I’m a gypsy and here’s the rules I have for my 5-year-old – she can’t touch my pictures and must follow my respect order
A GYPSY woman has shared the strict rules she has for her five-year-old daughter.
From not touching her pictures or lampshades, to calling people ‘auntie and uncle’ despite whether they’re related or not, Suzy, a traveller who is known online as ‘Cuzin Suzy’, revealed all about how she is bringing up her child.
Posting on social media, Suzy said: “Let’s talk the ‘show home’.”
She then explained: “I always get this ‘show home’ business, right? And recently, I've had a bit of skit from people saying, ‘your child ain't allowed to live in that house because it's so clean.’
“I don't understand that whatsoever. You see, I teach my daughter different life lessons than a lot of other people do. Clearly.
“My daughter isn't allowed to do anything in this house that she isn't allowed to do in other people's.
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“For example, she's not allowed to just go and randomly touch people's stuff. And it's the same in this house.
“She's not allowed to mess with the picture frames or the Crown Derby or the dollies or whatever it is, a lampshade, flowers.
“Because eventually, when she gets older and gets married, everything that I have, everything goes to her.
“So she's learned to love her stuff, respect her home, her place, whatever's inside of it, and respect other people's homes and what's inside of it.”
Not only this, but then Suzy then revealed the respect order she has instilled into her daughter, as she continued: “She's been brought up to call people uncle and auntie, regardless of if they're related or not, because that's the kind of respect that I had growing up.
“I had to call people uncle and aunt, and I still do to this day.
“I was never allowed to go into people's homes and just randomly touch stuff. So just because people say I have a ‘show home’, which it isn't, by the way, it's just nice and clean, because, you know, that's the way I was brought up, doesn't mean that the child doesn't come down and play.”
Suzy then claimed that if her daughter wants to play with pens or paint, she can do so in her bedroom, as she added: “If she wants to play with crayons and paint and God knows what else. She has a room for that.
“I've just had carpet laid, I've just had the walls painted. This ain't been an easy job, babe.
“So obviously she isn't gonna be down here colouring in and doing God knows what else.
“You see, my child is five years old, right? She's nearly six.
“My child has been brought up to have more respect than a lot of people nowadays. And that's the way it's gonna stay.
“Respect yourself, respect your home, respect your elders.
“Now if people wanna call me whatever over it and say ‘it’s a show home, your child doesn’t live in it’, then crack on.
“But while I'm sitting in my lovely, comfy home that I work b****y hard for, with my five year old respectful daughter and people are just sitting online throwing shade, leaving comments, throwing skit at me - just look where you're sitting and look where I'm sitting.
“And that's not being big headed or anything, but I never understand it.
“You can have a nice time and have kids, it’s just learning how to be respectful in your home.
“My kid uses a towel, it goes in the wash basket. It's not that hard.”
At the time of writing, the TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @cuzinsuzy92, had clearly left many open-mouthed, as it had quickly amassed 63,500 views.
Social media users were impressed with Suzy’s morals and many took to the comments to express this.
One person said: “You're a beautiful mother and are bringing her up the right way.”
Another added: “Preach this. Nothing wrong with teaching kids respect for the home you live in and the home that their parents work and pay for.”
A third commented: “Nice to see old fashioned respect, you're doing a great job as a mother.”
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Whilst someone else chimed in: “Some parents today unfortunately are not teaching their children basic morals and respect for belongings, keep doing what you do, you're doing great.”
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