Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Dealing with other parents


Hi, I'm 27 with 3 girls (6,4,and1) and 2 boys(2 and 1). I am getting so tired of the constant judgement of other parents. Everyone has an opinion from the way I raise my children to the way I keep my house, especially the mother of my oldest daughter's friend.My oldest daughter, B, made a friend at school that comes from a more prosperous background. Friend has come over for visits about 5 times and now her mother has come to me with a list of grievances. Yes, she sat down with me under the pretense of wanting a cup of coffee and then just laid into me.She doesn't like the unhealthy snacks I give my kids. She makes her own juice and has a pitcher of filtered water for her kid. I have off brand pop, off brand juice, and a pitcher of Kool-Aid in the fridge. If her daughter wanted plain tap water she could have asked for it but she's 5 so, yeah, she doesn't want plain tap water.She doesn't like the food I serve. I keep off brand snacks like chips and crackers in the house. I grew up on it and I'm not the next candidate on the biggest looser and neither are my kids. She only gives her kid gluten free or organic products. It's not a medical thing, just a fixation the mother has.She doesn't like the level of supervision I provide. I have two babies and a toddler not the mention the one growing in me, I can't be everywhere at once. 5 and 6 year olds should be able to self regulate. So they got into the finger paints, I don't care it comes right out. The got into my younger sister's cheap cosmetics, it comes right out and nobody has any allergies. They rode scooters in the basement, I don't care nothing worth anything is down there and nobody got hurt.She also doesn't like the amount of screen time I give my kids. When they feel like watching tv, they watch tv. When they feel like playing, they play. I don't micromanage. If they want to watch Frozen for the thousandth time, watch Frozen. If they want to sting up the net and play indoor badminton then they can do that.I have kids, the house gets messy. It's a few toys on the floor, not rats scurrying in the walls. I also keep cats. Nobody's allergic, nobody's gotten sick, and he will only scratch if you bother him. I'm not getting him declawed just so other people's children can torment him.I also have a lot of family living in the house. All of these people are related. I'm not running a flop house and yes, the white man living here is my husband and their father.I am ready to rip my hair out. How do you deal with busy body parents? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2j5zqaY

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