How do you deal with parenting conundrums? Take our quiz

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Being chief decision-maker comes with the territory when you’re a parent - but sometimes the best way to go is not so clear cut. Take our quiz to find out how your decisions following common parenting conundrums align with those of other users’.

Here’s what O2 have to say: “#IsItAlright to let them use a tablet at breakfast? We hear you. Parenting is full of #IsItAlright questions, challenges and dilemmas. That’s why we’ve launched O2 Family, to bring advice, safety tools and kid-friendly offers to parents across the UK. We don’t pretend to have all the answers. But hopefully we make it a little easier to navigate the everyday messy magic of family life."

Whether you turn to the TV when things get tough, choose to embrace your child’s creativity no matter how questionable it may be or you find bargaining with your children the best way to get things done, take the quiz here and share any results that surprise you (or your own parenting conundrums) below.

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With the majority on every answer!

With the majority for all but the bedtime one. I haven't perfected my 1-2-3 stern voice yet.

Loved the fact that the loss of pudding threat is still going strong! I remember thinking my mum was mean doing it to me and now I do it lol

I know that there is no right or wrong answer because each child and adult are different. I think consistency is the key. I think I am more firm than I thought from my answers and need to lighten up so thats made me a little sad :(

I suppose I was relieved to see my responses being in line with the majority on most of the questions. i think like everything in life, it's important to have a bit of balance and flexibility and also to keep things in perspective - they are only young for such a relatively short period of time so no point getting stressy over everything - best to pick your battles - somethings are non-negotiable in our family and some things are flexible.

I'm fairly average then!

I'm surprisd that so many parents think forcing their kids to eat something they don't want is a good idea. I always encourage them to at least try a little bit of everything, but forcing them to eat something they don't want is just building up trouble for the future. DH was forced to eat sprouts as a kid and they still make him vomit now.

Every answer I had was the most popular one on mumsnet

I dont really think these are conundrums just everyday things a parent deals with all of mine played the violin I just grinned and beared it like you do encouraging their develpment. Mine are always popping fancy dress on when we are off to a special do why is that an issue its cute and they are kids who do they need to impress. I always distract kids and make a game out of things works at defusing most trantrums. Seems i am avdvarge but i think thats becuse these are every day things mums just deal with not conundrums

The answers were quite surprising!

I seem to be a typical parent which is reassuring.

I think the best answer to all of these problems is effective contraception....

i'm very typical too. And I'm one of the "no pudding unless you eat your vegetables" brigade!!

Very mainstream for me!

we all want to dress as pirates for boring family parties don't we?!

Mostly not surprised at the results, but some did suprise me a bit... I would have expected a higher % would “grin and bear it” on the clothing question! Kids are only kids once, I don’t see the issue with allowing them to dress up and express themselves... within reason of course! :)

average!

Interesting - I chose the majority answers for all except the last one! Maybe I'm not such a 'different' mum as I thought I was (not quite sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing ).

My daughter has often dressed herself for special occasions, you couldn't stop her!

I'm surprised, I'm pretty average.

I wasn’t in the majority for any of them.

I was also a little disappointed by the large response of eating the greens or no pudding. I preferred to introduce new foods to the plate with encouragement to try them. Small words of encouragement and lead by example. Seeing freinds eat a new food always seemed to work. I hate the thought of the table being a battle ground. It's not good for the digestion!

I'm surprised I got the majority of my questions in the highest vote, all except from the ipad bedtime ... oooops!

Pretty Typical..

Well, I feel like a big fat loser now! I hadn't realised how often I just accept the little things because they are just not worth bothering about. Judging by the scores from others, I obviously need to develop my stern look and no nonsense attitude.
(yeah right!)