Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Peerenting 101 by Daddy...

"Peerenting" can be described as a combination of talking like a peer but acting like a parent with your kids. A parenting style I believe Hubby embraces with open arms.

He really is a source of great amusement to Little Miss 4 - most of the time I am not nearly as amused.

An example of hubby's peerenting skills came the other night at dinner....
Little Miss 4 wanted to hold her Dad's hand during dinner (too cute), she proceeded to tell me that I couldn't hold his other hand as he needed it to use his fork (clever girl).

Hubby said he could hold my hand too and still eat....my ears pricked up and I thought "Oh dear, peerenting 101!" and I knew what he was planning (not sure if that makes me as bad?).

He was going to hold both our hands and eat his dinner like a dog eats from a bowl....a quick "mean Mummy" look together with raised eyebrows from me kyboshed his plan.

Dinner returned to a civilised affair of Little Miss 4 holding her Daddy's hand while they ate (too cute!).
Does your partner exhibit peerenting?

Image from here.