LOVE: MIRANDA HART ON EXTREME PARENTING
BASICALLY DECENT AND KIND
Well this just about made my day. No, who am I kidding, it just about made my entire time as a parent. I can NOT stop laughing!! (Or is that nervous giggling..?)
While spending time with some Mums recently this is just one of the phrases Miranda Hart was forced to endure;
‘‘Oh, my goodness! Yours isn’t sleeping through yet? Theo’s out like a light the second the Coronation Street credits roll. Must be all the quinoa we’re feeding him.’’
However, as hilarious as Miranda Hart is, she does raise a few valid points, and maybe she’s right when she says that as parents, when it comes to raising our children, we surely can’t do too badly if we’re “basically decent and kind”?
I don’t know about you, but I’m going to make an effort to gallop freely more often. Although, if I feel I need to make the effort in the first place, have I not already missed out on something? See what you think, and read the extract from Miranda’s new book here.
Do you think parents add unnecessary pressure onto themselves, by competing and comparing themselves to other parents? One of the best pieces of parenting advice I ever received when expecting my first came from an experienced Mum and teacher colleague: “As long as you get it right 51% of the time, you are doing more right than wrong.”
/Camilla
PS. Which category do you fall into? I’m (not) ashamed to say I sometimes feel a little like 2B… Go on, judge me if you must.
Love this!! I am a very comfortable type 3! At the moment on my iPad while children watch tv…! A little moment to myself… In a chaotic house waiting for someone to tidy… And it can wait one more day:-)
And this, dear Siri, is why we are such huge fans of yours!
This was great! I think there are quite a few of us who fall in the second category, spending way too much time trying to keep up the appearance that we have it all together. lol Ironically, category two falls in my most recent post too.
http://littlemisswordy.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/has-magazine-prettiness-replaced-real-life/
Fab – heading over to read your post!
You know full well what type I am Camilla!!!! You only need to have seen the biscuit like cake I made for Louis birthday and she described my car almost perfectly. Occasionally in a moment of list filled madness or after a visit from mum I may slip into a 2B, but soon the chaos ensues again………. Not always proud of being a type 3, but learning to be happy and comfortable with it! x
The biscuit cake would have been great, IF you’d just called it a biscuit cake
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Almost 9 months into parenthood and I’m slowly learning that doing it ‘the right way’, is what ever way we (as in Mum & Dad), think it should be done. I’m ashamed to say I judged & compared myself to others for 9 months too long. Albeit silently in my head but slowly it wore me down. Now, a much happier me, is learning to enjoy a gorgeous son, we laugh, we cry, we play and we try to learn. I’m not quite a 3 (some bits yes, some no). I used to want (think) I should be a 2A but have come to realise that’s not me. What I have learnt though is I’m me, and as long as everyone is happy and smiling (most of the time), then I’m doing an ok job
You may be new to motherhood but I think you’re words are very wise: The right way is what works for you and your family
I didn’t recognize myself in any of the types. I don’t think I am an extreme mother
Some people mentioned that I behave the way second+ time moms do. Relaxed – but not to the point of munching on anything and wandering with spit-on not even wiped off.
But I do have my moments, of course
Phew.. glad to hear you too have those moments! I don’t think we NEED to, or should ever want to fit into a category. But I do think Miranda does a fine job of pointing out some hilarious quirks (some) Mums have
Hilarious! I reckon I’m a pretty good mum and though I let my kids self-regulate the amount of TV they watch on the holidays and they have had a sausage in bread with sauce for dinner 3 times this week – they love me! What more can I ask for?
OOh – 3 times, that beats us! twice this week
I can totally understand why your kids dig you.
I’m not a mum (yet – let there be hope!) but it was a hilarious read. Loved the penultimate paragraph. I thought she had a point, although I guess that’s not the picture of a mum who’s getting it right 51% of the time if she is behaving like that lol:
” Imagine for a moment playing by children’s rules. If you were at a party and saw someone you liked, you could just go and hold their hand. If they then tried to kiss you and you didn’t like it, you could push them over. If your aunt gave you a Christmas present that you weren’t too keen on, you could throw it back in her face and burst into tears.”
Thanks for the thoughts, I’ve filed them on Pinterest for future reference… Do I have the dangerous makings of a type 2 something?
Your last sentence made me chuckle! Get you being so organised!
I think its a hilarious read.. she’s good!