Are you a BAD Granny?.

Hands up to being a bad Granny here!

I am definitely a BAD Granny my AC and GC wouldn’t expect me to be anything else …

There's a lovely book called Two Bad Grannies I read it to my GCs when they were little. They think I have never quite managed the transformation at the end!

I'm a grumpy bad granny. Don't give a F what anyone else thinks!

Apparently I’m a scary Granny!

I steal the enormous stash of Haribos when they have gone to bed. Does that count?
Banana and blueberry flavoured Squashies are rather moreish as well.

midgey

Apparently I’m a scary Granny!

Me too midgey I was the ultimate deterrent when my grandchildren were young.

Having been very restrained and proper as a mother, and overly concerned with what people thought, I am enjoying a freer approach as a grandma. I think the new generation of grandmas are great, but I hope we never arrive at a point where courtesy and inner quietness in later years become looked upon as banal and ridiculous.

I'm a bad granny,I swear ,nothing bad but GD wished she had brought her swear box the last time she stayed but she has booked herself in again. She knows just how far to go.
My GS thinks both DH and I are great because we let him disappear into a corner when he wants to and just leave him alone .
I agree with Joseanne I enjoy the freedom of not being ultimately responsible for them and luckily these days have more money than their parents to buy little treats. I used to worry about what others thought when I was a mum.

Our granddaughter calls me 'glam nan'. That'll do.

Definitely a BAD granny. I wear short skirts, bright coloured clothing, lots of jewellery. I love to travel. All three GC have always appreciated the fact that we don’t organise them. They come here and hang out - if they want to paint, cook or play games we are up for it but if they just want to sit quiet and look at a book or watch a movie we go with it.

One of my DGD's said that I was "the youngest old person she knew" I will take that

I'm probably a MAD granny. My late husband and I have had a lot of fun with our grandsons (twins aged 10 now and big brother aged 16). Shelter building and forest crafts, games, hiking up iron age hill forts and seeing me dressed up performing in pantomime apart from other more traditional grandparent activities.
I took the twins out on a trip on the Severn Valley Railway during October half term. On the journey home, they both thanked me for a lovely day, which was sweet.
I told them I was making the most of any time we have together as I knew that in a few years time they probably wouldn't want to be with a boring old lady.
One of them looked me in the eye and said, "you're not boring nanny."
It made my day.

I was given ‘The Good Granny Guide’ by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall (Hugh’s mum), when my GS was born. He’s now nearly 18.

It was a good read, lots of useful tips.

I sometimes think I must be a bad granny when I see grans asking how they should deal with grandchildren’s behaviour, eating/sleeping habits etc, or being ‘devastated’ if a child doesn’t continue to display enough affection. I am perfectly happy to let my grandchildren’s parents bring them up, with no input from me, and to let them take our relationship at their own pace. They have their lives and I have mine. It’s worked for me for twenty years.

I am called naughty nanny because I tell my GC off if they are naughty and won’t let them get their own way. Someone has too their parents let the children rule them.

I'm just myself, as I've always been - and I never gave too hoots about what other people thought. Why should I? My friend's mum is just hilarious. At 87, she swears like a trooper, laughs a lot - and behaves like a toddler. It's delightful to see someone enjoying life.

and, I suppose, at times - I'm accidentally 'bad'. I got some disapproving and/or alarmed looks for teaching my grandson the song 'There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why' etc.

I'm am Nanna but a very Naughty Nanna.

I once gave this card to my DS. Enclosed was a photo of his mother and his daughter in the same pose and similar attire.
He chuckled at the mischievous intent from a parent who had been quite firm with him!
Let’s just say I deliberately wear red boots and a purple coat when picking her up from school…

We all are different, I’m just me but a nanny too. I don’t remember my grandmothers doing things with me, I just merged in when I went to what they were doing, but I loved them very much. I have been the hands on one and I know the other nanny who wasn’t hands on at all was loved just as much.

Hetty58

and, I suppose, at times - I'm accidentally 'bad'. I got some disapproving and/or alarmed looks for teaching my grandson the song 'There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why' etc.

Struggling to understand what's bad about that wonderful song, Hetty 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh definitely a member of the Bad Granny club! I always said that if I ever became a granny I'd dye my hair purple - and I did!
I'm no pushover though - my husband is definitely the 'good cop' and I'm 'bad cop' when it comes to discipline. I remember when my kids were young and both had several friends over and they were all out playing in the garden. They were getting a bit boisterous and loud and from the kitchen window I heard my daughter telling them "if you don't behave, my mummy will come out and shout at you - and she's really scary!"

I am a perfect granny because I never had any children - by choice.

My paternal grandma (whom I never met) married twice. Firstly to a Catholic and then to someone high in the Orange Lodge. If you know anything about the relationship between these two groups in Liverpool you will understand that she was obviously a bit of a rebel! However I was brought up with little knowledge of "that side" of the family.

My maternal grandmother, whom I adored, was very much an Edwardian lady with strict ideas of how children should behave. As I grew older learned to appreciate her wisdom and ordered way of doing things.