PJ87
Journeyman Pro
This is us 100%. Striking the balance is so hard isn't it. We struggle at times to keep them from being spoilt but we just want them to have what we didn't and to be happy.
Things you didn't have as a kid...
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This is us 100%. Striking the balance is so hard isn't it. We struggle at times to keep them from being spoilt but we just want them to have what we didn't and to be happy.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Yes agree.
But nowadays everything cost money.
I played footy all day.
Cricket in summer.
Tennis when Wimbledon was on.
Never cost a penny, but you don’t see kids in parks now with “ jumpers for goalposts”
Good old days didn’t need a phone or internet.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Yes agree.
But nowadays everything cost money.
I played footy all day.
Cricket in summer.
Tennis when Wimbledon was on.
Never cost a penny, but you don’t see kids in parks now with “ jumpers for goalposts”
Good old days didn’t need a phone or internet.
Yeah agreed. You can't most things free anymore
Swimming lessons never cost as much as they do now. Costs me £46 ISH a week for all 3 of mine to have swimming lessons (twins have a instructor to themselves so increases the price) but it's a skill we want them to have to be safe
Getting a family swim these days is almost impossible at weekends
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
I always remember the other kids telling me about where they'd been on holiday in the summer or what new game they had and how it made me feel, so I usually just give in and then end up confiscating it when they start playing up.
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
Yes agree.
But nowadays everything cost money.
I played footy all day.
Cricket in summer.
Tennis when Wimbledon was on.
Never cost a penny, but you don’t see kids in parks now with “ jumpers for goalposts”
Good old days didn’t need a phone or internet.
We used to get chased off the local tennis courts that weren't even being used in the 90s, can't imagine how much they are to hire now if you can find one.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
My eldest is 7 soon, for her bday I've managed to get her a switch. My hope is we can all play as a family , some 4 player Mario kart with the twins
Anything that gets them playing together nicely is worth the effort lol
4LEX
Well-known member
Very fortunate to have most things I wanted when younger but always dreamt of having one of those mini cars that you can drive around in!
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
My eldest is 7 soon, for her bday I've managed to get her a switch. My hope is we can all play as a family , some 4 player Mario kart with the twins
Anything that gets them playing together nicely is worth the effort lol
My son is 7 and I find Mario Kart frustrating as he's bouncing off all the walls.
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
My son's got the lamborghini version, look at him with envy as he's buzzing around in it.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
£46 ouch local canal for us.
But state of it now not a chance
Rlburnside
Challenge Tour Pro
They have the most important thing and that’s a father
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
Massively underrated in this day and age.They have the most important thing and that’s a father
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Seem to remember getting swimming lessons with the primary school and being on a coach once a week to the local pool. That would have been a long time ago so money was clearly not the problem for education as it is now
Rlburnside
Challenge Tour Pro
I find it sad that there’s so many one parent families nowdays , I know what it’s like to grow up without a father and it’s only with time being a father and grandfather I know how important it is to have a father or mother in your life and have a stable upbringing.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I was lucky to have a very stable family life as a kid. I think it helped give me a proper grounding but society is a much different place today and whilst one parent families is not unusual it is sad that the kids of today are missing on that balance both parents can give
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Yeah they changed it now from 1 year group get it to say year 4 one term year 5 then year 6 term each
No coach to the local pool , they have to walk to the secondary school nearby which takes up half the time!
Like you say money is tighter, I mean today I was at the school for stay and play as the twins there next year. It was a talk for the parents whilst they played in reception , we had to politely drummed in that if you get any benefits that entitles you to free school meals please tell the school, even though school meals are free in London for all primary school it entitles the school to extra £1500 per kid per year so please tell them as every penny helps funding wise
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sunshine
Well-known member
Haha... but on the plus side, I'm sure you learnt how to ride a bike.
I feel a bit sorry for the kids I see down the park in electric cars. They are usually obese and their dad is always following close behind. The kids on a bike or trike are having much more fun riding wherever they want to go.
arnieboy
Challenge Tour Pro
Same here, on the coach to the local pool once a week. When I got to senior school they had an outside pool and the water was always freezing.
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
Normally looking at something on his phone, not really interested in the kid.
Having a bike was a real game changer as a kid, first taste of real freedom. From inner London, trips to Kent and deepest Essex (Southend
)were possible… and every time my mum would ask, “where you been today?” the reply was alway “just out” 
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I was born just before sugar rationing came to an end.
I think my mum went a bit barmy with the stuff and we were allowed to put put heaps of it on all of our cereals etc. e.g I remember two large desert spoonfuls of sugar syrup in my porridge and 4 heaped spoonfuls in my tea.
I blame what happened for being very overweight as a child.
