Caporegime
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Wierd one this......Kids drawing on their walls with mums permission!!!??
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Caporegime
So becUse your parents didn't like it an agreement can't be made for your children?
What planet you on?
So giving said girl some blue tack to stick posters up is the same as letting her loose with a tin of paint and a roller and tray? ....
Hmm no wonder the country is like it is. I must be old fashioned.
either that or i have a bit of pride and discipline in my house.
Man of Honour
I'm going back to 1971 and I went in my neighbours bedroom for the very first time (ooh err).
I was 13 and he was 19 and he had just taken me to see Led Zeppelin because his mate couldn't go.
His bedroom was totally black - black carpet, walls, curtains, lamp shade, blankets etc but he had drawn images/graffiti all over his walls in white and it looked bloody awesome.
So much so that I kept going on about it all my life and this year my wife has let me have a black theme in our bedroom - not totally black but not far off.
She won't let me draw on the walls though.
I was 13 and he was 19 and he had just taken me to see Led Zeppelin because his mate couldn't go.
His bedroom was totally black - black carpet, walls, curtains, lamp shade, blankets etc but he had drawn images/graffiti all over his walls in white and it looked bloody awesome.
So much so that I kept going on about it all my life and this year my wife has let me have a black theme in our bedroom - not totally black but not far off.
She won't let me draw on the walls though.
Caporegime
oh noes !!! "on the actual paintwork"
Seriously, its painted already right ? so whats the difference between repainting the room, and putting more paint on, but in the shape of her name instead ?
None.
its just a mental thing.
Just make sure she understands that when she leaves the room / grows up. She'll be repainting it to get rid of it.
Yes as we all learn from how we all bought up.
My parents thought it was unacceptable as do i, and quite rightly so.
I cant see any reason what so ever why it could be deemed acceptable.
A huge amount!
which is why its not the normal. You dont go to a hospital and see the name of the doctors grafeetied on the wall do you?
I wonder how many people here that have said its ok actually have kids and have let them do so.
Caporegime
There isnt any
Its just paint
Your issue is that you see it as an issue of discipline, but children have always wanted their bedroom decorated how they want it, however strange
She'll grow out of it and want it repainting at some point anyway.
It isnt worth getting uptight about.
how your kid decorates their bedroom isn't symbolic of the discipline (or lack of!) in the house. And the hospital reference is totally pointless, as you wouldnt see that covered in boy band posters either !
Its her bedroom, not a doctors surgery !
Its just paint
Your issue is that you see it as an issue of discipline, but children have always wanted their bedroom decorated how they want it, however strange
She'll grow out of it and want it repainting at some point anyway.
It isnt worth getting uptight about.
how your kid decorates their bedroom isn't symbolic of the discipline (or lack of!) in the house. And the hospital reference is totally pointless, as you wouldnt see that covered in boy band posters either !
Its her bedroom, not a doctors surgery !
What's that got to do with anything? ... Blackboard paint, in a border, for the win.
Caporegime
It's her room, her area. If you control it and help her learn from it then what's the problem?
She's not asking to paint all over the kitchen or lounge.
Caporegime
Oh and yes, I have children
well its obviously me then as i thought its totally unacceptable. But still the forums never cease to amaze.
Im still not budging on my decision. Maybe im slightly different as its taken me years to get the house to a half decent standard, and i dont have the money to repaint walls willy nilly.
But thanks for the views.I must just be so old fashioned i make doc martin look cool
Im still not budging on my decision. Maybe im slightly different as its taken me years to get the house to a half decent standard, and i dont have the money to repaint walls willy nilly.
But thanks for the views.I must just be so old fashioned i make doc martin look cool
Caporegime
People have given you ideas of how you can control things and let's be honest a tin of paint is nothing.
If people lived like their parents did and not realized times change then we would still be living in caves (which incidentally had scribblings on the walls
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If people lived like their parents did and not realized times change then we would still be living in caves (which incidentally had scribblings on the walls
)
at the end of the day, it is your decision and if you want to put your foot down, that's fine.
My parents would never allow that sort of thing, it was the way i was raised but i know times have changed and i would like to do things differently.
In my opinion, i don't see anything wrong with it (my parents would though), maybe go with the white wall idea and then get her to paint her own wall when it needs removing (with your assistance), teach her the value of maintenance along with assisting her artistic intentions.
My parents would never allow that sort of thing, it was the way i was raised but i know times have changed and i would like to do things differently.
In my opinion, i don't see anything wrong with it (my parents would though), maybe go with the white wall idea and then get her to paint her own wall when it needs removing (with your assistance), teach her the value of maintenance along with assisting her artistic intentions.
Soldato
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Yup, send her to tard school, the mum that is, drawing all over the walls is not the in thing.
Child has to stay in the room with that mess, people don't redecorate that often. If she scores the wlal while drawing (easily done) might need the plaster touched up and sanded down before repainting, which might need an extra layer.
I'm sure mum will be quite happy to do all of that on her own.
Soldato
This.
I reckon the kid just wants to get a constant paint high though.
"Noo I'm coming down, repainty time!"
Edit: The "in thing" just means that her best mate has done it, and so she must too.