tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859304.post4287988581445181494..comments2023-10-20T13:50:31.267+00:00Comments on Blogging Up The Works: The sins of the father....kennamatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225115130792112915noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859304.post-43037350771252089502008-06-17T08:13:00.000+00:002008-06-17T08:13:00.000+00:00It was actually a round basket so I could face for...It was actually a round basket so I could face forward, backward, sideways nd also a crumpled heap in the bottom when I fell over.kennamatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225115130792112915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859304.post-17970052710739823912008-06-16T09:51:00.000+00:002008-06-16T09:51:00.000+00:00And look! I've finally taken the time to alter my ...And look! I've finally taken the time to alter my nom-de-plume to my, um, nom-de-plume! hurrah!graybohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509709207332246433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859304.post-77563702316439581792008-06-16T09:50:00.000+00:002008-06-16T09:50:00.000+00:00Hello, hello, hello. Do you have a licence for tha...Hello, hello, hello. Do you have a licence for that basket, sir? And where is your tax disc? May I see your insurance documents?<BR/><BR/>Pushchairs - yes, the first twelve to eighteen months - and then only for perhaps a maximum of one hour a day. Sorry, I just don't think they have any impact at all.<BR/><BR/>Was your wicker basket forward facing?graybohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509709207332246433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859304.post-21251886744402532062008-06-15T08:30:00.000+00:002008-06-15T08:30:00.000+00:00idYes, I agree. Interaction is everything. And the...idYes, I agree. Interaction is everything. And there will always be parents who are totaly involved in every aspect of their childrens development. I would expect no less of Graham, although I'm obviously worried in case he puts the trout in front of the telly and tries to gut Tom! :) There will always be the ones who don't interact at all. You see them pushing their children along or walking with them on their mobile phone all the time, telling the kids off for disturbing their highly important conversation as to who's shagging who at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the pram debate might only cover the first 12 months, but is that not the time when the contact between parent and child is highly crucial.<BR/><BR/>I suppose, through Marj, I am more in contact with the bad parenting brigade. The children would be fine, but everything about the parents attitude seems to be that they are a nuisance to them. They don't go to school events, they won't pay for coaches to take their children on school trips, (although no problem buying cigarettes and drink), don't take their children out in the holidays. There is one child who has never been out of Brentford, never had a picnic, (Richmond Park is one bus ride away). Many have never seen the sea or the countryside.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, on the forward facing pushchair, my earliest memories are going shoppping with my mum who had a wicker shopping basket on wheels. I loved standing in that and being pushed along. For all the cars I have ever had or ever willl have, I still don't think I will enjoy them as much as "driving" that wicker basket with my mum.kennamatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225115130792112915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859304.post-22044122636386915592008-06-13T19:12:00.000+00:002008-06-13T19:12:00.000+00:00I've not heard the pushchair/pram argument before....I've not heard the pushchair/pram argument before. It's an interesting thought. However, even if parents still used prams, the kid would only be in it for the first 12 months or so. Not enough to have any behavioral effect in those early days, I wouldn't think. <BR/><BR/>Like Graham says, I think the key is in interaction.Masherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428100420383965396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21859304.post-36443052319949738392008-06-12T21:43:00.000+00:002008-06-12T21:43:00.000+00:00I've heard a lot of bollocks about the push chair ...I've heard a lot of bollocks about the push chair thing, as a (relatively) new parent, and the article you read/heard falls into that category. Tom loved his forward-facing push chair and, even now he can walk/run/escape, he still sometimes asks to be pushed in it. He loved it because he could see what was going on around him and constantly pointed/shouted at things he saw.<BR/><BR/>Pushchairs do not make bad children. Parents that don't interact with their child make bad children, for sure, but a forward-facing pushchair is not a part of that. When I was pushing him around, we would always be chatting, looking at things and discussing what we saw (he asks "what's thhaaaaat?" all the time). Parents who dump their child in front of the telly all the time (and I'm not averse to some dumping - it's a life-saver when I'm trying to cook; you can't gut a trout with a two-year-old at your ankles) are the sort of parent who will bring a bad child into school because they don't interact. I wonder if they read a bedtime story, do drawing together, play with toys together or stop to look at bees and flowers in the hedgerows/park - by keeping a child interested and interacting with parents and other people (you don't need both parents, BTW, but that's another subject), then you get a child that is interesting and interactive. Input -> output.<BR/><BR/>But forward facing pushchairs? Bollocks of the first order.graybohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215072013675772616noreply@blogger.com