Poor Parenting

I’ve identified a couple of areas where I fall down in the parenting department. For Sam it’s knowing what to say when he’s playing with people out of his league – a couple of the girls in the close who are a year or two older than him have been a little cruel in the way kids can be, and just telling him to ignore them seems as weak to me now as it did when I was told it 30 years ago.

For both of them my failing is not wanting them to be shown up. I hate the idea of them having to explain that they’re not allowed to do something their friends are doing, like buy an ice cream or roam further afield. I’ve no problem denying them things at home, but I really don’t want them to lose face with their friends – I don’t care how it makes me look.

Yeah, I’m projecting, what of it? 🙂