You know you’ve done a good job bringing up your children when….

[Happytodayhappytomorrow]

This morning I heard Alexa say “shall I turn off all alarms?”

In reply, 20-year-old DS said
“Yes please”

@Quantity5

It’s the little things.

My teen boys all shout love you at each other when they go out. It makes me warm inside.

This made my heart swell. Love that this is from teenage boys.

DS4 tells me he loves me, occasionally says that I look nice and is very good with please and thank you - if that continues into teenagehood I'll feel like I've done some of this parenting malarkey right!

@thefairycaravan, so lovely. They won't go wrong if they stick to that. My ds2 is just making me a bacon sandwich.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Mine make a great cup of coffee.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves mine make good G&Ts 🤣🤣

After reading this thread I must be a crap mum 🤷‍♀️
Dd1 never did any of these things.
Dd2 wants to go and live with my niece because she has a dog but she will come back and visit on a Thursday afternoon 🙉

When DS14 has been a mouthy arse, which thankfully isn’t too often, he’ll come to me later and apologize.

DS has just figured out that if cats always land on four feet and toast always lands butter side down if we glue toast to the cats feet we could have a floating cat.

DH and I both have covid, both kids are neg still. DS18 has been grabbing stuff from the shop on his way home from covid. I've been trying not to overload him.

He came in with his rucksack full on Friday, and he'd picked up a load of soft fruit for his dad, because he knew he was running out (DH has digestive issues and has to be quite careful with his diet).

He's also (whilst trying to stay away from us because he has stuff to do this week and wants to stay neg) been cooking for us all and clearing up without being asked.

He's been so caring and thoughtful this week, I feel so lucky to have him.

Mine always get complemented on their manners and for automatically clearing the table after meals.

They were both really lovely when my brother died. They would check up on me and give me extra hugs.

We also came up with a new phrase when one of our kittens was in heat and yowling, We'd say "she's feeling her feelings". It's turned out be quite useful as when I was very sad I could just say I was feeling my feelings and they'd give me a cuddle.

We had also randomly chatted about German words and how they say something like sadness bacon for the weight you put on when you've had a breakup or grieving. DS (10) bought my favourite sweets out of his own money and presented them to me as my sadness bacon. And then I was feeling my feelings again!

My dd lives in the same town as us but shared with friends (she's 25) DS is still at home, age 19.

Dh and I went away for the weekend and ds invited dd and one of her flat mates over for dinner.
Then they watched crappy TV together.

I used to worry about the 6 year age gap and that they maybe wouldn't have a close relationship. It took a while to develop but happy it did

My eldest 2 (teen girls) often hold hands when they think we're not looking. They're both a bit socially awkward but completely relaxed with each other. This makes me happy that no matter what happens they know they'll always have family. I'm glad we've given them that stability.

@Daftasabroom

When they are laughing about something together, one cackles the other chortles. I've no idea what they are laughing at and I probably don't want to know, but it makes my day every single time.

That's one of my favourite things too. It's even better when they roast us as they're parents, I love their evil sense of humour!

Their not they're

When my son returned from his first term at uni, living with some people without social skills or any ability to look after themselves or their shared accommodation he told me:
'I used to think you were harsh for teaching us to do stuff for ourselves, now I know you were right'

Thank you all for posting on this thread.
I've read it all and I'm now 'feeling my lovely feelings'.

Ahh.... the cackle/chortle and the swish of Lego, two of my favourite sounds.