Am Annoyed

[jennyjoan]

Nephew drew up at my neighbour's house to price a job - she flooded etc.

He came over to say hello and good bye - he had his son aged 6 - hateful brat - anyway he refused to come into house and started screaming Noooo in the middle of the street - got into the van as nephew was reversing etc I am at the door waving goodbye - brat closed his eyes the whole time.

Am so hurt that when they come here I make a fuss of them - 2 sons are brats - nephew is lovely. Yeah and it is ok when it comes to Xmas - am lost for words actually

No there is nothing wrong with them just totally spoilt and nephew thinks the sun and moon and stars shines out of their a$ses.

[mikey4444]

Eccles...yes, of course it is....that goes without saying.

[kvalidir]

I just typed B and then the first three letters of into and it changed it to 'Lady' what an absurd censor :/

[Islay]

I see my best friends little boy every week several times a week - he is 3 years old and I have known him since he day he was born. He will often be the most loving little boy and then other times he will scream no at me and refuse to look at me and cry if I go near him.
They are young kids who are learning all the time, their little bodies are in turmoil from all the growing they are doing.
I think the issue here is adults who don't have children expecting too much from them!

[EcclesCake]

Mikey, so why punish the child with no gifts when you acknowledge the parenting is at fault?

[mikey4444]

Because its been going on for too long. My brother has had his eyes opened at last, and he agrees.

Anyway, when each of those kids gets to 18, their Child Trust Funds will be richer by a few hundred pounds, as although I have stopped contributing, I have put in at least £100 a year into each of them, for many years.

I may not be here when those CTfs mature, in a few years time, but I hope that they may be appreciated then......who knows.

[-Talbot-]

Your brother has to accept equal responsibility for the lack of manners shown by your nephew

[Sqad]

Thinking that good manners in children is essential is quite different from insisting on good manners in children.
There is a coagulum of ABers who post their ideas of child developmental psychology and there is the opposing group who feel that it is nonsense..
It has been the same old debate for years on AB with the same groups, the same opinions and the same inconclusive result.

[Peter Pedant]

love me love my children

yeah OK michael jackson took that too far but the principle is still there

[ummmm]

What???

[Tilly2]

Perhaps it's your dog he doesn't like.

[sherrardk]

My children have lovely manners but they can like (or dislike) whoever they like.

[jennyjoan]

Every parent thinks their swan is the whitest.

[albaqwerty]

not when you have had complete strangers coming up to you at various ages of your childrens' lives and say how well mannered they are.

[jennyjoan]

well done Albs - obviously you are a good parent

[sherrardk]

That is true but they get complimented on their manners a lot and I also get feedback from their teachers. People with children generally do think their kids are great and hopefully do recognise their shortcomings too (I have one who is getting a bit sarky but isn't v good at it, one who is quite anti-social, one who is finding her confidence but leans towards being bossy, one who is immature and one who irritates his siblings).

[albaqwerty]

JJ, they do it to spite me lol

Sher, the sarky one is practising,

Have only got 2, but I can see all attributes from each of yours in mine over the years!

[jennyjoan]

Well my four bros were commended on their manners - but jeepers - they all left their fiddle at the door methinks