AN expectant woman shared her controversial opinion on modern parenting techniques.
She explained that she didn’t like the “lazy” approach most people take when discipling their children.
In her post on Mumsnet, one unnamed user asked if she was being unreasonable to think that “parents nowadays are just weak.”
She described most parents as “soft and incapable” when it comes to disciplining their own kids.
The poster explained that she often witnesses children “doing what they want, screaming, [throwing] tantrums, and wanting stuff” while their parents act helpless.
“When I go on the Tube, kids [are often] screaming and putting their dirty feet on the seats,” she wrote.
She also referred to the picky eating habits of children that would not have been allowed in the past.
“At home, kids not wanting to eat and parents act like they own a restaurant and immediately cooking something else,” she explained.
“What’s wrong with saying NO, ‘keep quiet,’ or ‘you eat what’s available.'”
She pointed out that parents should be allowed to take time to themselves without their children having a meltdown.
“Why are parents constantly trying to keep kids entertained and spend a fortune on stupid activities?” the Mumsnet user asked.
The poster pointed out the effect this can have on the children in the long-term.
“Worst thing is that I see young colleagues [aged] 18 or 19 years old coming to work [who] are just incapable of being a human,” she said.
“[They are] constantly late, [we] have to think about their feelings and emotions, [we] can’t even complain to HR when they’re not doing their job properly.”
The woman explained that she planned to take a different approach with her children.
“I’m about to be a mom myself and if I need, I will discipline my kid with firm approach non of that ‘let them express themselves’ crap,” she concluded.
However, Mumsnet users were not in complete agreement with her post.
“Totally agree. When I was a child screaming was not allowed. Now I never hear a parent trying to stop their child making unacceptable noise levels,” wrote one reader.
“I’m in my 40s and completely agree with you,” said another commenter.
On the other hand, some parents pointed out the issue with this point of view.
“I mean it depends on their age I suppose but lots of people would consider [your approach to be] pretty lazy parenting too,” commented one person.
“Let’s bring back corporal punishment,” another reader wrote sarcastically.
“Return once you’ve had your child and they have reached at least toddlerhood,” said one parent.
AN OLYMPICS star has refused to apologise after being handed a five-month ban for a disallowed gesture.
Judo star Nemanja Majdov, 28, has been suspended from competing in the sport after making the sign of the cross at the Paris Games.
The International Judo Federation said the Serb was in breach of their rules by making a “clear religious sign when entering the field of play” before his round of 16 defeat to Greece’s Theodoros Tselidis.
And Majdov, who has won seven European and three world medals during his career, is now unable to compete until February 2025.
The Orthodox Times claims national stars including Novak Djokovic have come out in defence of Majdov.
Majdov had reportedly been issued warnings for making the sign of the cross at other events prior to the Olympics.
But the ace insists he will never abandon his faith as he refused to apologise for his gesture.
Majdov said: “15 days ago I received a decision that I was suspended for 5 months by the World Judo Federation (IJF) for violating their religious codes.
‘More precisely, because of [making a sign of the cross] when entering a match at the Olympic Games.
“I was banned from participating in all tournaments, camps and preparations.
“True, in the defence letter of the disciplinary proceedings I did not want to apologise… and of course I did not, nor will I ever, although I did not even know what the punishment could be.’
“The Lord has given me everything, both for me personally and for my career, and he is number 1 for me and I am proud of that. And that will not change under any circumstances. Glory to Him and thanks for everything.
“Nothing new for me personally, just a new page in my career and a new life experience. I’m sorry that such a beautiful and difficult sport like judo has fallen to such things.
“God gave me a great career, 7 European and 3 world medals. When I started, I dreamed of winning at least one big medal and thus succeeding in my life and the life of my family, who sacrificed everything for my career.
“He gave us a lot more, and even borrowed too much so that I would bow my head in front of them when it came either-or.
“We will rest until then, and then we will return with the help of our Lord Jesus Christ to a new beginning and new victories.”
But the IJF fired back by insisting Majdov had also broken several other rules.
These included refusing to “bow to his opponent at the end of the contest”, while also “removing his judogi in the field of play.”
A statement continued: “It must be noted that the athlete did not contest either of the two warnings, therefore, his claims of not knowing about the rule which forbids the display of any religious, political, ethnic or other sign on the field of play in judo, are not accurate.
“The IJF respects and appreciates equally all cultures, nationalities, religions and orientations of all its members, including but not limited to athletes.
“As an international umbrella organisation, it is our duty to make sure that all our stakeholders and especially the athletes, feel respected and accepted, in all our events and activities.
“Our rules regarding the display of religious or other signs is strictly related to the field of play, which is a space dedicated exclusively for judo and where only the judo specific signs and rules are on display, equally for all.
“The IJF does not forbid the practice of religions or religious signs outside the field of play, as we continue to respect the individual freedom of each member of our community.”
FOR lots of people, getting a tattoo in a foreign country is a lovely memory of your time there.
But for Amy, it’s a constant reminder that she got scammed by a tattoo artist while in Fiji.
She took to TikTok to admit she didn’t know the meaning of the inking when she got it.
