful little people, and do so many great things, but certain things just stand out don't they. 💕

randomly walking down the road by son will kiss my hand and say “I love you” he’s 4 and it melts my heart every time

We went on holiday together when ds was 16, after dh had died. It was ds just picking up my bag and carrying it for me that blew me away. Plus him holding my hand for takeoff which dh always used to do. ❤️

My 10 yo ds always asks me how my day was.

My ds(11) is a darling. I was on a training course last week and came home to a basket on my bed with a candle, bath bomb and selection of my favorite treats that he had bought with his pocket money along with a handmade card telling me how much he thinks I deserve it.
I bought them all a mcdonalds last week for my younger sons birthday treat and had it delivered. I made myself a reheated leftover curry from the freezer because I'm dieting (they don't know this) and he noticed and ripped his big mac in half to try and offer me half because he thought I had a curry because I didn't have enough money to get myself a mcdonalds too 🥺

Oh this broke my heart. What a sweet girl. That’s a lot for a teenager to do isn’t it. Lots of love to you all xxx

I opened my work note book and my 8 year old boy had written in it ..mummy you are cute! 🥰

This made me cry

I lost my mum when my daughter was 4w old, and seeing mums, daughters and grand babies out having coffee on mat leave made my soul crumble.

What a beautiful little boy you have xxx

Aww thank you so much, he has a heart of gold. My youngest one is very affection, but my older one is more deep with his feelings. When he says something like that, you know he really means it.
It took me off guard that day, and looked me in the eyes and said it with such seriousness, I nearly cried in the middle of the shopping centre!! I always thought having sons that aren't into that sort of thing, I wouldn't get that experience again. It looks like I was wrong!

I am so sorry about your Mum 💐I can't imagine how extra tough that was, with your daughter being a tiny baby. 💜Hopefully, one day you can do these things with her, in your Mum's honour. They live on in the things we do, all of the little reminders, and memories! I still talk like mine is alive; it helps somehow; they are still with us.

I love the random run back to me for a hug, this is delightful.