Don’t be embarrassed. Kids don’t really care about stuff at in the long term. Hands up who remembers every Christmas gift they ever received as an example. I know I remember very few material things from being a child. I always remember how my parents made me feel and that was safe, loved and cherished. I always remember those feelings. You’re doing more for your kids then she is. Those boys might have lots of material things to keep them occupied, very little of which they will remember or hold any value in 6 months time x
Exactly this!
What I’m learning too as I now navigate parenting a teenager, is that our children value honesty from us above all else.
We can’t always tell them everything - sometimes it’s not appropriate and sometimes it’s just not something we want to tell them - but my friend has a brilliant expression which I try to remember, which is that we have to tell them a safe version of the truth.
So it doesn’t have to be the whole story, we can choose, but it means they hear the truth from us rather than wondering or overthinking things.
Ronnie and Lennie will never have that from their mother. She can’t even be honest with herself.
I bet
@easily led idiot that you are a
far better, more loving, honest person than Hinch could ever be