71% of parents admit they have regrets about how they raised their children

[Pagnell]

Spoken like a man who can't make his kid behave in public.

I assume that's directed at me in response to the tongue-in-cheek comment I made earlier. My kids are normal and behave very well like they've been raised to. But I'd be lying if I said they didn't play up occasionally, and so would 99% of other parents. It's what children do unless they've been terrorised to the point where they're shit scared of even breathing, and I'd argue that isn't good parenting. It's easily dealt with though.

I've said it before to you, you're in for a shock if you have kids of your own. But judging by your comments I suspect you won't, which will probably be a good thing for you, your missus, and the kids.

 

[silkyman]

you giving the benefit of the doubt to the other 2% mate....or is there something more sinister afoot ?.....

Would it be horribly set tsay that only about 2% actually HAVE knobs...

 

[Stevencc]

I assume that's directed at me in response to the tongue-in-cheek comment I made earlier. My kids are normal and behave very well like they've been raised to. But I'd be lying if I said they didn't play up occasionally, and so would 99% of other parents. It's what children do unless they've been terrorised to the point where they're shit scared of even breathing, and I'd argue that isn't good parenting. It's easily dealt with though.

I've said it before to you, you're in for a shock if you have kids of your own. But judging by your comments I suspect you won't, which will probably be a good thing for you, your missus, and the kids.

I can back Pagnell up here, his kids do play up occasionally in public.

 

[JimJams]

I personally can't say I've ever seen Pagnells kids behave themselves in public. Ever.

 

[Stringy]

Pagnell occasionally plays up in public.

 

[The Paranoid Pineapple]

Nah, I had a happy childhood. The old folks are good eggs.

Wouldn't want kids as they're quite annoying (especially Pagnell's).

 

[Pagnell]

Kids are definitely annoying. And they cost too much money. Then you watch your 3 year old when he's asleep and you don't give a fuck.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

I've said it before to you, you're in for a shock if you have kids of your own. But judging by your comments I suspect you won't, which will probably be a good thing for you, your missus, and the kids.

 

[Veggie Legs]

Don't you think it's another pretentious name parents will give to make their child stand out? You never heard of a name like that 20 years ago.

No, and if the intention is to stand out then they've failed. Kai was the 77th most popular name for boys in 2015.

 

[Stringy]

The naming of kids seems to have become a lot less traditional recently. When I do a Y7 register there's all kinds of names that you wouldn't have heard ten years ago, for example Corben.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Kids are definitely annoying. And they cost too much money. Then you watch your 3 year old when he's asleep and you don't give a fuck.

You don't give a fuck about your 3 old? What is wrong with you?

 

[ZianfrancoGoal]

Kids are definitely annoying. And they cost too much money. Then you watch your 3 year old when he's asleep and you don't give a fuck.

watching your 3 year old sleep right now and i'm not feeling it

 

[Pagnell]

The naming of kids seems to have become a lot less traditional recently. When I do a Y7 register there's all kinds of names that you wouldn't have heard ten years ago, for example Corben.

In my sons nursery there is a boy called Blaze and a girl called Empathy. So don't expect things to improve.

 

[mnb089mnb]

I let my six year old daughter watch "Have I Got News For You" this evening.

Anyone else done any bad parenting lately?

 

[Captain Scumbag]

^ On a similar(ish) note, I recently took it upon myself to add some much needed variety to Charlotte's bedtime story hour (one begins to tire of Miffy at the Seaside after the 3,000th reading) by reading her segments from Fighting Bull, the 2010 autobiography of Nigel Farage. She cried. It's hard to say what set her off, exactly – the mere absence of Miffy or some particular of Nige's reminisces about the time he met Geoffrey Boycott – but the mewling little sod made enough din to alert her mother, who promptly arrived, dispatched me from the scene with characteristic imperiousness and later tactfully summarised the incident as "shit parenting". A fair cop, probably.

 

[Nilsson]

https://twitter.com/afcSharky/status/802477633338507264

 

[Stevencc]

Jockney and Ian Wrexham were bloody loving that until he really went and spoiled it at the end.

 

[mnb089mnb]

^ On a similar(ish) note, I recently took it upon myself to add some much needed variety to Charlotte's bedtime story hour (one begins to tire of Miffy at the Seaside after the 3,000th reading) by reading her segments from Fighting Bull, the 2010 autobiography of Nigel Farage. She cried. It's hard to say what set her off, exactly – the mere absence of Miffy or some particular of Nige's reminisces about the time he met Geoffrey Boycott – but the mewling little sod made enough din to alert her mother, who promptly arrived, dispatched me from the scene with characteristic imperiousness and later tactfully summarised the incident as "shit parenting". A fair cop, probably.

I highly recommend the Theresa May biography. Bedtime means Bedtime.

 

[The Mustard Tiger]

https://twitter.com/afcSharky/status/802477633338507264

Good god! I'd bet a year's wage that one of those kids will be in jail when they're older.

As a soon to be father, I don't envisage that I'll do everything perfectly in life but I like to think that I'll raise my kid to be a decent and honest person. Some people though shouldn't be allowed to breed.

 

[SALTIRE]

No, and if the intention is to stand out then they've failed. Kai was the 77th most popular name for boys in 2015.

Too many chavs out there.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

• In Ancient Greek, kai (καί) is a conjunction meaning "and".
• In Basque, kai is a common word meaning "pier of a harbour" and a variant of the first name Kaio (from the old Latin name Caius).
• In Burmese, kai means "strong" or "unbreakable".
• In Chamoru, Kai is a nativized version of the Spanish name Francisca.
• In Mandarin Chinese, Kai is a common given name with one of several meanings, most often "victory" (凱), another being "open" (開). Kai can also be used to transliterate the Chinese character used in some names meaning "start" (啟) in the Cantonese pronunciation.
• In Estonian, Kai is a female name meaning "pier".
• In Finnish, Kai is a common male name, Finnish form of Kaj. The term "kai" also means "probably" in Finnish.
• In Hausa, kai means "you".
• In Hawaiian, kai means "ocean" or "ocean water".
• In Hmong, Kai is a male name that is sometimes spelled Kha.
• In Kono and Kissi, Kai is a male name; it is also a Paramount Chief title or prefix that means king of kings. It can be found as a name, or part of the names of several towns and regions in the Mano River Union Countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.
• In Japanese, Kai has a number of meanings, including "ocean" (海), "shell" (貝), "restoration" and "recovery". As a surname, it means "Worth" (甲斐).
• In Laotian, kai has numerous meanings, including "chicken", "to open" , "sick" , "egg" , or "to sell".
• In Malayalam, kai means "hand".
• In Māori, kai means "food".
• In Navajo, kai means "willow tree".
• In North Germanic languages, kai means "keeper of the keys; earth" or "safe harbor".
• In Scottish Kai means "fire".
• In Swahili, Kai is a female name meaning "lovable".
• In Tamil, kai means "hand".
• In Thai, kai means "chicken" and used as a nickname.
• In Persian, Kai is short for "Kainat"/"کاینات", meaning "universe". It is usually a nickname, though it can be a real name too. Other nicknames for the same name may include Kaiskii, Kaina and Kaiya.
• In Wayuu, kai means "sun". It also means "the one who brings the light in the dawn" and/or "the one who brings knowledge".
• In Welsh, Kai is a popular given name normally spelt Cai, from the Arthurian legend of Sir Kay.
• In Wolof, kai means "come".
• In Zambia, particularly in the Ngoni tribe of south central Africa, Kai is derived from the name Kaizala.

I think my favourite is the translation of it meaning egg.