Just RELAX lady!!

Its so sad how some parents, like this, treat their children like ornaments, objects that should be there for immaculate display and never have anything to do with 'fun'. The poor poor child.

I let my daughter choose some of her outfit today, hey it didn't all match but she still went to the creche and had a ball. She won't always keep her hair up either, so be it. As long as she's having fun.  Thanks for sharing, Kylie *;-)

Wow!! Thanks for all the wonderful feedback on my first lot of advice. I must admit I was absolutely itching to grab that little girl and put her in the playground, even my partner noticed how sad she looked & he never notices anything!... lol.  But I'm just not that brave.... besides her Mum looked like one scary piece of work!!

Thanks again... MWAH!!

great advice......feel really sad for the poor little girl now ......you should have got your daughter to invite her to play.....LOL......thanks for the reminder........regards Sandra xxx

Oh tht poor lill girl some people are all about appearences haha what a joke kids never let you get away with that one, my sons 1 and omg 2 hrs after his bath he bkack no idea were he gets it all from i vac and mop before he goes down but he like a bloody magnet, still he happy thats the main thing and luckily he loves his baths good job ehh..lol. Thanks for the reminder as time goes on ill get tendancys to keep him clean no doubt but ill bear what you said in mind.

hugs jo xxx

This is so true. We can't go beck to be kid you can only do this kind of things when you are a kid

Cheer

Seb

Oh how sad..My daughter is a bit of a princess. She runs to the mirror after i have done her hair and says, "ooh, mushi looks pretty" She doesn't like dirt on her hands but is quite happy to play with the dogs water! I sent her to childcare yesterday wearing white pants..I know..thats all i had left and couldnt be stuffed ironing..she was perfectly clean when i picked her up until tea time when she spilt spaghetti down her lap and began bawling...mushi dirty!! No point stressing...sard wonder spray, works everytime!!!

Great reminder, ta

That is just so very sad. I do not care what my children are dressed in wether good clothes or old ones, I allow themn to be children who cares you can wash dirt out no matter what. But a child is really only a child for so long. Let them enjoy every minute of this i say!! Hugs for you and having to see this little girls face as she watched on. I bet you just wanted to sasy something to the mum?? lol lol I know i would have and would not have cared about her reaction, to me that is not caring about your childs feelings at all. She would have missed out on so much fun!! Hugs Michelle

Oh that is soo sad.  I honestly dont worry about what my kids get into, it doesnt matter what they are wearing, it all washes off anyway (most of the time).  What a great piece of advice. 

Spot on!
I used to dress my daughter immaculately as a little girl, pretty dresses, matching hair ribbons, lacy tights the whole works
Waste of time and money
She was always the first to roll in the mud, climb a tree or generally rip her clothes
But she was only being a child and it was my fault for dressing her silly! She just used to make me laugh!!!!!! 
xxx

well said. i think a lot of people forget that they were lll once and they also forget that kids need to spend time playing its how they learn things. so what if they get dirty, if your that worried bout it dont dress them in really good (expensive) cloths. coz life is messy so let them enjoy it, remeber they'll only be younge once and it doesn't last long.

great artical

my kids like to dress them selfs  aaarrrrhhhhhh

they look a bit riduculas sometimes but thats what  they want to where .When they play they end up looking like they where buried under a ton of dirt but they are happy.I used to think my kids had to be well dressed when we went out only to discover that with in a minute they would be dirty and i started stressing about making them look good nowe i dont bother i know they are going to get dirty , i dont try to stop it i just go with the flow.and i must say the kids are much better for it.

great artical

stacey xoxox

When i was a child, i was always left to be a kid. My mum always said kids cant cope mentally like adults can. I have accross the years met Adults, that believed every word the child said litterally. They thought that what this child was saying was the truth. The child said the wrong thing and the adult would react in a negative way as they believed that the child was able to cope with the mentallity of the words spoken.

Children are not mini adults, they dont understand the profanity of there words. They dont understand why they cant or can do things that other children can do.

They are here to play and have fun and learn from life.

This little girl must have been asking herself the same questions that day. Why cant i. I can imagine that i also would have been very upset at the thought of just standing there.

Very right at your advice. Good job.

Thanks for the reminder.  All to often parents forget that kids are just that, kids.  There are two women in a play group that frankly scare me.  One is too busy wiping her and her childs hands with wipes after touching anything to notice what is going on around them, and the other is too concerned about how "cute" her child looks...the clothes and the hair...It is very sad.  Harrison on the other hand, he is a rug rat and I am happy for him to get dirty and grubby as long as he is having a good time!  Which usually means,  I am having a good time

Angela

so true this article. I let my children explore etc also and let them play on playground equiptment inside and out and would never be that cruel to let them just sit there and watch other children play and have a great time.

I feel for that poor lil girl

Oh how true!!! Poor little girl....

Kids grow up so quickly today....electronic toys, games, Internet....I'm all for mud, dirt, paint, play dough etc.  It all comes out in the wash any way...Good dress cloths for Sunday..every other day neat for school, and comfy for play!

The days are eternal sometimes, but the years fly by....

Take care, Simba1

What fun is a childhood if you are not allowed to have one...  My son always leaves the house immaculately dressed but comes back looking like a sand pit... :)  The first time he went to day care with out me one of the ladies looked at me and said I am so sorry... The first two days we were there it had rained so we stayed inside, anyway on his third day there I was not... I said "What are you sorry for????  They pointed to my son, who was covered head to toe in dirt, he had it in his hair, to be exact it was as if someone had just picked up a bucket of mud and poured it over his head... But on the bright side he had so much fun....

Isn't that what childhood is all about... Fine arrive nice and clean when you go see grandma or have a special occasion.. But please go have fun, get dirty.. If it was adult like I'd be sitting in the sandpit too.. :)  Oh hell I'll go play anyway.. :)

Very well Said.

It must have been so hard to sit and watch that poor little girl. Some mums need to learn that their girls are not dolls but real living little girls that like to run around and have fun . . .

Cheers Kellz

GREAT article and absolutely agree what you said about happy parents and happy child..

That poor little girl, if her mum wanted to socialise then she should have let her daughter play...

take care
love cazza