Idle Parenting

Manifesto of the idle parent

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  We reject the idea that parenting requires hard work
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  We pledge to leave our children alone
  
• That should mean that they leave us alone, too
  
• We reject the rampant consumerism that invades children from the moment they are born
  We read them poetry and fantastic stories without morals
  
• We drink alcohol without guilt
  
• We reject the inner Puritan
  
• We fill the house with music and laughter
  
• We don't waste money on family days out and holidays
  
• We lie in bed for as long as possible
  
• We try not to interfere
  
• We push them into the garden and shut the door so that we can clean the house
  
• We both work as little as possible, particularly when the kids are small
  
• Time is more important than money
  
• Happy mess is better than miserable tidiness
  
• Down with school
  
• We fill the house with music and merriment