I’m a mum-of-three & I’m sick of other parents not disciplining their kids – they’re raising ‘monsters’
A WOMAN sparked outrage online after sharing her recent experiences with misbehaving toddlers.
People criticised the hands-off approach parents nowadays seem to be taking.
The woman revealed that she has three children who are currently of primary and secondary school age.
While the mum said she still remembers the difficulty of the toddler stage, she said she couldn't wrap her head around the approach some parents have taken.
She explained that she took her eight-year-old daughter to a farm park and noticed the poor parenting.
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"My daughter was in a big sandpit, quite focused on building something, and toddlers were allowed on several occasions to come over and knock it down," she said.
The woman added that there was "no intervention from any parents."
She cited other examples from the same day, including toddlers holding up a busy slide with a "big queue of kids."
Her daughter was also prevented from enjoying the trampoline and hoop games she had waited patiently for after more toddlers intervened.
The mum explained that the parents on each occasion appeared to be oblivious to the frustration their children were causing.
She also recalled an "older baby crawling around the middle of the floor in a cafe" at the farm park.
Each of these parenting techniques has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. The key is to find a balanced approach that aligns with the family's values and meets the child's needs for a healthy, happy upbringing.
Mumsnet users shared their thoughts on the modern approach to parenting.
"Yep. Then the half-shrug with a ‘What can I do, she’s sassy LOL’. Raising monsters," wrote one parent.
"Too many kids doing exactly what they want and when they want," agreed another person.
"'Back in the day' kids would have been unsupervised in playgrounds and if a three-year-old got booted at the bottom of a slide they soon learnt not to be at the bottom of the slide," said a third reader.
However, not everyone agreed with the criticism of toddler parents nowadays.
"You are a classic example of forgetting and I mean 'really' forgetting what the toddler stage is truly like," pointed out one Mumsnet user.
"I agree that at every stage there is some shocking parenting, always has been and always will be," wrote another person.
"But you sound a bit smug, so be careful."
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"It amazes me that people are still so ignorant of child development, after all the research and information that is readily available out there," commented one reader.
"People that are offended by a small child's 'behaviour' really need to take a long hard look at themselves."