Tell Fairy Non Bio the ways being a parent has brought out your sensitive side - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[PoppyMumsnet]

Fairy Non Bio is sponsoring the Mumsnet Talk App and is interested to know how being a parent has brought out your softer side. Maybe you used to consider yourself a bit of a hard cookie but since having a child, all that has changed. Perhaps you never used to cry at films (or even adverts) or go a bit gaga over puppies, or worry about the smaller things in life? However, since becoming a parent you’ve found yourself sobbing over EastEnders or reacting to a baby's cry at 100 paces.

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So, to celebrate the Fairy Non Bio sponsorship of the Mumsnet Talk App, they’d like you tell them about what things you're sensitive to now that you never used to be in the past. And what specific things about being a parent have brought out your sensitive side? Download the Mumsnet Talk App and share your story with Fairy Non Bio.

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[jacqui5366]

being a parent means that you are responsible for this little person you have made, when I first looked at my baby boy, perfect and sleeping, the lid on the bottle of emotions was unscrewed, every thing he does, smile, clap, walk uncrews that lid a little more. I used to be able to keep 'a lid on my emotions' but having a baby means you are free to express them as the lid is permanently unscrewed - not a bad thing when you are able to release emotion is really is good for you.

[DoItTooJulia]

I'm a total cliche! Cry at films, the JL Christmas Ad, songs (Lucas graham 7 years old since I've had my kids! And it seems I might be stuck like this forever!

[ell5454]

I am so much more aware of children, and how interesting and wonderful they are. Pre child I think I would have shrugged it off.

[janeyf1]

I have become more soppy and sentimental and seem to cry even at children's films!

[pusinky]

I now cry when I watch a TV ad with children or puppies. I am also a lot more relaxed about not bring perfect.

[TJCB68]

Whereas before I was often intimidated by (and slightly suspicious of) teenagers, now that I'm the mother of a teenage boy I suddenly see their vulnerability. It has completely changed my outlook.

[maryandbuzz1]

I cry at the drop of a hat....I can't watch animal programs...I'm in tears during films...human suffering and I'm a blubbering wreck. I was never like this before and held back my feelings.m

[vonniebab2]

I can't bear to watch or read anything regarding cruelty or neglect towards children elderly or animals it just breaks my heart

[Ganne1]

My husband wrote a song about my daughter. It made him cry.

[glenka]

Stories on the news about children effect me more now than they used to.

[TracyKNixon]

I have always been soft but never as emotional as I am since becoming a mammy! I cry at anything now - sad movies, seeing my kids perform in a school play etc.

[SSCRASE123]

It's definitely made me more placid, patient and I hope well rounded. I feel a very real need to protect them from the perils of the world but without wishing to stop them exploring and making their own mistakes.

[Roraima]

Coming from a hard-working class, it made me a tough cookie until... I saw my first one being born and I started worrying about "all the evils" of this world. Soon I learnt they were as tough as steel and I just relaxed and enjoyed the experience.
When they start growing you certainly become an admirer of things nobody else can see, but then again I could never see what the fuss was with my friends when the long speeches came from those mothers. But I do...

[pgwynne]

Since having children I can get very emotional over the adverts, especially the Christmas ones. I remember crying whilst watching Toy Story 3 as Andy was leaving home and his toys felt unwanted.

[Sid98]

Ever since I had my children I always get worried when I see other children not being treated fairly

[rutsan]

I used to think children moaned about the silliest things, and used to brush it off with my younger siblings, but after having children Ive realised what I find silly is really important to them. They don't have bills or "grown up" stuff to worry about so the fact that they don't want the pinc plate really is a issue for them so I am more sensitive to that and will take my time to explain and comprimise!

[Narnianescape]

Before having children I never was emotionaly affected by artcle on the news but now I find myself crying at certain news articles.

[lizd31]

I'm not a parent but I am a great aunt & godmother. Before I was just the 'cat's mother' but now I have the girls to fuss over too & the least little thing will make me cry as I'm so proud of them. First day at nursery, now registering at primary school. They grow up so fast & there's nothing you can do to stop it, although you want to keep them kids forever.

[cluckyhen]

I've always been quite tough - but I've found as my children get older things get to me much more. I cry at the tv, I cry at sad stories in the papers - I've turned into a blubbering wreck. I've even taken in 3 rescues as they looked at me with those eyes!

[libra101]

Being a parent has made me more sensitive to the tragedy of children suffering in war-torn areas; horrific child abuse occurring far too often, and children who are constantly being bullied.

Each child who is suffering torment is a testament to how badly society is failing them.

[alsproject]

I find that I am more sensitive to noisy children. It doesn't seem to bother me much if it were my own but other people's children seem to hit a nerve

[Aspergers]

having the sympathy and empathy to relate to your children. seeing them sad makes me sad and feeling their sensitivity makes me feel protective o them. I wish I was a superhero able to ward off the bad and protect them from evil

[xcxcsophiexcxc]

School bullying, read so many stories about bully's and victims ending up in the worst case scenario. It's really upsetting and I cry for the mothers

[Annieg1234]

i think that having children has made me much more sensitive to what is happening in the world. things that didnt really occur to me before do now. Even down to the things that are happening in my own community. I tend to get more involved now. Current affairs and threat worry me much more now that im a parent.

[southernsun]

I tend to get a lot more emotional watching tv programmes than I used to. Especially sad ones or ones where someone does something amazing.