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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP - just offering a different perspective. I don't talk about my kiddos much, so I don't think I'm a braggy parent, but I love it if YOU are! In a world full of so much self doubt and worse, I love that you are proud of your parenting and your kids, and I will be delighted to hear that they are doing incredible things - on bikes, in school, on the playground, wherever.

"Larla ate all her vegetables today!" 
Great!

"Larlo scored nine goals in his soccer game." 
Go Larlo!

"My kid is the first to read in her class." 
Fantastic! "

"Junior sorted all the matching socks in the laundry."
Tell me more![/quote]

I'm a NP. I think the above examples are kind of fine? Like, sure, share objective statements in a positive way! You don't even have to disclaim them. But I do roll my eyes (internally, er, so to speak) when people say things like, "Oh, Larlo is just SO handsome. Strangers come up to me every day and tell me. It's just objectively true. And so charming! I'm definitely getting him into modeling."

And I have heard things like that from a couple of people I know. I would buy that they're just "in love" with their kids, but that kind of talk about a new boyfriend would be just as annoying. Especially if it's 1) nearly constant and 2) borderline delusional. [/quote]

Haha yes I have an acquaintance who said to me that she is constantly “shocked at how classically adorable her children are.”   I had to literally bite my tongue to not say “thought every parent ever.”  There are some people who just don’t get the memo that no one is marveling at your kid.[/quote]

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