Teachers. Admit it. This is a perk of the job isn't it?

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Just got dds work home as she finishes this week.

In the bag are some things that are mounted and have clearly been on the wall either in the classroom or (gulp) the main corridors or halls.

In one she provides a slice of homelife which is mighty embarrassing and makes us sound like total wankers. She also talks about drinking wine. She is 8.

You find these things don't you, with a silent shout of glee. I have believed this since my mother told me about turning up at my school and on the wall was a picture I had drawn of her and dad 'playing in the bath'.

Come on. You might as well admit it....

and

Which is 14/15, not 15/16. I used to be a teenager, I've heard much worse already. It's still pretty crap. Of course you can think of worse things. So what?

Yay! Way to go, ruining a hilarious thread by being judgy.

But it's just her story, not a cue for judging.
Really, what it gained by all standing and pointing (virtually) at serephina and going (effectively) YOUR MUM WAS A RUBBISH MUM!
Seriously, I don't see the motivation for it.

I have to admit I agree - not keen on the thought of parents encouraging their teenagers to smoke. I think disapproving acceptance is one thing but handing them cigarettes is another.

I'm quite happy thinking it is shit to give a 15 year old fags even if that makes me "tight arsed and boring".

harpsi - not all, just 2 of us so far :)

As it happens, i don't agree with the action but this thread is not the place to jump down someones throat, judging, when they are relating a funny story.

sorry, sephrenia
I think just because someone else's family circumstances weren't the same as yours is not a reason to try to pressure someone inot note sharing their story, is it?

How do you think it sits to tell someone that you are'shocked' by what was, clearly, a light-hearted story from a clearly loving family in (it turns out) fricking difficult circumstances. how do you think that kind of reaction makes sephrenia feel, really?
Sorry I know I sound patronising.

There is no 'only cosy childhood stories' rule on mumsnet afaik.

Her mum giving her fags in return for babysitting actually has nothing to do with the domestic circumstances, does it? I can take anyone's "fricking difficult circumstances" childhood stories and match them, believe me.

And you're right, you do sound patronising.

Oh diddums Pixie, that will keep me awake, I'm sure.

Look here, pag's excellent thread has been put in Classics. How about making an exception to the MN rule and taking the judging off to another thread so it can stay just FECKING FUNNY?

I remember getting an email once from my MIL. It was about a picture that had been drawn by a 6 year old (I believe) the woman appeared to be pole dancing and men were all crowded around holding out £5 notes. The child in question had been asked to draw what his mummy did for a living.

It turned out that the mum actually worked in a DIY shop and due to the recent snow she'd told her DS about all the men coming in to buy spades

Here it is

Ahem - hopefully this will return thread to funny

My friend was working as a primary school teacher and doing circle time, when a small boy proceeded to tell the entire class how he had woken up in the night and gone in to his Mum's bedroom to ask for a drink.
" And it was really funny because my Mum's boyfriend was there and she was sitting on his head!"

heh heh excellent drawing (and diversion) Normasknockers...

"When I come from school the dog and cat come to say hello. I put my things on the table and mum shouts at me. We have some tea. Dad rolls a spliff after tea and we watch TV. I have some beer and go to sleep on the sofa."

~ My sister's eldest, age 8
What he wrote wasn't untrue, but he missed out several very important factors that managed to keep him healthy & educated! I'm still amazed they didn't have welfare people knocking on the door the next evening ... He's 18 now, and gorgeous.

Hee hee Loving (most of) this thread

my son did a lovely picture in his book with a caption underneath.
He had written 'me, my mum and my dead dog' and the picture showed me and DS along with a dog laying on his back with his legs up in the air!

Our dog had been PTS 5 months earlier.

My exMIL is a hairdresser but does it from home. Long ago, her daughter, when at primary school, kept on laddering her tights and the school said they would ring mum and get her to bring some new ones. The child, knowing that she would get it in the neck for ruining ANOTHER pair of tights....(this was an on going issue!!) was horrified and said "but.... but... you can't ring.... Mummy has her "clients" in!". Now this was a long time ago... long before it was common to work from home. Her brother (my exH) had to be called in to decode and reassure the school that mum was not a lady of easy virtue.....!

My MIL commented on the fact that my husband only drives occasionally (at weekends) and asked if he was losing his driving skills. I said oh no he is a good driver, though he does speed.

My four year old's faithfully recorded at school "Daddy does speed, but only at the weekend"

I had twenty three and four year olds at circle time We were talking about fathers day which was on that weekend remember to give your daddy the card youve made for him .One little boy stood upwill you make sure you give daddy the card,Iwill
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Miss
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Do you know my daddy has a very furry willy!