Don’t expect praise or compliments from your children!

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I’m sure most parents have lived through experiences like this – you spend hours preparing a delicious meal only to have your children give it one look and say ‘Yuk I’m not eating that!’ Sometimes though it’s even more personal. Last week a friend, who has two young children, was going for an evening out with her partner for a special Christmas meal, a real black-tie affair. The children were coming to us for a sleepover so they would have a whole night free (and guilt-free!) She was going to drop the children off on the way out. As she was getting ready, putting on a dress and some fancy shoes – a rare thing – the littlest girl looked at her and said ‘Mummy, you look…..’ The friend waited, thinking perhaps her daughter might say ‘You look lovely’ or even ‘You look like a princess! But instead what came was ‘Mummy, you look like an old lady!’ Luckily the evening did get better after that. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.