People Are Swiftly Realising These Grandparent Parenting Tips Are 'Low-Key Genius' |
People Are Swiftly Realising These Grandparent Parenting Tips Are 'Low-Key Genius'
Going to be using that 'baby bug' trick on myself...
Parents editor at HuffPost UK
Every generation likes to think their way of parenting is best – and while lots of people nowadays seem to be actively trying to parent in different ways to how they were parented (dubbed cycle-breaking parenting), that’s not to say the older generations didn’t know a thing or two about raising kids.
When Reddit user Green_Candler asked the masses to give examples of something their parents or grandparents did that they now realise was “low-key genius parenting”, the responses came in thick and fast.
From bedtime reading tricks, to the dad whose go-to phrase was “convince me”, here are some of the most up-voted responses...
The extra half hour bedtime trick for reading
“As a child bedtime was 8:00. But my mom would let you leave the light on until 8:30 if, and only if, you were reading. Helped the kids settle prior to falling asleep. And promoted reading.”
Special areas in the house for each kid
“My grandmother has secret hidey holes around her house for all the grandchildren. I would come see her and she would tell me she had something for me in my special spot. My spot was a drawer in the entry table. Sometimes it would be a Barbie, sometimes a few quarters, sometimes a piece of candy. It made us all feel special and like we were the favourite.”
An elite Christmas present hiding place
“We three kids scoured the damn house looking for Christmas gifts and never ever found them. I found out as an adult that my mom hid them in the empty Christmas tree box- it always just sat on the same shelf in the basement and we never even considered it as a hiding........