Do you allow your children to jump on the sofa?

[xena]

I don't and don't really like it when other children jump on mine. If they want to get rid of some energy whats wrong with the garden?

I do not speak custaise, does it sound gloopy?

trés drole custy!

Oh merde - j'oublie toutes les mots francaise quand je bois le vin rouge.

putain!

il faut boire un digestif et ca revient!!!
rhubarb, comment se fait-il que tu connaisses l'ortographe parfaite de putain????

vous etes une slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

quoi?

Custy - tu salooooooooooooooooooope!

Actually, just to change the subject for a minute (which I'm prone to as you may know). Went to France on hols this summer - picked up a Francais/Anglais conversation card in the supermarche (sorry can't be bothered to do the accents). Thought the kids would like seeing it from French child's perspective - lots of English idioms etc. But... the section re: insults... Had 'thick as a plank' - fair enough - but then went on to list wanker, tosser, fuckwit!!!!!!!!!!

Oh sorry fortyplus - I wondered where my teaching cards had gone!

One of my friends is a French teacher - she borrowed it to amuse her yr 12s - I'll let you have it back when she's finished with it

au lit maintenant - bonne nuit à tous!

nighty night slaaaaag

'Night, all xxx

Actually you're right. We don't use the sofa word and my parents never did.

We've never really gone in for expensive furniture. Was it Alan Clark who said Heseltine was the kind of person who'd bought his own furniture..... nice line. I miss him so much.

One of my daughters put up a pop band here one night who were trying to save hotel bills. They were such nice boys.... clean hair (quite rare amongst teenage boys) and they played the grand piano..... they did have absinthe... lethal drink... eek.

But xenia - ! According to Debrett's you should call it a sofa! 'Settee' is for common people! Or worse still...(whispers)...'couch'. You don't hold your knife like a pen, do you?

to answer original question - no mine do not nor have they ever done nor do i allow any other child do it

Two expensive sofas in living room - No.

Cheapie in playroom - no bouncing, but can build dens & mess about with cushions etc.

Absolutely no boucing on beds - hate it - and in fact it's a 'house rule' I reel off to all the DS's friends upon arrival. DS1 has a high sleeper bed, and once fell over the side whilst standing up on it . Fortunately OK.

No, my kids aren't allowed to jump on the sofas.

If they want to leap around they have a huge trampoline in the back garden

same as you NDP ( althougfh trampoline has been put away for the winter)

one evening we had friends round. 5 kids playing in the sitting room while the grown ups drank wine in the kitchen. the level of merriment in the sitting room grew so high we went to investigate. the older kids (my dds 6 and 4 plus friends dss 5 and 3) were playing "plummet to the ground" an old favourite in our house which involves making a large pile of cushions and jumping onto it from the arm of the sofa. all very well, except that they were playing it with friends dd (age 1!) who was being encouraged to crawl up onto the arm and plummet head first on to the cushions to whoops of delight to all involved (including said dd).

Always said i wouldnt let them but gave in. Do prefer the bed though. Would never let them jump on someone elses sofa though, not even grandparents and they know this.

Don't mind climbing, but jumping or standing precariously on top worries me so that's not allowed - but they do it the minute they think you're not paying enough attention and try it on with DP , inlaws, etc.

I tell mine not to as the side of our old one broke with the constab=nt standing and jumping off and diving head first on to it.
Needless to say they ignore me, well not so much ignore, I think they genuinely forget. When I tell them off they stop but 5 mins later they're doing it again.

No way!! Can you imagine them doing it in someone elses house, how embarrasing. We have a large bean bag that they play on, sofas are for sitting on.