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anotheoldgit | 15:25 Sat 31st Jan 2015 | News
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mystery-man-who-gave-mum-heartwarming-note-on-train-wanted-to-put-a-smile-on-her-face-10007399.html

I wonder if this kind man had more openly given certain mother's such a note along with it a £5 note, would he have been given the grateful treatment that this young mother has given?

I don't think so somehow, he would most likely at least been condemned as patronising, and at the worst "what has it got to do with you, how well behaved my child is".
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Not an old scroat exactly NJ but unlucky perhaps in those you meet - if I were to offer a note and a few quid to each and every good parent of well behaved children I met. I would sure put a smile on many faces but be skint rather quickly.
The last place a young child should be is McDonalds.
No howls here - children shouldn't be allowed to run amok anywhere except their own back garden or a place designed for play.

I wouldn't take children into what I calla 'Boozer's Pub'but have and will take them to a Pub doing family friendly meals, and if they do misbehave they are removed pronto.
Over the years (at my place of work), I have complimented parents for having well behaved kids. Not very often because I expect them to behave and they do so that is the "norm". I have also complimented teachers on the behaviour of the groups of children in their charge. I can`t imagine saying "You have such well behaved children that I hope you will take this £5 as a token of my appreciation" I think that is a bit patronising.
Spot on, Daisy and what a lovely tale....

Wonder if the mum went home and said...Do you know....I met a really pleasant chap today.......he spread a bit of happiness...so rare these days it seems........☺
I once had to attend a hospital appointment for a blood test and had no option but to take a 18 month old and a 3 year old with me. The wait was not short. I had taken some books with me and proceeded to read to the children, trying to keep us all quiet.
The three year old asked numerous questions, the 18 month old pointed and laughed.
The gentleman next to us, when he was called for his appointment, said how much he had enjoyed the story and was sure that it had lowered his fear and blood pressure. He just smiled, the children smiled back.
Both children have children of their own.
I have never forgotten that.
Mamyalynne
My local hostelry/boozer pub is a Weatherspoons. They are a family friendly eating pub where children are allowed. Most of the time there are children running amok,getting under the feet of the staff who are serving hot meals to tables. The language of most of the men is extremeley Anglo Saxon expletive at the best of times. I am ashamed to say that I let a few flying fecks go myself although I have the vocabulary to find more correct English grammar. I try not to swear in the presence of young children or females. Should I inadvertently transgress,or those in my company, then we soon get a mouthful from young mums who are allowing their kids to run riot and wreck the establishment and bash the hell out of gaming machines with their muddy feet on the stools. No kids seem to be removed pronto and should never be allowed in a public house where swearing ,fighting and bawdy behaviour occur regularly. Family friendly meals? Yes OK. Family friendly clientel. No. Not always in the pub I visit.
retrocop

"I apologise for saying a pub is the last bastille of the working man."

Women have been going to pubs for decades.

The first episode of Coronation Street was about 55 years ago, and there were female characters drinking in the Rovers Return.

Therefore, the idea that the pub is the last bastille (or perhaps more accurately 'bastion') seems a little skewed.
Having considered all the related synonyms, Sp.......I think bastille is probably correct.......☺
Working man is rather nebulous.
What exactly do you mean by it?
Sounds as if you mean a bloke unencumbered by his wife/girl friend/ any extraneous female.
Employed man? Working class man? Home husband? Male student seeking a break?
A misogynist?
Well Retro - I'd avoid that Wetherspoons,for two reasons, the children running wild and the swearing.
Whatever the man's reasons, patronising or not, he clearly wanted to do this quietly, instead of which the mother has created a media frenzy which probably means he'll never make such a gesture again.
As for kids and pubs, try Costa, if you can move for the massive prams circled to look a bit like Wagon Train and the more mobile tots running riot while Mummy checks her phone and chats to friends.
I think I'll stick to the places we go,much better.
I handed a note like this to my wife the other night when she manged to shut our kids up.
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/// Women have been going to pubs for decades. ///

/// The first episode of Coronation Street was about 55 years ago, and there were female characters drinking in the Rovers Return. ///

Most women drank in Ladies only rooms, and Ena Sharples and co drank in the Rover's Return 'Snug'.
mamylynne wrote: Well Retro - I'd avoid that Wetherspoons,for two reasons, the children running wild and the swearing.

I've never been in a Wetherspoons in my life -where do you get that from?
She was talking to Retrocop.
I think it was a lovely thing to do.
I'm trying to think how I would have reacted had he given it to me when my child was young. I think I would have been grateful for the fiver (I was skint at the time) but probably wouldn't have alerted the papers and social media to try to find him to say thank you.
We've had people come up to us in restaurants to comment on my son's good manners, which was lovely. I've also said to other people about their children's charm and politeness. I wouldn't have given them a fiver for it, though.
It's a nice story, anyway.
I'm not sure about "pardon" rather than "what", though. [ducks head and runs]

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