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AIBU?

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Original poster

to have chucked my kids into the garden, and told them i dont want to see them again till five pm.

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farmerjones · 14/04/2010 13:44

they were driving me potty with their noise and their fighting. bloody dh who works from home, cant make a single phone call without wailing in the background. not a good thing when you are trying to sound all professsional, and he is on my case to take them out somewhere.
i dont want to spend yet another day out of the house. i just want to be in myown house today.

fwiw, they are having a fabulous time outside, actually playing. instead of the usual fighting or moaning baout not being ablet o watch telly programme of choice . etc. the youngest is seven, so not exactly babies

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ShinyAndNew · 14/04/2010 13:48

If I had a garden I'd do the same. Presumably they are allowed in to the loo and not expected to pee in your garden?

mankyscotslass · 14/04/2010 13:52

I have just done this too.

fartblossom · 14/04/2010 13:53

What if it rains? Are they to stay outside then?

So you want to stay at home, fair enough. How about doing some indoor activities to keep them amused? Do they not play in their rooms? (My LO's are 5 and 2 so not up to the stage of playing alone in rooms as yet, but Im sure I did from about 7 or 8)

Fair enough for suggesting they go somewhere else and fair enough if they WANT to play outside but to actually say you dont want to see them till 5PM Im not sure thats not a bit too harsh. However like I said my children are younger than yours so I may find myself in a similar situation in a few years.

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farmerjones · 14/04/2010 13:53

pee in the garden? they would love that. but no, i have just let ds2 in to use the toilet.
trouble is, that even thought the house is now quiet, i am feeling miserable.

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wishingchair · 14/04/2010 13:55

Nothing wrong with that in my opinion. My mum used to send us out with wellies, raincoats and umbrellas even in pouring rain when we got too raucous. Had great time.

RubysReturn · 14/04/2010 14:01

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twinterror · 14/04/2010 14:03

I wish I had thought of that - mine are driving me crazeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (and yes we have done a million indoor activities and also been out today!)

mankyscotslass · 14/04/2010 14:04

My lot are playing masterchef out in the garden now.

It's ds compromise to make dd play football next.

And I am going to go and weed through some of the toys that have taken over the ground floor of the house.

beanpot · 14/04/2010 14:11

I tied my son to the chair outside and told him it was magic, and he had to try and escape.....took him 25 mins! He is 7yrs old, and no I do not need social services..

biglips · 14/04/2010 14:16

make sure they are wrapped up as its freezing here in Liverpool as sunny but abit of a breeze and they will do fine

GrimmaTheNome · 14/04/2010 14:19

YANBU, so long as they've got some drinks.

If you're feeling miserable in the house, get outside yourself, its a lovely day.

BeenBeta · 14/04/2010 14:28

My mother used to do this every day. Come rain or shine. Kids staying inside is a modern phenomenon.

Not sure putting me outside as a baby at 3 am in my pram in the middle of winter was that good an idea though. She still laughs about it.

BigHairyLeggedSpider · 14/04/2010 14:30

Cor I'd love to do this some days! Problem is, I reckon the DSses would go back to their mum and report that evil stepmum had locked them in the garden!

onthepier · 14/04/2010 14:45

I may do the same as my neighbours' two kids and one who lives opposite descended on me at about mid-day!

,Fair enough my two did want them in to play and it was fine for an hour but it's just the requests, "Can we go through your food cupboard and make a picnic/put a tent up in the living room/change your screensaver and homepage on the computer?" The answer to all these requests has been NO, but I've set the younger three up in the kitchen with drinks, haribo and an arts and craft kit, and have let the two older ones do an easter egg hunt in the garden with leftover mini eggs.

May have to send them all back soon as I'm starting to hear, "We're getting BORED!" Arghh!

megapixels · 14/04/2010 14:52

YANBU to try anything to get some peace . I wouldn't say that I don't want to see them before 5 pm though.

LOL at beanpot. Love your idea .

deaddei · 14/04/2010 15:39

Good for you.
My two are out for the afternoon so peace till 5pm.

SingleMum01 · 14/04/2010 15:42

Course not, mine is always outside in the garden with friends when its dry - isn't that where they should be getting some fresh air and tiring themselves out.

nickelbabe · 14/04/2010 15:48

I have to say i think it's a brilliant idea.

doesn't everyone complain that one of the reasons for childhood obesity is that kids never play outside anymore?

frumpygrumpy · 14/04/2010 15:48

YANBU.

Totally, totally normal and fine.

I do the same.

My lot sometimes need a while of boredom and "we don't know what to do" out there before the get engrossed in a really good game. Then, we all calm down and when they come in they are fresh, worn out and you can make them shower and feel happy they can relax with telly

fartmeistergeneral · 14/04/2010 15:55

My dh has put them out to play (12 and 8) before and locked the door. Am totally unfazed by that.

Obv if needed toilet he would have let them in! But they can survive without a drink for a couple of hours.

Mine would veg in front of tv for 8 hours if allowed.

madwomanintheattic · 14/04/2010 15:58

yanbu. i was planning on doing the same, but it's not quite 9am and we've got 12 inches of snow...

but on the bright side, it is a snow day, so as the school's closed, i'm not going to work

morningpaper · 14/04/2010 15:58

Go out and do some gardening or work on the outside of the house - then you can pretend you are being a marvellous parent AND getting jobs done.

I encourage all children to pee in the compost heap. Boys like this the most.

becklespeckle · 14/04/2010 16:02

Great idea, YANBU! I often chuck mine outside to play if the weather is nice enough, like frumpygrumpy said, when they have let off some steam they will often be calmer and will chill with some TV.

If you feel bad about sending them out to play why not bring them out a drink or snack? They probably forgave you before they even had their shoes on anyway! I give mine ice poles generally to cool them down

SweetGrapes · 14/04/2010 16:05

You mean you never did this before? I thought that was what the garden was for!

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farmerjones · 14/04/2010 17:42

thank you all.

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