Mum bans her kids from prams, daycare, swimming, and even shoes as part of ‘rural’ parenting

Alex, Paul, and toddlers Berkley, two, and Freya, one, stay by the water and have a ‘rural’ way of life (Image: Alex Tucker / SWNS)

Alex Tucker’s guidelines for her kids, Berkley, two, and Freya, one, could seem a little bit unusual to most of us.

However the mum, 25, isn’t bothered by critics.

She says her model of ‘rural’ parenting works brilliantly for the household, and has a justification for every a part of her method.

The toddlers are banned from utilizing excessive chairs or prams, going to daycare, studying tips on how to swim, and carrying footwear.

Alex, who works within the fishing business along with her boyfriend Paul and lives on the Hawkesbury river in New South Wales, stated: ‘I’m not bothered by individuals who don’t agree with my “controversial” guidelines.

‘Moms are criticised it doesn't matter what they do, and particularly on-line.

‘That’s why it’s essential to share the “controversial” issues.

‘I’m opening the dialog for everybody to begin considering outdoors the field earlier than straight up criticising somebody’s parenting after they don’t understand how completely different somebody’s way of life could be.

‘I’m not preaching “my methods” – this isn’t a “tips on how to” guide. That is what works for our household.’

Paul owns a fishing enterprise, and Alex works within the business. The youngsters be part of them on boats slightly than going to daycare (Image: Alex Tucker / SWNS)

Prams and excessive chairs are ditched as a result of Alex doesn’t see them as ‘important’ to their way of life, and the kids don’t go to daycare – as a substitute taking them alongside to work on the fishing enterprise owned by the mum’s boyfriend, Paul, or staying dwelling collectively.

If the climate situations are too dangerous for the kids to affix Paul on the boat and Alex is busy serving to out a unique crew, the dad will simply miss his day of labor.

Alex stated: ‘We're a rural household working in main manufacturing – I'm a keep at dwelling mom out of necessity, like most rural moms.

The youngsters don’t put on footwear, even when going for 8km hikes with their mother and father (Image: Alex Tucker / SWNS)

‘I’m wanted at dwelling for greater than childcare and housekeeping – we're the individuals on the frontline of feeding the nation.

‘If it's not a fascinating day for them to come back to work, one mother or father stays dwelling, that’s rural life.’

Sneakers, in the meantime, aren’t allowed as a result of Alex believes they distort the form of ft.

The youngsters are free to roam barefoot throughout the seaside, on pavement, and even on the household’s 8km hikes.

The mother and father haven’t taught their kids to swim, as they need them to have a concern of water (Image: Alex Tucker / SWNS)

‘It kind of shocked me that that was a giant difficulty to lots of people,’ stated the mum.

‘In Australia, it’s fairly regular to not put on footwear except you might be on the retailers or faculty or work.

‘Even then, if you're from a coastal city like us, it’s regular to not put on footwear on the retailers, and dealing on boats, it’s additionally frequent to not put on footwear.

‘An enormous issue of that's muscle and joint growth. It’s no secret footwear change posture and foot form so I determine why distort their pure growth when footwear simply aren’t mandatory more often than not.

‘Sneakers serve goal, like if the bottom is just too scorching or too chilly, or if snakes and wildlife is a legitimate risk, or if one thing hurts to stroll on.

‘For now I need floating to be their ONLY intuition,’ says Alex (Image: Alex Tucker / SWNS)

‘For probably the most half, they're simply not issues we take care of in our each day life, so the children don’t put on footwear.

‘While you don’t put on footwear, your ft do typically toughen. You do learn to stroll on tough surfaces, and being a small coastal city Aussie, that’s simply our lifestyle.’

Regardless of the household residing by the water, Alex has additionally chosen to not train her kids tips on how to swim – for now, anyway.

‘Swimming classes was a tough one to determine on, however I got here to the conclusion that a toddler most likely couldn’t swim out of the river on their very own,’ she defined.

‘Within the river right here, currents and submerged objects are an enormous issue for drownings, and whereas they've a wholesome concern of the water, I gained’t encourage them to enter it by doing swimming classes.

The mother and father have been criticised for his or her parenting model, however they’re not bothered (Image: Alex Tucker / SWNS)

‘We play by the river quite a bit, and when a toy falls in, they freak out and are available ask me to get it.

‘If my eldest has a life jacket on, he'll very hesitantly stroll in knee deep to get into a ship however refuses to go additional – frankly, I need to maintain it that manner till they're large enough to grasp tips on how to swim out of a present.

‘I’m much less involved with driving three hours to place my toddlers into swimming classes to allow them to swim round a pool, when in actuality, that’s not truly going to assist our state of affairs.

‘For now I need floating to be their ONLY intuition in the event that they had been to someway fall in.

‘I don’t need them to think about swimming as one thing enjoyable that individuals do, at the very least not at this age.’

After sharing her method on-line, Alex obtained some backlash – however has no regrets.

‘All toddlers are completely different, however so long as they're blissful and wholesome – they're the place they need to be,’ she added.