What is your worst parenting mistake?

[MyUserName]

Allowing my 3 year old to fight on the field at the battle of Templecombe.

He had a fantastic time but, when he saw someone putting the boot into me on the group he ran over and stabbed him and then refused to take his death. Whilst yelling "NOT TODAY, BADDIE!" he hacked into the other fighters with his sword. Most of them were laughing too much to fight properly but his mother eventually got him to agree to die so we could carry on with the show.

What was my mistake? I had died facing the other way so missed all of it

[Support Monkey]

I always feel like I never spent any time with my Boys, always working, I wish I could go back to when they were younger and do it all again,

Having said that they have both grown up to be sensible and have worked hard and have good jobs so they obviously didn't need me anyway

[BrilloPad]

Mrs BP's was calling a lorry driver a piece of knob cheese in front of a 15 month old who never spoke(except at 9 months to say mum, dad, door). He then repeated it several times. She was mortified. I could not stop laughing.

[MicrosoftBob]

Believing a woman when she said she didn't want children

[MarillionFan]

Teaching MF04 that the correct way to greet a primary school teacher was to give them the middle finger and say '**** you, you sponging, money grabbing socialist'. I should never have taught him the word money, he's asked for a rise in pocket money.

[Bacchus]

When Bacchus minimus was a tiddler I used to play around with words and we had a "sort of" code...

I got into trouble one day when his mum picked him up from Nursery, she was taken to one side and told in hushed tones that, when asked whether he wanted a snack, he replied ""yes, please, chips and lager"



(This was Ribena)

[EternalOptimist]

I knew a bloke who reckoned his kids were all c*nts

he blamed his wife though. because if he had his way
they would all be @rseHoles **




**there is a fair chance that I made this up, in order to get a laff

[expat]

Becoming one?

One contributor to the article actually listed that. I hope his kids don't read it.

[GlenW]

Shooting lessons and Sambucca.

[TykeMerc]

Their Mother, without the tiniest shred of a doubt.

[LondonManc]

Becoming one?

[BrilloPad]

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