I hate to comment on people’s parenting and I rarely do it on here if I can help it because I know how annoying it is to have your parenting style questioned . I’m not a perfect mum and everyone parents differently , but I can’t not say something about how they parent Barney .
1) the screen time is alarming . He’s given a screen to shut up , to be quiet , to keep him Calm , to stop him from exploring and playing. The way he desperately grabs for the phone or iPad , the way he can’t sit at the table quietly without it . No wonder the poor lad still isn’t speaking , his parents never chat to him . If he’s not chained to his buggy , he’s forced to watch Avatar … now don’t get me wrong , we have an iPad for my son and he does use it . He’s 3 so a year older than Barney (almost exactly) . But we don’t take it out to restaurants , we only allow it at certain times . And he watches age appropriate things that he somewhat understands . Why isn’t Barney watching Peppa , or Bluey ?
2) the messes they allow him to get into . He’s such a grubby little boy . Watching him eat that ice cream in his high chair was depressing . Stripping him off at meal times in public was just (and forgive me for saying this because I’m going to sound very middle class and uppity but hopefully nobody will judge) classless and something you’d see in a resort in Benidorm . Ratbags would be appalled . Buy the poor sod a bib !!! How hard is that ? Toddlers are messy , my son makes a right mess with his food sometimes . But I always have a bib on hand when we eat out , and wipes at the ready to give his mouth and hands a clean .
3) I know she’s said she’s worried about his speech so hopefully they’re getting help but he’s 2 and doesn’t say any words . I fully think this is because they don’t speak to him and stick him in front of the telly all day . All they said to him the whole time was “Open !” , or “good mooorrninkkkk” or “wow, good job !!!” … they barely engage with him , no wonder the poor land can’t speak . Going to nursery would benefit him greatly I think .
4) when Dave threw him around at avengers campus , I felt it in my stomach .