And she pleaded for help translating the words “Matanivola Levu” in the tattoo, which had been inked on her thigh.
“I didn’t know that Fijians could be so mean because now I’ve got a tattoo and I don’t even know what it means,” she said, sobbing as she did so.
“So can someone tell me what I have on my body, please?
“Okay this is my tattoo.
“What does that even mean?”
Amy was then inundated with people helpfully revealing the tattoo’s actual meaning, with one writing: “That’s ‘capital letter’ in Fijian”.
“That’s actually hilarious,” another added.
“It says ‘capital letters’ but it’s all lower case… Brilliant.”
“At least it’s not a bad word…your tattoo means big letters,” a third said.
While someone else wrote: “My Fijian grandma just said it means like big book???
“She’s wondering why on earth you got it though and tbh same!”
Others questioned whether or not Amy’s tattoo was even real, which she proved in the next video as she posed in front of the mirror and pulled the leg of her shorts up to show the inking.
“I wish this was a drill,” she sighed.
“This is not a drill – this is my tattoo. Are you guys ready?”
Showing it off, she said: “So here it is, right there.
A tattoo artist has shared the designs and drawings most asked for by customers.
“I wish I was joking, but I am so serious.
“I go through laughing and crying.
“What the f**k?!”
“Omg no way I have the same tattoo!!!” someone else wrote in the comments section.
“I fell for the google translate too. We can be capital letter buddies!”
“I’m screaming over this,” another laughed.
As a third said: “I actually love it though!”
And someone else insisted there is actually a double meaning to the phrase.
“‘Big Book’ in Fijian can translate to mean you have many stories to tell, which is a way of saying you have many adventures,” they said.
DARTS tournaments are rolling in at speed as some of the world’s best head to Budapest next for the Hungarian Darts Trophy – and players have been told what the 2024 prize money will be!
Dave Chisnall pipped Luke Humphries to the title last year in a thrilling 15-leg final despite Cool Hand securing his first nine-darter live on TV.
And the Englishman went home with a staggering £30,000 for lifting the Budapest trophy.
This means that Chisnall enters the competition as the No.1 seed and he’ll be further encouraged after teenage sensation Luke Littler pulled out of the competition.
However, the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Stephen Bunting and Rob Cross, will also fancy themselves to go all the way, as well as clinching a large percentage of this year’s prize pot.
Find out how much prize pot is up for grabs below.
The total prize pot for the Hungarian Darts Trophy 2024 will be the same as last year with the winner set to take home the same share as 2023 winner Dave Chisnall.
Here is the full breakdown of this year’s prize money:
Here are all the players taking part in Budapest:
Seeded Players
1. Dave Chisnall
2. Ross Smith
3. Luke Humphries
4. Gerwyn Price
5. Danny Noppert
6. Josh Rock
7. Stephen Bunting
8. Damon Heta
9. Ryan Searle
10. Martin Schindler
11. Rob Cross
12. Gian van Veen
13. Chris Dobey
14. Luke Littler
15. Michael van Gerwen
16. Ricardo Pietreczko
Luke Littler thrashed Michael Smith in the World Series of Darts final last weekend before winning the Players Championship 20 title.
But The Nuke has pulled out of the Hungarian Darts Trophy.
WHEN the team at Microsoft were thinking about how to make Flight Simulator more immersive they were immediately drawn to the animals.
Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Jorg Neumann, called up his former colleagues from Frontier, and asked if he could use some of their animals.
Frontier counts Planet Zoo among the games in its library, and those zoo animal models will help bring the world of Flight Simulator to life.
Not only have developer Asobo Studio used the models and behaviours of the animals from Planet Zoo, but it’s studied the migrations of animals to make their representation scientifically accurate.
But why has so much effort gone into making accurate animals in a game that is supposed to be about flying planes?
Neumann explains to GLHF: “The games I based that on were Animal Crossing and Pokémon Snap.
“I love both. I collected every fish [in Animal Crossing]. It’s really just about finding the details and delight.
“I had a producer call me the other day from Asobo because they’re all like, ‘Why are we doing all these animals?’ And later she said ‘I found a giraffe. It was awesome.’
“It makes you happy – that’s why we’re doing it.”
Neumann has a point. Simulator is right there in the title, and one of the greatest joys when flying is looking out the window during take off and landing, and seeing the wildlife scurrying around below you.
But all of this detail comes at a cost, and that cost is the size of the data.
Microsoft’s simulation of the Earth takes up two petabytes, or 2k terabytes of data and that’s before everything else is added to it.
The 2020 release of Flight Simulator was 100GB, and after all of the various updates this ballooned to 500GB, which is more than an Xbox Series S can store.
Asobo is more than aware of how precious storage can be with external hard drives adding even more costs to what is an already expensive hobby.
That’s why we were shocked to hear that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will come with an install size of under 50GB, with everything else up in the cloud.
This may sound like a step back to physical fans, but the truth is that Microsoft has been doing this for years.
The Earth is just too big for one computer to hold, but with this smaller install size, at least more people will have a chance to play.
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