How can I NOT be an embarrassing parent?!!

meritaten

so, you embarrass the teens! its payback for all the times they embarrassed YOU when they were little! Dont you remember the time they loudly asked why the lady in the supermarket was so fat? or calling strange men 'Daddy'? or picking thier nose at table in that nice restaurant (and even worse then blowing thier nose in the napkin!)
I consider it my duty to embarass the offspring - tho I can't with my DD as she has the same sense of humour as me, and cracks up laffing!

pink_princess

meritaten wrote: »

so, you embarrass the teens! its payback for all the times they embarrassed YOU when they were little! Dont you remember the time they loudly asked why the lady in the supermarket was so fat? or calling strange men 'Daddy'? or picking thier nose at table in that nice restaurant (and even worse then blowing thier nose in the napkin!)
I consider it my duty to embarass the offspring - tho I can't with my DD as she has the same sense of humour as me, and cracks up laffing!

I have that problem with my eldest DD :rotfl:

I think it comes down to your relationship really, make it jovial

flutterbyuk25

missindecisive wrote: »

What should I be doing? Nothing at all, ever! Or more to the point- what should I not be doing? EVERYTHING!!!! :rotfl:

I'm not a Mum, but I work with teenage kids everyday. Whatever you do/don't do/wear/say/don't say etc will embarass them! It's a no win situation I'm afraid. He will grow out of it eventually....

74jax

My DD thinks I'm embarrassing and her friend's think I'm 'cool'. i love winding her up!

lovesabargain123

I think my kids are past being embarrassed by me, I go out of my way TO embarrass them hahaha

Their friends all know me and know what I'm like, infact they now join in with me and think its hysterical lol, plus I have been known to drop them off at high school in my dressing gown, they now tend to walk and kick themselves if their late.

Middle one once hung back whilst we walked round town as some girls he knew were coming towards us as its embarrassing being with your mum, I told him if he did that again I'd hold his hand and skip ... Hehe
Their all teenagers too and dd now 17 always says her friends always want a mum like me lol... I'm just a big kid x

Hermia

Your very existence is embarrassing to a teen so there is nothing you can do!

My only advice is don't try to be cool. There is nothing more cringeworthy than hearing a parent saying, "Do you like that Rihanna? Oooh, she's a bit raunchy, isn't she?" to a teenage child's friend. Especially when that friend quite obviously won't like whatever type of music you have mentioned.

kettlefish

This is fantastic.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/photos-embarrassing-dad-dad-dale-price-dresses-costumes-13782435

Apparently he started doing it after the school bus changed its route to go directly past the family's house. That first day, he waved at his teenage son who duly moaned about him being "embarrassing" ... so this is what he did in retaliation! :rotfl:

meritaten

Hermia wrote: »

Your very existence is embarrassing to a teen so there is nothing you can do!

My only advice is don't try to be cool. There is nothing more cringeworthy than hearing a parent saying, "Do you like that Rihanna? Oooh, she's a bit raunchy, isn't she?" to a teenage child's friend. Especially when that friend quite obviously won't like whatever type of music you have mentioned.

Dead right Hermia! just be yourself! if yourself is a bit eccentric, dresses like a goth (unintentionally, I must say - I just like black!), Adores Heavy Metal and Linkin Park and Enimem etc - well, the kids will get a much needed lesson in 'Tolerance'!

Sally_A

I'm with Meritaten here - agree, payback time, and by regaling tales of things they embarrassed you with as a toddler, embarrasses them even more..win, win!!! :rotfl::rotfl:

PinkPrincessDD1

pink_princess wrote: »

If my children bring new friends home my husband puts my bra and knickers over his clothes to answer the door or I put a tea towel on my head

This is true, this is also the reason why we have such wierd friends that you often disprove of it's the only people who will deal with this well ... so basically it's all your fault :A