Mum praised for calling daughter over 'lazy' school habit
Hearing a parent brand their child as slow or slacking may be a controversial statement for a lot of parents, especially if they're trying to find their feet or confidence in extra-curricular hobbies. One tired mum has done exactly that as she branded her nine-year-old daughter 'lazy' over a relentless school habit.
The mum, who's spent a lot of money trying to get her daughter interested in clubs and activities, snapped at her daughter branding her 'half-arsed' after she refused to go to a sports club the day before her first day, despite pestering her mum to add her to the month-long waiting list.
The nine-year-old girl has a habit of quitting clubs as 'soon as she has to put a little bit of effort in' leaving the mum questioning if she has any motivation for anything. Questioning her decision the fed-up mum took to Mumsnet to ask other parents if they would react the same way, and the reactions were surprisingly supportive.
In the post, where she asked fellow readers if she was too harsh on her daughter, she explains: "She's done one lesson and now she says it's too hard and she doesn't want to go, after bugging me for months and pestering me to phone them. I've asked her how she thinks she's going to survive in life if she can't be arsed to put any effort into anything.
"Even things like undoing the button on her dress. She will try it once then just give up and pester me or her dad to do it. I’m just so fed up with her and don’t know why she’s like it." The mum then goes on to say her family are hard working and despite it costing her a lot of money her daughter isn't spoilt or entitled but has 'zero drive to do anything for herself'.
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This led to a wave of sympathetic responses from readers who seemed to relate to the situation and offered advice, instead of criticism. Many responses said they didn't feel as though the mum was being unreasonable, instead teaching her an important lesson. As one reader said: "She might hate you in the short term but she will thank you in the long term."
Others reassured the mum to say that her daughter may be suffering from a lack of confidence not laziness, as one reader said: "Sometimes lack of confidence can mascarade as laziness and an unwillingness to persevere." This was closely followed by parent's own experiences of low-confidence issues growing up.
"I used to be like that - I'm actually annoyed now as an adult that my Mum never made me stick at anything. I think now though, she didnt want to take me anywhere for a club in an evening/weekend. She'd let me join but if I said, I don't like it - she would immediately say - 'oh that's ok then you don't need to go back", explained another person.
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