Oh dear......................

[Mirage]

It was DD1's turn to bring Bertie Bear home from pre school today.He comes complete with a suitcase of belongings & a diary,which I have write in,detailing how he spent his time with us.

The idea behind this is to encourage children to be responsible,apparently.

We were so busy looking at all the stuff in Bertie's case,that I didn't notice 7 month old DD2 happily chewing on something.She has eaten the paperwork that comes with the wretched bear,which details the benefits that DD1 will have from caring for it.I managed to retrieve a bit of the paperwork,but it is badly mauled.

Hmm fat chance of DD1 learing to be responsible with me as an example.

How do I explain that to the pre school leader?

Tell them the bear was peckish in the night and they should've warned you.

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PMSL

ditto hinker lol

OMG, more patronising crap and homework for mothers. This sort of thing brings me out in a rash. Caring for Bertie Bear my arse. Best place for this idiotic paperwork is your dd's mouth, IMO. Hate this sort of thing. None of your preschool's business how you spend your private family time for a start. It's basically giving you - a fully grown adult - homework. And it teaches f* all about responsibility. It's a sodding toy!

quite agree aloha...
nanny state?

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Hey, can we write the diary for you, Mirage

To right Aloha.As we were walikng across the carpark after picking DD1 up,I was muttering 'As if I don't have enough to do!'I don't have time to fill in my own diary,never mind a dratted bears.

Cheeky cow of a pre school leader also mentioned that he needed a wash,but she knew that I probably did loads of washing,so could I pop him in with a load? Arghhhh!!!!!!!!.

However,my washing machine has been known to eat things-so we'll see.

I like the idea of the bear ate my homework!

I am seriously tempted to write a fictional diary entry along the lines of 'mummy & daady smoked crack whilst DD1,dd2 & Bertie bear went down to the pub to beg for spare change'.

Yes,Hunkermunker-what a good idea!

Oh, DO IT, please Mirage, please write the bear a fictional diary, we will help you.

We will write it, you can copy-paste and print it off! Please!

I'd just lose it for the duration. though I like the crack den idea in a warped way.

OMG - DS1'a class had a Bertie Bear last year... (you're not in SUrrey are you??????)

It got SO out of hand.... Bertie went to Paris for a weekend; Bertie went skiing; Bertie with famous people..... yada yada yada.... DH wanted to comp together some fake photos of Bertie at a G8 summit just to really take the p*ss, but I wouldn't let him.... we just had Bertie on the London Eye or something... (and even that felt embarrassing, even though it WAS actually what we were doing that weekend - not a special trip!)

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Why not allow MN to help you do your homework whilst also slipping in a few comments that back up Alohas go girl remarks

In a subtle way of course - you dont want the teacher to hate you!

mo2 - that's hilarious. I LOVE your dh's idea.

'Mummy and Daddy gave me a drink of milk which tasted funny, then all my fur stood on end and I really wanted to dance! So Dd1 took me to a rave club, while Mummy and Daddy had a crack party, and when we got home I think I was overcome by the fumes, because I didn't wake up until my kind teacher opened the suitcase at the end of my lovely holiday!

PS, Mummy did wash me, honest, but I was rolling about on the club floor in a drug induced lustful frenzy with a disreputable stuffed panda, so I really could do with another bath!"

Then stick fag-ends and chewing gum all over the bear, to give it that A+ grade authentic look.

ohhh I like it Colditz
Mo2,I'm in the East Midlands.I loved your Dh's suggestions.They've made me think a bit more creatively.DH works at The National Space Centre-maybe Bertie could have his photo taken in a rocket,or with a cardboard dalek or something?

The local hunt will be out tomorrow-should Bertie go fox hunting?

I've read some of the other entries & they are all very tedious.I'm really tempted to liven it up,but it is a very small community here & the deputy pre school leader is my neighbour.It might not go down to well.Ohhh but I'm sorely tempted......

ooh go on... you know you can do it

Bertie
Going on a bear... hunt?

Ooo yes Mirage, send Bertie foxhunting! dab him with red paint and have him 'blooded' when you send him back (bad taste but.... !)

LOL! DS1 had to do something similar at nursery, thought it was a load of nonsense personally. Felt when it was our turn we had to go somewhere/do something special because it would have been poor show if my DS1 was the only one in the class who sat with the bear all weekend watching the telly/going to the supermarket/tidying up the garden etc, etc. More pressure for parents!

This thread has made me pmsl laughing. My DS had the bloody bear (whose name I've mercifully erased from my memory) last year and we had to take it to a fireworks display. And you can instantly tell all the middle class parents because "Sammy helped us make bread" "Sammy came to the museum with us" and "Sammy played in the orchestra" while "Sammy came to Safeway's" was the most glamorous it got with the others.

A couple of friends of mine struck a blow for freedom though, and took Sammy to an anti-war demo where he wore a CND badge. Photos and all.

Hmm I think Bertie should spend the time learning what a difficult thing it is to be a parent with education/health/welfare as it is today.

Maybe Bertie bear would like to spend 2 hours at JobcentrePlus looking for jobs that don't exist or spending eight hours filling out some forms for Benefits that will be taken off of your Tax Credit meaning you won't be able to pay for him to be cared for while you are out at work. "Sorry Bertie, you are on your own to day, mind your sister doesn't eat you while I am gone"

He could also spend a few hours in an NHS hopsital or years on one of their waiting lists. A particularly useful experience in caring is one found on a Mental Health Ward of said NHS hospital.

My best experiences of becoming caring and responsible have been as a parent and a carer and a divorcee. Did I say experience? I meant to say rude awakening!