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December 17, 2005, 5:59 am PST
 Quote From: bestbroker We have a very similar issue....our 5 Grandchildren are all brats! None of them has been spanked...4 of them have had to be in behaviour classes at school...three have had to be in speech therapy because their parents STILL baby talk to/with them. There was concern that 2 would not be potty trained by the time they were to start school. The parents definitely have the attitude that their children are perfect and all is someone else's fault. Imagine having to go to school every day for 3 weeks with your child in Grade one...and stay there all day, because the child is very sensitive and you need to see that the teacher learns how to deal with him....Imagine parents sitting and ignoring all 5 of them jumping on a brand new living room chair that was delivered while they were at our house. Imagine having to replace it the day after they were here becasue they broke it....and the parents said not a word....pretended it didn't happen. Yes they CAN drive their trucks on the new tables in the living room and if they choose - they can sit in the tables...or stand on them even! It is not pleasant to have them around and embarassing to say that they are our Grandchildren. My husband is afraid to say something to them for fear that they will never come back or contact him again. Yes...they are his children's children....even more frustrating becasue I CAN'T say a word! Seems to me that there should have been a whole lot more spanking in the past. What could possibly be worse than what we see....children dictating when they will go to buy groceries and where? I don' t think so! PLEASE give me a spanked child any day....spanking doesn't mean beating them...a swat on the butt hasn't hurt anyone that I know! ANYTHING would be better than this! have three grandchildren ages 3,21/2, and 18months and thankfully I am very close to my children and when the kids are with me I do disipline them. All my grandchildren just love coming to gammy's house. My kids know I'm not just going to sit back and allow them to take over my house. I also do it with a lot of love so I think that's why my kids don't get offended and why my grandkids are so excited to go to our home. I try to give them each a little special time with grandma but they still have to behave. Maybe if you speak to children then it will make disipling them in your own home a little easier. You could try starting out with a little please don't touch this or that and please keep your shoes off the furniture and eventually you will build to make your own rules. Hope this helps Lori |
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