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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I guess I’m pretty average, good to know!

Very mainstream here too!

All over the place me, from minority neglectful parent to minority super attentive. It is as if I make it up as I go along!

My answers were in the first or second majority.
I'm not surprised at the answers, as my friends are very open about the difficulties we have with our children and how we cope, or don't cope

I feel my initial reactions to some of the things my kids do can be harsher than others, I'm a little irritable by nature...but came out with the majority on all but one of those questions. There are times when I'd react differently to the same issue though, depending on additional context. Like the clothes one, I personally don't care but would want minimal offence caused if there was a chance of that. So, if we were going to an event with my in laws, I would leave be. It'd be fine to be a pirate, but would have to intervene if we were heading to an event with my family!

I'm with the majority too. Except on the bed time one, my 'on the count of three...' means nothing to my DCs.

I think my family would be more than happy to have DS turn up somewhere posh dressed as a pirate tbh.

I'm typical it seems - but perhaps on the humourless no nonsense side a bit too

I'm mostly average (story of my life), but I have always run out of patience by bed-time & take no prisoners.

Done. Lovely humour in some of the questions (and an actual flashback to DS refusing to wear a hired kilt to a family wedding unless allowed to wear his Bob the Builder socks.

Apparently I’m on the stricter end of the range of mumsnet, except for the screen time thing. 😁

I tend to work with negotiation and compromise about non-important things and give two acceptable choices on important things. Giving the child some (even if seemingly irrelevant or tiny) sense of choice and control is very effective. This utilitarian, empathetic and firm but flexible attitude showed also in my quiz results.

Done. Interesting.

A few "none of the above"s but I seem to be in agreement with a lot of you!

Can't believe more people don't just put on the tv when kids get bored! CBeebies saves my sanity sometimes!

Seems that I don't often go with the majority answer, but often the second most popular.

Pick your battles I say!

As expected I’m a minority parent who thinks boredom is good for children and won’t be running off to the park with them lazy mare

Yes, I'm very typical too.

Done.

Can't believe anyone would stress about a pirate outfit - whereas a consistent bedtime routine is non-negotiable.

Easier when the little cherubs are older and you can threaten social death/no WiFi

I was in the majority I think for most, although the peas was hard to Answer as when it comes to food my girls eat EVERYTHING! 😂

I am surprised that Mumsnetters would rather cry in the loo than use earplugs for awful violin practise (as I answered!)

Vickyors,

I completely agree! How middle class the whole thing is.

Where's the link to the quiz?

I'm strict on clothes and lax on bedtime it would appear!

Difficult to find answers which always reflected what I would do. I was disappointed that people might let children play on an iPad in bed, but just my view.