Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9436076)

I have noticed a major difference in the parenting styles of Aussies compared to mine, regarding young kids that is. Or is it just me??

AFAIC it all seems to start with the nipple nazis and the health nurses. Everything is so prescriptive and concrete from a very early age. You must breast feed til the child is 21, you mustn't give them anything other than water to drink until they're 18, when fizzy piss suddenly becomes acceptable. They can have fruit and nothing else as a snack.

It doesn't stop there, we notice when go to ther people's houses that their kids must suffer deafness from being shouted at so much and so often. Don't jump on the couch, don't play with toys at the table..etc etc

There is one particular dad (wife's friend's OH) I cannot stand, on numerous occasions he has employed these parenting 'skills' on my children. Maybe fair enough in his house, but he he's done the same at ours. And he isn't the only nazi dad I've met. We had other 'friends' (again, of the wife, not mine) who came round once and he shouted at my son for climbing on the couch a while back. They're not welcome back.

And we've recently made friends with a scouse couple who are so much more laid back and fun with their son and my kids it's a pleasure to go there.

Is it just me??

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 9436123)

It's just you

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9436076)

I have noticed a major difference in the parenting styles of Aussies compared to mine, regarding young kids that is. Or is it just me??

AFAIC it all seems to start with the nipple nazis and the health nurses.

Is it just me??

Originally Posted by renth (Post 9436136)

I don't get it. Who are the nipple Nazis the Aussies or the Brits? Which one are you.

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9436076)

I have noticed a major difference in the parenting styles of Aussies compared to mine, regarding young kids that is. Or is it just me??

AFAIC it all seems to start with the nipple nazis and the health nurses. Everything is so prescriptive and concrete from a very early age. You must breast feed til the child is 21, you mustn't give them anything other than water to drink until they're 18, when fizzy piss suddenly becomes acceptable. They can have fruit and nothing else as a snack.

It doesn't stop there, we notice when go to ther people's houses that their kids must suffer deafness from being shouted at so much and so often. Don't jump on the couch, don't play with toys at the table..etc etc

There is one particular dad (wife's friend's OH) I cannot stand, on numerous occasions he has employed these parenting 'skills' on my children. Maybe fair enough in his house, but he he's done the same at ours. And he isn't the only nazi dad I've met. We had other 'friends' (again, of the wife, not mine) who came round once and he shouted at my son for climbing on the couch a while back. They're not welcome back.

And we've recently made friends with a scouse couple who are so much more laid back and fun with their son and my kids it's a pleasure to go there.

Is it just me??

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9436128)

no it's not, it's SC too:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by northernbird (Post 9436145)

I have no problem with my kids being told off at someone elses house if they aren't following the rules of that house. Same goes in my house. If a child is doing something in my house that I don't let my kids do then I am sorry but I will tell them and explain to parent why I am doing it. Everyone has different rules but my house my rules. I think our generation (40 ish) have become soft parents and we seem to want to be our kids friends rather than their parents (this is generic WE). My daughter is 13. Half her friends have belly button piercings, a handful have nose and lip piercings. Her friends are a mix of Australia and British so I can't put it down to nationality. She isn't getting any kind of piercings for donkeys yet!! What are these parents thinking??

Maybe the reasoning behind water only at school is that it doesn't go off, milk is summer would be a nightmare I would imagine. Maybe the fruit thing is down to allergies and it being easier. I don't know. I never had an issue but my kids love fruit.

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9436076)

I have noticed a major difference in the parenting styles of Aussies compared to mine, regarding young kids that is. Or is it just me??

AFAIC it all seems to start with the nipple nazis and the health nurses. Everything is so prescriptive and concrete from a very early age. You must breast feed til the child is 21, you mustn't give them anything other than water to drink until they're 18, when fizzy piss suddenly becomes acceptable. They can have fruit and nothing else as a snack.

It doesn't stop there, we notice when go to ther people's houses that their kids must suffer deafness from being shouted at so much and so often. Don't jump on the couch, don't play with toys at the table..etc etc

There is one particular dad (wife's friend's OH) I cannot stand, on numerous occasions he has employed these parenting 'skills' on my children. Maybe fair enough in his house, but he he's done the same at ours. And he isn't the only nazi dad I've met. We had other 'friends' (again, of the wife, not mine) who came round once and he shouted at my son for climbing on the couch a while back. They're not welcome back.

And we've recently made friends with a scouse couple who are so much more laid back and fun with their son and my kids it's a pleasure to go there.

Is it just me??

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9436076)

I have noticed a major difference in the parenting styles of Aussies compared to mine, regarding young kids that is. Or is it just me??

AFAIC it all seems to start with the nipple nazis and the health nurses. Everything is so prescriptive and concrete from a very early age. You must breast feed til the child is 21, you mustn't give them anything other than water to drink until they're 18, when fizzy piss suddenly becomes acceptable. They can have fruit and nothing else as a snack.

It doesn't stop there, we notice when go to ther people's houses that their kids must suffer deafness from being shouted at so much and so often. Don't jump on the couch, don't play with toys at the table..etc etc

There is one particular dad (wife's friend's OH) I cannot stand, on numerous occasions he has employed these parenting 'skills' on my children. Maybe fair enough in his house, but he he's done the same at ours. And he isn't the only nazi dad I've met. We had other 'friends' (again, of the wife, not mine) who came round once and he shouted at my son for climbing on the couch a while back. They're not welcome back.

And we've recently made friends with a scouse couple who are so much more laid back and fun with their son and my kids it's a pleasure to go there.

Is it just me??

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 9436258)

Probably..Our kids never had formula once. I expect people won't believe me because they used formula.

Originally Posted by Kim67 (Post 9436272)

One of mine had formula because they had to be weened at 9 months as I had to have surgery, the other two never had it at all.

Originally Posted by Kim67 (Post 9436265)

Nothing wrong with breastfeeding or instilling healthy eating patterns in kids. There's constant criticism on here about obese Australians and now the obesity problem is being addressed and nipped in the bud, there's criticism too. Kids need to know boundaries, the $10k Natuzzi in the loungeroom is for sitting quietly on, the bouncy thing in the back yard with the net around it is for playing and jumping on. The highly polished dining table is for covering with a cloth and eating in a civilised fashion, the floor boards in your bedroom or the rug in the middle of the floor are fine for zooming cars or playing jenga. I'm with NB, no piercings for my kids for a long time yet. The twelve year old hounds me to have her ears pierced and I may give in to that one in the next year or two, but body piercings are out until they can afford to do it themselves and are adults.