Loyalty & Fairness with RBS

I remember walking home from school one day... I was in High School, as was my younger sister, although I'm pretty sure she was only around starting age. She was walking a short distance in front of me but we didn't walk together, both preferring to lose ourselves in some form of emo music through our headphones. I looked up to see two boys chasing after her, shouting some form of childish abuse and without prior thought, I ran towards them, shouting threats of being her big sister and that if they didn't back off, they'd have me to answer to.

In that moment, it didn't matter that I was likely to be annoyed at her for wearing my hoodie, or for finishing the last of the cereal that morning. She was my sister and we'd been raised to look out for one another, to be loyal to our family. And I know had it have been me, my older sister, or even my cousins on the receiving end, they're would have been someone there to do the same for me.

As a parent, you can't really predict how you will raise your wee ones. I know when I was pregnant it was more thinking of things along the lines of how you thought you'd deal with tantrums & not sleeping through the night, that you kind of forget what ideals & values you'd like to instil in your children. One thing my parents always taught us was to be loyal to your family and with that, always treating people fairly with respect. And even when I was torn between the naughty step & gentle parenting, I knew I'd want my kids to grow up with an understanding of loyalty & fairness.

John and David may be young but the way I see it, you can never be too early in teaching such values. Whether it's the simple act of sharing toys, not snatching and generally playing fair, or that it's not ok to disrespect each other with hitting (or in David's case recently; biting!); it's an everyday decision to teach the boys about fairness & loyalties. And although a conscious decision, it can be difficult at times, especially given how difficult it is to remain loyal when so many parts of modern life are not particularly fair.

However, the Royal Bank of Scotland is breaking the mould and recognising their existing customer's loyalty whilst waving goodbye to unfair offers that are only available to new customers. No more 0% teaser rates, nor excluding their existing customers from the best offers. No more unexpected charges, nor fees for being late with credit card payments by only a day. Here's hoping that other banks & companies will soon follow suit and I won't have to utter the words, "lives not fair," to John & David that I can still remember my Mum often saying to me.

Plus I think #ThatSofa would scare John from ever sitting on a sofa again, so it's a good job it won't be tempting in new customers just to dump them in favour of the next one that comes along!

I do hope John & David do grow up with similar ideals & values to the new ones of RBS, with a good grasp on what's fair & what it means to be loyal, especially to one another. Be that not biting or snatching toys & choosing to share their things; recognising what it means to be loyal to family & friends and not only treat others fairly but to only accept fair treatment onto themselves. By reminding them of fairness & loyalty on a daily basis, I hope that should it ever happen, they'll have each others back on the walk home from school too.

This is a sponsored post in collaboration with Britmums & RBS.

All words & opinions are my own.

Facebook • Twitter • Bloglovin' • Instagram