Britain's best parent

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

But for example if any of them had a different child with a different personality their way of parenting wouldn't necessarily work.

They said they were teaching responsibility by having a rabbit
But they only had one rabbit!
Rabbits get lonely by themselves!

She also said its teaching them empathy and she was dangling the rabbit up in the air, poor thing was going nuts

I think the 'parent-centric' one is best too, so far.

I think the child centred parents have created a real wet blanket.

@purpleme12

But for example if any of them had a different child with a different personality their way of parenting wouldn't necessarily work.

Oh gosh yes, especially the child centered parents. I would hate to be woken up with kisses and hugged all the time. Also allowing such fussiness would have meant I lived on chips and chicken nuggets.

Child centered parent Mia

I would never allow a child to cry

Also

If he broke a toy I would let him cry

I liked the question that person just asked about wanting him to be an adult

Very surprised at the winners.

Bizarre programme!
Don't agree the strict parents should've won... Really??

Do get the feeling that Mia got knocked up by her ‘younger man’ and, bless him, he got stuck with her. He looked like he 100% didn’t want to be there and just does what she says! 😂

I agree the parents who smack their children shouldn't have won. But guess it really depends who is in the audience. Last week the strictest parents won too. The family where they said something like the father is in charge of the household.
It's a pretty silly programme really and I don't think it really say anything about good parenting.

The audience seems to like the strict ones!

Yes. I'm not a fan of strictness to be honest

It is a rather strange programme

Did anyone else feel that Mia answering the question about teaching consequences was a really poor answer, breaking a toy is a natural consequence, it would have been interesting to hear how they actually supported their children when 'mis-behaving'

Ionlymakegirls Oh definitely a cop out answer. I can imagine the other parents would have the same reaction to a toy breaking, but not all of them would have dealt with rudeness or hitting in the same way.

I thought the strict parents were ok 🤷‍♀️
The child centred ones were a bit annoying.
Agree Grimm, waking them up with a kiss and a cuddle all the time, urgh how stifling.

I would say I'm child centred in the way that I go places and do things for her. I enjoy it too. And my priority is to make her feel loved and secure cos I didn't get that way
I'd love to give her more cuddles but she wouldn't like that lol
But I wouldn't describe myself as like that parent. I would the toy away if she was throwing the toy or something

But then again I think I've parented by instinct a lot of the time as well and just don't stuff to how she needs/what I know will work best for her

I'm watching this on +1 now anyone else?

I just watched on catch up. I did like the strict parents other than the smacking, I agree with them about my food. My kids became really fussy when I was pandering to them too much. I don't serve things they hate but do serve one meal.

The parent centred mum had him well trained, but he seemed a bit lost tbh

The child centred parents, I thought they delivered their parenting style clumsily. Which is a shame. I felt sorry for the rabbit too, poor thing

And the child centred dad a bit too.

I'm watching on catch up. I'm on child centred parents so far. Not overly impressed with them or the parent centred tbh. I think my parenting is a balance between the 2 tbh. I wouldn't cook 3 different meals, but also dont make my DC eat food they don't like. Although they might have to pick the bits they dont like out themselves

I don't think I would have voted for any of them tbh! I don't agree with smacking, at all, going for a walk just to take some Instagram shots is very odd, and I hate the description "attachment parenting" in the first place! All good parents have attachments with their children, it's a misuse of a psychological term to say you have an attachment, implying others do not! Child centered parenting doesn't prepare children for the real world or allow children to practise empathy towards their parents, and having to prepare totally different meals at the same time is very annoying indeed! Fussy children do my nut and fussy adults are difficult to socialise with. I just do my best to make one tasty nutritious meal and that's it, no option.

I'm the real world I think a lot of people wouldn't vote for any. It's just a silly programme

@MrsJamin Out of interest what do you do then if your dc don't eat the meal you cooked?

I'm really surprised reading these comments. I had such a strong reaction to the "parent-centred" parenting. As last week, there were aspects I agreed with, but overall I thought it was awful! The "Loser!" thing was just boorish. Life isn't a competition. Children shouldn't be their parents' best friends.

I wondered if she'd have been as parent-centric if she'd had a daughter.