21st century parenting/child

amdublin

These grandparents must have been young having Michelle.

amdublin

I always feel that poor aul Eithne never wanted to be a gran.

And this poor girl Aisling.

JonathanAnon

amdublin wrote: »

And this poor girl Aisling.

I'm not impressed by her at all.. She doesnt seem to be trying hard enough, finding excuses rather than doing her duty... The poor Grandmother seems to be doing most of the work, it's not fair.

amdublin

Caoimhe is a cute little girl...

Diddler1977

I feel sorry for this young 73 yr old gran......

amdublin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I'm not impressed by her at all.. She doesnt seem to be trying hard enough, finding excuses rather than doing her duty... The poor Grandmother seems to be doing most of the work, it's not fair.

She's not well...

...or else she's lazy.


I'm going with unwell for the moment.

amdublin

Jesus that baby was tiny :eek:

JonathanAnon

The whole back and forth thing is getting very confusing.. especially given that there are so many couples (and their extended family)..

amdublin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

The whole back and forth thing is getting very confusing.. especially given that there are so many couples (and their extended family)..

Yep.

And throw in going back and forth between it and Desperate Housewives it gets even more confusing

JonathanAnon

amdublin wrote: »

Yep. And throw in going back and for between it and Desperate Housewives it gets even more confusing

How is David Coleman getting on with the kids on Wisteria Lane. I'd say he has his work cut out there.

amdublin

That is one horrendous tattoo.

amdublin

Heir to what

JonathanAnon

Jaysus, Boris Becker has let himself go

Diddler1977

He's a nice Grandda!

amdublin

Here's the family you like diddler

Diddler1977

Great I've been looking forward to seeing how the African family are getting on.

amdublin

Strict grandma! I like her a lot

Diddler1977

Strong views from Granny!

amdublin

Eithne has a hubby :eek: I always thought she was on her own so could afford the time with Caoimhe.

I feel bad for her that she can't get on with her own life.

Diddler1977

Does Aisling even want to be a mammy? Or is she just too depressed to see a way out?

JonathanAnon

I think Aisling's mother is great... She doesnt seem to buy Aisling's "illness", I reckon she thinks she is just not trying hard enough... And she doesnt hide her feelings in front of the camera..

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Strong views from Granny!

She was great!

Diddler1977

It looks like the illness has stopped Aisling developing in to an adult. She still expects her mother to do an awful lot for her.

amdublin

Johnny and Michelle wreck my head. Full of sh1t.

JonathanAnon

amdublin wrote: »

Johnny and Michelle wreck my head. Full of sh1t.

Sorry amdub..

amdublin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I think Aisling's mother is great... She doesnt seem to buy Aisling's "illness", I reckon she thinks she is just not trying hard enough... And she doesnt hide her feelings in front of the camera..

Diddler1977 wrote: »

It looks like the illness has stopped Aisling developing in to an adult. She still expects her mother to do an awful lot for her.

I'd say she just rings the mam saying she can't get out of bed to mind caoimhe.

amdublin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Sorry amdub..

:pac:

Diddler1977

Do the families get paid to participate?

amdublin

Granny, mam and the two boys are the spit of each other. Funny little faces :pac:

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Do the families get paid to participate?

Hope so!

JonathanAnon

I think in general the grandparents come out of this program much better than the parents.. The parents come across as being self absorbed, passing the kids to the parents so as to free their own time to fulfill the personal ambitions that would have had to have been put on the back burner if they'd had to give all their time to raising their kids...

(that's a long sentence)

Diddler1977

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I think in general the grandparents come out of this program much better than the parents.. The parents come across as being self absorbed, passing the kids to the parents so as to free their own time to fulfill the personal ambitions that would have had to have been put on the back burner if they'd had to give all their time to raising their kids...

(that's a long sentence)

I think it is really unfair on the Grandparents and remarkably selfish of the parents.

Diddler1977

Should be a good one tonight!

Diddler1977

This little fella' Richard is a gas man!

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

This little fella' Richard is a gas man!

He's brilliant!

amdublin

I'm dying to see what they say about the hippy family - their kids are bolds i think!

(in a funny way )

Diddler1977

That's a straight answer for Aisling re. her depression

Lady Chatterton

Why would anyone want to take part in this programme?? I couldn't subject my child to this level of exposure and scrutiny.

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

That's a straight answer for Aisling re. her depression

I missed it. What was said?

Diddler1977

MrsD007 wrote: »

Why would anyone want to take part in this programme?? I couldn't subject my child to this level of exposure and scrutiny.

The children and families are certainly put under the microscope - but the families are given lots of support and helpful advice in relation to some of the issues that they are facing - maybe the families are grateful for the help and guidance from professionals. This could be a reason why they do it???

Diddler1977

amdublin wrote: »

I missed it. What was said?

Basically that it probably would have some affect on Caoimhe.....

Lady Chatterton

Diddler1977 wrote: »

The children and families are certainly put under the microscope - but the families are given lots of support and helpful advice in relation to some of the issues that they are facing - maybe the families are grateful for the help and guidance from professionals. This could be a reason why they do it???

I know David, he lives down the road from me and he is a very genuine guy but personally, I'd hate for my child to appear on a programme like this, it is an awful intrusion on the child's privacy.

amdublin

These boldies

Diddler1977

MrsD007 wrote: »

I know David, he lives down the road from me and he is a very genuine guy but personally, I'd hate for my child to appear on a programme like this, it is an awful intrusion on the child's privacy.

David does seem like a nice guy indeed.

He was the guest speaker at a conference I went to a few years ago and I was very impressed by him.

Diddler1977

This lady is my favourite Mammy!

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

This lady is my favourite Mammy!

There's no rubbish about these parents

Diddler1977

Survival of the fittest in a family of 9!

amdublin

Aaaaagh! These pair WRECK my head :mad:

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Survival of the fittest in a family of 9!

A quietly confident child.

Diddler1977

Richard gives me a laugh!