Comments on: Ten Golden Rules of Parenting

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:10:10 +0000

In reply to musingsonthego. Thanks for stopping by.

By: musingsonthego

musingsonthego — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:36:02 +0000

Absolutely agree with you on these:)

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:58:55 +0000

In reply to Hayley @ happyhousewifey.com. I hope they come in helpful.

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:58:03 +0000

In reply to Noreen. I would have liked your husband's grandmother.

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:57:43 +0000

In reply to Leanne Barnes. Maybe I need to write a Parenting Manual - The Dysfunctional Guide to Raising Children?

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:57:03 +0000

In reply to Kate McQ. Thank you Kate.

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:56:47 +0000

In reply to Lauren. Your Mom was a wise lady.

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:56:09 +0000

In reply to Heidi.

Oh yes the pink kitchen – I got distracted, Princess Child found a can of paint and did a beautiful job reworking the kitchen – she took such care on the handles – did the cupboards, the fridge and I discovered it by following the pink footprints that were dotted all over the wooden floor. There’s a reason we haven’t had a new house until now.

By: shambolicliving

shambolicliving — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:53:55 +0000

In reply to vixytwix.

Feel free to share – thank you for your lovely comments – and you stick with those pyjamas they are working for you!

By: vixytwix

vixytwix — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:12:43 +0000

I absolutely love your list!!! In fact, it could not have come at a better time for me. May I pass it along to my new-mummy step-daughter? I can relate to every point on your list from the two minute noodles to swear words to The Wiggles ( except that was then replaced by Cars on a loop). I particularly like #7 and the line…’resistance is futile’. The Princess in my house wore nothing but ballet skirts, and bikini tops for a whole year … Master 6 ( 2 back then) got around in a Storm Trooper outfit at the same time and it was a great hoot doing the shopping with these fancy dressers. Rule #4 really eased my mind as when Bieber and The Princess were 3 and 2, respectively, I could not keep clothes on them. Their father and I would dress them in the morning and then find their clothes strewn from the house to the chook pen. A friend once commented one day that she didn’t recognise my children on arrival because they had clothes on. I agree with Lauren, that phrase SHOULD be in every parenting manual, school classroom, kitchen( pink or no) in the world and would make a great T-shirt, although in my home it would be buried in a pile of ironing. I used to tell my preschooler’s mothers to do what makes their family happy and not to listen to other people’s opinions. That, and, count to ten really slowly..everything passes. You know what my house is like – we’re practically parenting twins here Janine! I love, love, looooove this post. As I sit here after 8 hours of study, with it raining heavily outside, in my pyjamas…your rule #9 is an absolute gem.