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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Looks like I handle things in a variety of ways to other parents!

Fairly average! (But oddly disappointed that dd's have never dressed as a pirate )

I think I am way too soft, and must rethink my choices when making decisions - probably to make my life easier, so after looking at the answers - yes ! I will say no and stick to my guns and take the tantrums until they realise I mean business.

Done! Interesting survey- scored the same of others on 4 questions but completely off the wall with the other one!!

Some of them had none of my answer so picked the closest. Sometimes you have to let a smaller issue go so the bigger ones can be sorted and sometimes rules just need to be relaxed completely. Each child is different.

Turns out I'm pretty average!

Also average.
Don't think I'd be crying over squeaky violin though. Gritting teeth perhaps..

I agree with some of the most popular decisions and not with others.

But that's parenting, a day when both my kids had actually managed to get out of bed on time, get dressed and out the house so I wasn't having to quick march them to school then dashing after the bus begging it to "wait, please... " would herald very different answers to a day where they actually seem to join forces (the only time they get along) in a bid to drive me mad.

I think the peas/broccoli etc really depends on the child. One of mine will announce they don't like things on a whim, whereas the other is very consistent on certain veg being evil. I accept the consistent ones.

another "average" mumsnetter here.

I think the musical instrument conundrum is more usually concerned with the child not actually practising the thing rather than dealing with resultant noise pollution...

mostly in agreement with the majority

Nobody thinks children learning instruments is a pleasing sound ... but everyone has to start somewhere! Playing them lots of different kinds of music keeps everyone interested.

Quite average results :)

I'm about as typical as you can get! Every single answer on the highest percentage. Bit surprised really!

I did put that I'd grin and bear the violin, but after thinking about DS' recorder year, I might actually change my answer to one of the destroying it options

Done. Interesting survey....

Top two answers for four of the questions!

Apparently I am pretty normal apart from I make going to bed a race up the stairs... I am going to win gets the kids everytime 🙈😂

Another average Mumsnetter here - I'd like to think I'm pretty reasonable as a parent, I have learnt over the last 12 months to really pick my battles with my 5 yo. Some things just really aren't worth falling out over.. in the long-term it's worked really well - he is a lot happier, we are a lot more chilled & there is a lot more mutual respect - everyone's a winner!

Quite average here!
Although I'd never let a violin in the house.
With the peas thing there wasn't my answer, I usually say 'ok well if you want to miss out..' or make it into a bit of a game.
My Dd has worn allsorts to occasions. Wellyboots under her party dress was the best look.

I took the quiz, but didn't wait to see whether I was in the majority or minority. I don't feel that everyone has to parent the same way, after all, some kids respond differently to different styles of parenting. We're all different after all! And I suspect that many of us are just winging it!

Average to middling.
Pretty much as I suspected tbh.

But as a pp says, kids are unpredictable. The same goes for parents.
Consistency is what we’re all aiming for, right? But we’re human too.
One night it’s easy to avert the tantrum and the next it’s zero to meltdown in 10 seconds flat.
And that’s just me .

I think I’m an ok mum with forays into shit mum and amazing mum territory occasionally.
But my dc say I’m the best mum ever (most of the time) and that’s all that really matters.
I hope they forgive me my mistakes when they’re grown up with dc of their own.

Turns out i was with the majority in most answers which in itself is quite surprising!

I must admit only a few of those parenting conundrums rang true for me.x