[absolootezer0]

Hey Idiots. Blame the parents for misbehaved children.

not always. my two year old is typically well behaved.. until she's around her (maternal) grandma and great grandma. she's learned that altho mom and dad won't put up with any crap, those grandmas will let her get away with murder. they'll pick my daughter up and coddle her and keep her safe from her "mean" daddy that is ready to give her the swat she rightly deserves.

[andrew2527]

I should have said all caregivers I guess. It's an amazing testament to the intelligence of small children to witness the change in their behavior under differing sources of authority.

[Exit148]

not always. my two year old is typically well behaved.. until she's around her (maternal) grandma and great grandma. she's learned that altho mom and dad won't put up with any crap, those grandmas will let her get away with murder. they'll pick my daughter up and coddle her and keep her safe from her "mean" daddy that is ready to give her the swat she rightly deserves.

It's the other way around with this G'Ma and G'Pa. They get away with nothing with us. They all like us and we love them, but they know that they can't test us.

With our own kids when they were growing up ---- when we were in a store, if they asked or whined for something (food, toys, whatever) that meant that they automatically didn't get it. They all grew up just fine and we are very close to them and their families.

When I see some kid acting up in a store, and if the kid looks at me, I cross my eyes at him/her. HeeHee! That stops them ---- for a moment!

[Politicalmom]

And what does your wife do? I wouldn't take that from my Mom.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Looks like those grandmas are in more need of a swat than the child. What kind of power trip are they on, that they feel so compelled to turn your child against you? Talk about gross disrespect to you and yours. Are they a couple of lefty feminists?

This thread is about misbehaving children but I can't stand "adults" who refuse to be more socially sophisticated than say, a 5-year-old. Who wants to be around people who force a situation where one must either a) sternly rebuke immature behavior, or b) put up with perpetual manipulative BS?