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Anyone watching? Basically 3 different styles of parenting being shown from 3 familys

Yy the titles were lazy. The lazy parents had consequences and supervision. They were very engaged with the DCs.
The Eastern parents didn't seem to embody any Eastern philosophy I recognised.
I don't think Willow's mum was that extreme tbh. I know lots of parents who don't like guns and who try to challenge stereotypes. The interesting part is when the child gets older and their own interests conflict with the parent. Willow hasn't reached that stage yet.

TheLash IMO children should be allowed to be and wear what they want; as soon as they could make choices our dcs wore what they wanted to wear, I got the feeling that 'gender fluid' mum didn't give any options to Willow. To me that is as bad as forcing him into jeans and Tshirts if he'd WANTED to wear a skirt. She is possibly setting him up for a difficult life, before he rebels (and it could be a very upsetting rebellion for his mum).

DS had friends, who were boys, whose little brother wanted to wear girls clothes, which he did for play, at home, but his mum made sure he wore boys clothes to school, the school were happy to let him 'dress up' there. That was the reception class though I wonder how he got on as he grew up.

ppeat yy I couldn't predict how Willow's mum would cope with the rebellion when it comes.

The 'lazy' parents weren't doing their children any favours by giving them the choice of fizzy drinks and junk foods though ( I do understand why they don't ban things) BUT the kids' bodies' will get too used to highly salted\ sweetened foods and won't be able to taste the subtle flavours of real foods, think strawberries, so they'll refuse them.

SimonJT I take it back about it being a girls name then I had no idea so many parents named boys Willow.

He is a character in a film too, I think, of the same name.

Giving DCs the choice doesn't mean they'll take it. It depends on when you give them the choice, what you have taught them about food and the eating habits they see at home. The 'lazy' parents DCs were older. At that age, they should be starting to take responsibility for choices. Creating a perception of bad and good foods and trying to micromanage it, is more likely to lead to disordered eating.
My parents were strict about treats, chocolate, fizzy juice. All of my siblings rebelled against it and ended up overweight.

DS had friends, who were boys, whose little brother wanted to wear girls clothes, which he did for play, at home

My DS would dress up as female characters all the time when he was younger, I let him crack on with it as to my mind a boy dressing up as a princess is no different to a girl dressing up as a builder or spaceman (!)

My parents were strict about treats, chocolate, fizzy juice. All of my siblings rebelled against it and ended up overweight.

I'm strict about fizzy drinks but have always explained it's because of looking after their teeth, I don't buy fruit juice or smoothies for the same reasons so my 3 tend to drink water or milk. If they buy fizzy drinks when they are out/older then that's up to them but they don't much like them. If we are eating out then they can have whatever they want to drink, after all I will have a glass of wine (if I'm not the designated driver) and so they can have what they fancy. Other than fizzy drinks it's always been a bit of what they fancy. We'd buy a pack of biscuits a week or a pack of 'unhealthy' and 'healthy' cereal a week but once it was gone it was gone.

And yet prisons are full of people who had a very dysfunctional childhood.

@Soontobe60 I think you may have misread my post, as you say "and yet", but go on to support what I said.

I agree micro managing what children eat, is unwise. But having a large bowl of fruit on the table all the time is much better than a drawer full of crisps\snacks for perpetual snacking.

IMO It's best to go with the flow eg. have small pack of crisps in a lunch box but not always on the go at home. I did ban cxxx in the house but the dcs had other fizzy drinks at parties not all the time though. Pure fruit juices mixed with a good amount of water is ok IMO. But water should always be offered first.

I have to say that the "lazy" parents have managed to grow a very polite and good natured child who was willing to muck in and go along with the choices made by two much younger children. Hats off to them for that.

Yes he was sweet. But the whole show's premise of sending children into strangers' houses for a day and expecting natural behaviour from everyone is just off the wall.

I noticed that the children, esp. the girl, of the eastern parents were standing to attention when they began the martial arts in a very unnatural almost frightened way . DS did Judo I don't remember the kids standing to attention at the start of the class.

Looking forward to tonight's episode

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Looking forward to tonight's episode

Me too. These 3 seem to be worlds apart in their parenting.

This is making me crave a pub dinner so much

Not sure Jack is being a gentleman. It seem like he's used to picking up and doing things for his mum.

I get the feeling Mia is a lot more into the attachment parenting than her husband.

They said they were teaching responsibility by having a rabbit
But they only had one rabbit!
Rabbits get lonely by themselves!
That's not teaching right

Argh missed the first half, I was on wee wee duty (puppy). Have I missed the attachment parents? Thats me so I wanted to see someone else in action.

Only the first segment SimonJT. Nothing much other than talking abut hugging, and cleaning out a rabbit. It seems like mum Mia is the main driving force behind the attachment parenting, dad has barely said 2 words, just agrees with Mia a lot.

Cooking 3 different meals. Nah fuck that for a laugh.

I know, I would never cook 3 different things

The mum is asking some awful leading questions, she has clearly read an attachment book that no one else has

Mia keeps saying I err I mean we.

Very telling.

All they did for the entire day was clean out a rabbit, cook 3 different meals and go for ice cream. Where's the fun and play?

I am actually behind the parent centered parent!

Her kid is the most confident out of the three.