Am I being a mean Mother?

[Green Aura]

It's probably classed as child abuse now

[Millymollymandy]

Look at what athletes run in now - we were very covered up in comparison.

[Millymollymandy]

And at least we didn't have cellulite when we were at school.

[oldfella]

I think our underpants, and probably the Girls "ahem knickers" were made of Sailcloth in my schooldays, and if you got a glimps of a girls knickers it meant you saw her kneecap so how exciting was that. Still we lived in hopes.

[julie_lanteri]

from a teacher's point of view: can we clone you and have schools full of YOUR kids??? : )
at least your son's trip was for good achievement. In many schools, those have been replaced by trips for the "naughty" ones to encourage them... (no comment)

[applegirl]

Lightwater Valley, that made me laugh, I spent all my holidays and weekends working there as a teenager to earn money to travel and for university! Certainly wouldn't have wanted to go there as a prize for working hard!

[cocobelle]

Absolutely not a mean Mother, in fact I think you're being a responsible mother - t would be nice if less kids were spoilt and materialistic.