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.

All who post below will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher for the store of their choice (from a list).

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Done. I'm amazed how many people have a Park juts around the corner allegedly.......

Pretty typical on most the answers.

My kids would have put on the smart outfit in the first place rather than the pirate costume though!

Completely average here - reassuring I suppose!

I may have fibbed at a couple

Looks like I'm mainly in the minority............oh well........

I’m not too far off average, maybe a bit on the strict side. The thing is, my kids are good at being cute or funny (in my eyes anyway), so somehow manage to soften my attitude.

I’m fairly average. My son is very sensitive and prone to meltdowns so I try not to sweat the small stuff and concentrate on what is important (getting him to bed at a decent hour so I can decompress ).

He loves veg, there was no suitable option for me there. I’m more likely to be trying to get him to eat something else on the plate. The opposite of me as a child basically.

I'm pretty relaxed about most things, and have learnt the hard way that DS will never do what he's told but sometimes a hint of a suggestion can bear fruit later.

Fairly average it seems though from chats to mum's IRL I always have to keep quiet as it seems I'm not strict enough.

Surprised by some of the options years ago "big fat loser" was a common jokey phrase, I can't imagine thoughtful people using it now. Also the crying in the loo spoilt the music answer - it was too jokey i guess!

Seem to be fairly average. However answering a question on a quiz and dealing with an issue in reality are two very different things. For example I like to think I would be all laid back about the pirate costume but in reality I would have had the chosen outfit ironed and hung up ready and there would be no way they would not be wearing it!! Likewise for the bedtime issue. I would “1,2,3” usually but if we had friends over I might just let them stay up a little longer for a quiet life. I have become much more flexible about not sweating the small stuff (well some small stuff) since they have got older as I know most stuff is a phase anyway.

I'm average I believe, funny though, I think some mumsnetters answered that using what they'd have liked to do, not what they really would

Turns out I’m just about the average mum, it’s really whatever works for you

Done. But reality is not a quiz and it's not black and white.

I seem to be a lot stricter than other mnetters! Very interesting though, will definitely consider chilling out a bit!

Separation, Bad days, black clouds. I want to end it all but my babies no matter how old they are get in the way! The guilt eats me up that I’ll destroy them mentally by ending it all but the thoughts just won’t go away. I know it makes no sense, I know I need to get a grip, I know or rather hope it will get better but the thoughts just won’t leave me alone, nobody can help, only I can make it better but I’m lost and don’t know how to make it better, it’s sending me mad, insane even. I don’t understand how someone can hate me more than they love their children, disown their children just to spite me. would their lives be better off without me? time, can I get through the time? my head tells me to get a grip but my head also tells me to just give up and finally have some peace. I’m not the first, I won’t be the last, how do you cope? One step forward and 3 steps back. I think I’m getting there and bang I go back to the thoughts I thought I’d never have. Pathetic, I know this!

I'm very average but scarily like my mum!

Not really surprised by my answers - a few had to be 'close enough'.

Meh, I expected some sort of pay off at the end of ‘you are this type of parent’, not just the % of who replied to each answer. I was mostly in the majority.

Done. Was intresting to see what others think.

Done, please pick me, I really need £300

Done. But no option to enter any details so how can I win the £300?

Done. Only surprised by the bedtime one, other parents have a lot more power than me

I am with the majority, which to me are the most reasonable of answers, with the exception of the pirate costume, a bit of bribery to save the 'looks' of the mother-in-law from hell are worth it, :)

Well, I must be doing something right as most of my answers were in the majority. Or maybe we're all just doing it wrong!

In the majority for most answers

Iam fairly typical but could do with a little more patience!