I have to say - I don’t actually get the criticism over R calling her kids “Turds”.... I’ve referred to my kids as them, even recently! They’re teenagers and when they’ve been playing me up, I’ve used that term because it’s kinder than a lot of other things I want to call them, but never would because they’re my entire world and you just don’t go around calling your kids those things! I wouldn’t say I was an awful person although I’m not perfect, it’s just a word I use out of frustration for the way they’re behaving! Maybe I’m a
tit parent too
To add, I used to think R was amazing - I still don’t
dislike her or anything like a lot of you do, but this thread has opened my eyes up a lot with a lot of things. I am actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be just like her and have my kids friends round all the time as their safe space (some of their friends are going through some rubbish, as a lot of kids do) and while I still have an open house for those particular friends, I have come to realise that mostly the reason they all hang at hers is cos she doesn’t seem to discipline her kids, so their mates can go to theirs and do whatever they want and feel like she’s the cool parent. Maybe cos she had such fucked up teenage years and she wants to relive them through Betsy and her mates?