Rewarded For Her Parenting Skills.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mystery-man-who-gave-mum-heartwarming-note-on-train-wanted-to-put-a-smile-on-her-face-10007399.html

I wonder if this kind man had more openly given certain mother's such a note along with it a £5 note, would he have been given the grateful treatment that this young mother has given?

I don't think so somehow, he would most likely at least been condemned as patronising, and at the worst "what has it got to do with you, how well behaved my child is".

[douglas9401]

Eh?

[B00]

Really?

If she was a type (whatever that is) who'd have given a gobfull when given such praise I highly doubt she'd have been given the fiver in the first place.

[jackthehat]

Why don't you just enjoy this story at face value instead of seeking to put a negative spin on it?

[Mamyalynne]

What a smashing story - thank you for spreading the joy.x

[Sycamore3House]

I am with mamyalynne on this. Good heart warming story of a young mum trying her best & succeeding. Such a shame the kid has to go to school and learn what other children have not been taught as toddlers.

[New Judge]

What I found a bit revealing when this story surfaced last week was that the behaviour of the child (which was normal, expected and rigorously enforced when I was taken on a train trip as a child) was seen as so exceptional as to warrant the remarks and reward.

[Baldric]

Was just scanning Images, found this!

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJsEZSm3h7VDYQAnnPFS0CmrsmNRPdzc77jmjhPgaDdtb1Br4-

NO offence to intended to anyone including AOG whose Avatar is in the Pic.

[237SJ]

I agree with NJ.

[jourdain2]

Yes, NJ.

[B00]

Ha! Good point well made Mr Judge!

[Retrochic]

Actually I kind of agree with anotheroldgit. A few weeks ago I was in sainsbury's and there was a youngish mother pushing a shopping cart with a young boy in -he was very polite asking 'please may I have' and not complaining when he was not allowed to have things. I said 'what a lovely polite little boy' and his mother just scowled at me as if I was a pervert or something!

[-Talbot-]

Answerbank has some miserbles ...mmmm can't type ***, can't type ***..er souls will have to do.

A non story really (I mean the the media as a whole)

[Mamyalynne]

NJ does make a decent point,but conversely the lovely guy in the article probably passed many decent and kind mothers/parents that day - he noticed this one as he was sat nearby for a time.

[RandyMarsh]

it does not reveal anything, someone had done the same for Ken's daughter many years ago and they passed on the good karma. Simple.

[-Talbot-]

miserable

[New Judge]

Well it revealed to me that good behaviour is now seen as so exceptional that it warrants a reward. I suppose that makes me a miserable old scroat.

[sp1814]

[i]I wonder if this kind man had more openly given certain mother's such a note along with it a £5 note, would he have been given the grateful treatment that this young mother has given?[i]

Eh?

Which mothers are you referring to?

[retrocop]

I,personally would never reward a parent with a fiver for their children being well behaved. I do often comment to a parent that their child's upbringing is a credit to their parenting skills however. That is sufficient, but really should not have to be said. However, as pubs now allow infants to run amok in the last bastille of the working man's domain then I suppose a patronising thank you to the parents does not,sometimes, go amiss.

[retrocop]

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I now await howls of protest from the females on AB who are easily offended.
I apologise for saying a pub is the last bastille of the working man. We have, thankfully passed those days of "Men only bars" but I hate seeing children in a pub. Their place is in a creche or McDonalds etc.