If you’ve ever been embarrassed by your mother, you’re not alone. In a new survey of British mothers released today two thirds (66%) admitted to embarrassing their children, with 30% saying the old ‘lick the thumb and wipe your face’ move is their most cringeworthy act.
The top five things that mothers have done to embarrass their kids:
1. Licked a thumb or tissue and wiped their faces (30%)
2. Kissed them goodbye at the school gate (27%)
3. Told them to ‘stop showing off’ in front of their friends (24%)
4. Showed baby photos of them to their friends (19%)
5. Sung or danced badly in public (18%)
My Mum possibly did not intend to embarrass me or herself but when I was a teen, we were walking back from the shops on a frosty morning. Just at the top of a slope on the path in full view of a team of road workers, my mum slipped and fell flat on her bum, and slid all the way to the bottom, her shopping bags sailing past her.
I was so embarrassed as she got up and curtsied after!
The survey, commissioned by Seriously Good sauces, the range developed by Gordon Ramsay to raise money for Comic Relief, reveals that giving a lip-smacker at the school gate was chosen by Britain’s mums as the second most embarrassing act (27%) followed by telling their kids to stop showing off in front of their friends (24%).
However, despite the embarrassing blunders, the vast majority (82%) of British mothers believe that they are ‘seriously good mums’, citing the most important qualities as being firm and fair, patient, wise, practical around the house and interestingly, ‘a good cook’.
And even though being a good cook is cited as important, 71% of mothers reveal it’s a challenge to find the time and inspiration to cook nutritious meals that their family will enjoy.
Gordon Ramsay says: “Preparing great, healthy meals for the family while also juggling several other priorities is a common challenge for British parents.
“Seriously Good cooking sauces are a great way to help the important causes supported by Comic Relief, as well as a handy base for British parents to use when they need to prepare quick, tasty and nutritious meals at home.”
Along with the challenge to cook great food, 63% of British mothers say that they feel pressure to be perfect, and agree that they face a myriad of daily difficulties, the most pressing of which is finding time to themselves (34%), followed by fitting in all of the housework, DIY and gardening (33%).
It’s not surprising, then, that mothers spend time dreaming about superpowers to help them out. The most widely coveted superpower was the ability to never get tired, even on no sleep (23%), suggesting that Britain is a nation of exhausted mums. Other favourite fantasies include turning invisible to watch over the kids (13%), and splitting in two to literally be two places at once (13%).
The research was commissioned by Seriously Good cooking sauces to celebrate raising more than £200,000 for Comic Relief in its first year of trading. Each jar of Seriously Good sauce sold, raises at least 10p for Comic Relief. Gordon Ramsay does not get a penny from the range.
To find out more about the Seriously Good range visit http://www.seriouslygood.com/.
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