What is the most (supposedly) un-childfriendly thing you have ever done with your dcs?

[sethstarkaddersmackerel]

And was it successful?

We have several times taken our 4 year old and his siblings to the viewing for an antiques auction (china, glass, fragile stuff) and it has been all right so far and he was very interested in the chamber pots.

what inappropriate things have you done with your dcs and did it all go horribly wrong or was it brilliant?

I took babies to seminars and work meetings abroad when tiny, that was usually fine. Not so fine was taking a 3 and a 2yo to a work dinner in a restaurant. One weed on the seat, the other jiggled around so compulsively that designer clad colleague dumped her own dinner plate over herself. I haven't tried that again.

According to today's threads on Mumsnet though the most inappropriate thing I do is let my 8-10 year olds hang out at home alone.

Ooopsadaisy, that made me laugh! Did you get the job?

that reminds me Fennel, I did spend a very entertaining evening passing baby dd round a series of terrified maths postgrads when dh suggested we join them in the restaurant after their seminar.
making people who are scared of babies hold them is quite funny

Mine started going to archery shoots when they were about 3 months old - I'd BF them along the way. They started shooting at about 4 years old.

DD2 went to a funeral when she was 3 days old - it was the mother of a very good friend, she was very elderly and frail, he said 'One in, one out' and made her very welcome.

And before we had our own DCs, we used to go out with a group of friends who had a motley of their own kids plus fostered ones, ages from 3 to 14 - the oddest place we ever took them was down a cave. not a tourist one, a potholing one. It was brilliant, and even the 3yo handled it perfectly. They did rock climbing and abseiling too, in special kiddie harnesses.