How much do you 'ignore' your children?

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Have just been out with two families - friends of ours- who have kids about the same age, and I have to confess, I am amzed by the extent to which they actively 'ignore' their children trhoughout the whole afternoon.

By this I mean they seem to 'zone out' from all the various requests/ questions/ constant 'to-ing and fro-ing' that seems typical of under- 6s??

As a result they actively seem to enjoy themselves more, manage to have 'adult' conversations (which I gave up years ago )and it seems that their kids eventually give up and go and sort out themselves whatever it is they want....( which seems like a good thing I suppose)

I can't decide whether I'm just a mug with my kids and let them dominate my life too much... but I simply CAN'T ignore them - it seems really rude and uncaring somehow??

this is all bolleaux imo

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shouldnt that be 'all bolleaux Imeaux'

Enid yes he watched HP at 3 and??????????

AND, Vaunda, seeing as you have been around the school for so long and know so much about statementing, you of all people should KNOW that the term 'mental disabilities' went out with the Ark ...
Tsk, tsk, tsk

3 is far too young for the Harry Potter films

ghosty and you will also see i have explained why i used that term in an earlier post. go and read.

Cam in your opinion maybe.... he asked to watch it and he thoroughly enjoyed it. He now has read all but the last book as well.

was that when he was 2?

cod he wathed harry potter when it first came out and he was 3

Vaunda seems to have a complete inability to ignore anyone at all, not just her son

no he read hte boook in his cot surely
oh come one fgs htis sis crap

Cod he read the books this summer holiday if you must know.

and no i don't ignore people my parents brought me up to have respect for myself and others and not be ignorant regardless of how tedious or tiresome others comments might be

ROFL

thinking about it now, ds must have been 3 when he saw Harry Potter (bad mummy) but at home on video while his older sis was watching - don't think he particularly 'got' any of it though

didn't think HP was that frightening really

But Vaunda, were you ignoring him while he was reading the books

My ds also watched - and loved Harry Potter at 3. In the same way, he (just turned 5) now watches and loves Doctor Who.

BTW - I'm in the "ignoring" camp: ds is very good at occupying himself and needs to be, as I am not good at "playing" with him myself: I find it very difficult to maintain the patience (and have a low boredom threshold) for playing "baby games".

Every so often, I try and redeem myself by getting ds to make biscuits or cakes with me. Or I'll play hide and seek for a (wee) while.

I could have read HP at seven.
Vaunda, you do not sound English in the way you write.

Cam i wasn't ignoring him.... he was reading in the room with me and his dad.

actually, I was giving Vaunda the benefit of doubt till I saw she admits to having sex every night and some mornings on the 'how often do you do it' thread. That I can't believe, but if it is true, Vaunda, you are one busy woman - what with Karl, daily sex sessions etc.!

PrettyBird
my son also loves Dr Who, the thing that really made his birthday was meeting the cast while they were filming close to our home on the same day.

Fox, we do, and as i said we are still relatively newly weds... and have not long been alone in our own home. just after we first wed we were living with my mum as time was very bad for her, then we moved and my cousin and her son moved in with us.... they moved out in may this yr so we are now starting a proper marriage....