You know we did LOUD parenting?

[InterruptingKid]

wel can i now just object to OVER conversation?

mum in town with kids in double buggy

kids offering a running commentary

mum REPEATING every thing the kid said

shut UP fgs he is talkign drivel and therefore so are oyu

It's how they learn to talk, isn't it? Tis better than the Glasgow version which is to totally ignore your toddler while rifling through the rails and then bellow MOVE! In tots ear as you try to get a better look at the clothes. MOVE! I hear it all the time.....MOVE! As the child, momentarily allowed out of buggy, is propelled ip the street.....

Personally I prefer inane chat and my kids to have a vocab.

That probably means I'm a mc wanker but so be it

smallorange No you are right, and not at all a wanker.

i htink

a) this is a jokey thread nto a serious examination of language acquisition
b) there is talking to your kid and going on and on and on loudly
and as the parent of three kids who can speak, its not totally necessary to repeat everything they say

Yes, we need the odd jokey thread lately

This was a cunning mix of both 'loud' and 'over' parenting on my part.

We were sitting in a smart restaurant, overlooking a harbour, and the place was stuffed full of oldish couples, (no other children in sight). There were a lot of rolled eyes and quiet sighs when we walked in with ds, so I was already a wee bit on the defensive side.

ds (3.5) was hungry, tired, whingy and sullen - in hindsight, we should have bought fish and chips and eaten them outside, but whatever.

So, I'm trying to distract him whilst waiting for food and doing a lot of the "Yes, darling, that's a ship, what colour is the ship? White and blue?! Oh aren't you clever, yes it is white - well done! It's just like the ship in your book, isn?t it? And just like Papi's boat! And where do you think the ship is sailing to?"blah, blah, blah,

DS mumbles something that I can't quite get.

Me: Sorry, darling? Do enunciate; use your words, sweetness,you're so good at that. What did you say?

Ds: (with ringing clarity) I don?t fucking know.

Lesson learned, I feel.

"shhhhhhhhhhhhhh" should be suficicient in public places

LOL Loupiots - you made my dh laugh with that one - brilliant!

loupiots

It's funny now, but at the time, I just sat there with my mouth opening and closing soundlessly, like a haddock hit over the head with a hammer.

He's never done it again, thank the lord. It is just so galling that he decided to demonstrate his seeming mastery of swearing, in context, at that precise moment.

Were you talking in a sort of Joyce Grenfell voice

Reminds me of when my DS1, then age 4, announced very loudly to a packed pub garden, that he was "trying to get his fucking shoes on", in response to me chivvying him about leaving.

My mum heard about this little incident via my SIL. She asked me (in a very Joyce Grenfell voice) "where on EARTH did he hear that kind of language" . (ANSWER : teenagers walking to school every day)

v good! i have never had one of those sweary things as i am sure i was busy beign irritating Joyce Grenfell type

Is loud parenting o.k. when you shout " I've had enough of you and your stroppy behaviour", before storming out of the lounge.
Is that good'loud parenting ' ?

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