{"id":6381,"date":"2012-10-26T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T09:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2013-06-24T12:51:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T12:51:50","slug":"how-to-handle-competitive-mums-and-dads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-handle-competitive-mums-and-dads\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Handle Competitive Mums (and dads)"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Wednesday&#8217;s post about motherhood had a fair few people tweeting me that motherhood hasn&#8217;t been what they expected at all. The biggest gripe seems to be the behaviour of other mothers, especially competitive mums. We&#8217;ve all met them. The mums who have to tell you their baby was potty trained before 1 year, or walked at 8 months and read before school. The mums that also make a shocked face when you tell them your child isn&#8217;t Mensa rated and yes, still eats with their hands.<\/strong>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/how-to-handle-competitive-mums-and-dads\/baby-with-book\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6383\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6383\" title=\"baby-with-book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/baby-with-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>\n\nWhen I was a new mum I thought (or rather hoped) that all the competitiveness about what our babies were doing would fade away. How wrong I was. What I didn&#8217;t realise was that\u00a0competitive parents, always find new things to be competitive about no matter what age your children are.\n\nWith my 6 year old the current competition is about what level reading the kids are on. Mixed with &#8216;What did he\/she get for the homework&#8217; and my all time favourite &#8211; who does what with the class teddy at weekends.\n\nHaving said that thankfully not all mums and dads are competitive and over time I&#8217;ve found the best way to silence a competitive mum is just to refuse to be drawn in to the conversation. Believe me nothing stops a bragging mother faster than saying &#8211; &#8216;That&#8217;s great&#8217; &#8211; to everything they say. In fact I would go so far as to say it actually drives them crazy.\n\nAnyhow that&#8217;s how I deal with it but what&#8217;s your experience of competitive mums? How do you deal with them? Let us know.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s post about motherhood had a fair few people tweeting me that motherhood hasn&#8217;t been what they expected at all. The biggest gripe seems to be the behaviour of other mothers, especially competitive mums. We&#8217;ve all met them. 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