Kids!!

[spiritedfamily]

Whenever I go out around bedtime and sometimes during the day...the kids behave wonderfully for Dad, he doesn't get half the hysterics I get and they fall asleep much faster...why is this so? Why do they save up all their emotional energy for dear old Mum.:rolleyes:

I've also noticed when hormonally I'm having an off day, the kids moods follow...makes it hard to have a bad hair day...lol:no:

[Elijahsmama]

Tell me about it. Sometimes i'll be in another room while DH watches Elijah and he wont know that im home and he plays happilly BY HIMSELF and the instant i come out and he sees me out come the winges!! He follows me everywhere i go, cry outside the toilet, etc but on the days i go to work and DH minds him he is able to record in the room with the door shut and leave a happy Elijah playing in the other room. Hes a different child when im not around. Its not fair!! And DH is the mean one, i think i should be the one getting rewarded with all the good behaviour. I wonder if i was the stricter one he would switch roles :confused:

[FourAngelKisses]

Apparently they behave better for their dads because they aren't there all the time. So if we were the ones out working all the time and the dads stayed at home, they would play up for dad and behave when we got home.

One thing to remember though, when they behave well for other people, it means that YOU are doing a great job raising them. :)

[Starlet]

Yep, same thing happens here.

No-one believes that my kids are little monsters because they're always little angels when they see them!

[SassyMummy]

I think it's because they (generally) more comfortable with their mothers...and they know how far the can go before getting into serious trouble. With Dads, they're a bit unsure about what he's willing to let them get away with...so they're less likely to behave too badly.

I think it really depends on who their primary carer is though...I know a SAH-Dad and the daughter is better behaved for her working mother...because she's used to her dad and knows what her limits with him are.

On the same note though...don't kids generally want Mummy when something's upset them? I guess that's a positive...and IMO, it definately cancels out the negative!