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Don't want my son to be a brat
| Tue, 03-02-2004 - 3:02pm |
Hi everyone,
Okay ...I have a 2 year old son and my best friend since 6th grade has a 2 year dd. My friend does not discipline her dd very much at all. She's one of those mom's that will tell there kid no and then give in a minute later. I babysit my God-daughter also twice a week so my friend can go to college. She is very needy(normal) but is very annoying because she says she needs her Mommy all day long every time she gts in trouble or does not want to do something I say. She bites...my son has 2 scars on him already. She says everything is hers all the time. My problem is that now that I've been watching her my son is biting his father and my 9 month old dd and he's saying "that's mine" and "I need my Mommy" just like her. He is such a polite little boy too. Not that I'm trying to say my kid is an angel and hers is only bad,but she is teaching him some very bad habits. It's not like I can say please don't bring her over here anymore, because first of all I love her very much and I love her mother. I don't know, I've been thinking I can't just let him stop playing with her or he'll never learn to pick his own habits(which I hope are better)lol. Just looking for input on this I sure would appreciate it. Thanks
Sheri
Okay ...I have a 2 year old son and my best friend since 6th grade has a 2 year dd. My friend does not discipline her dd very much at all. She's one of those mom's that will tell there kid no and then give in a minute later. I babysit my God-daughter also twice a week so my friend can go to college. She is very needy(normal) but is very annoying because she says she needs her Mommy all day long every time she gts in trouble or does not want to do something I say. She bites...my son has 2 scars on him already. She says everything is hers all the time. My problem is that now that I've been watching her my son is biting his father and my 9 month old dd and he's saying "that's mine" and "I need my Mommy" just like her. He is such a polite little boy too. Not that I'm trying to say my kid is an angel and hers is only bad,but she is teaching him some very bad habits. It's not like I can say please don't bring her over here anymore, because first of all I love her very much and I love her mother. I don't know, I've been thinking I can't just let him stop playing with her or he'll never learn to pick his own habits(which I hope are better)lol. Just looking for input on this I sure would appreciate it. Thanks
Sheri

HTH,
Shelby
SAHM to Haylei
Thanks for responding. Well I do believe in spanking(not abuse)and I believe in timeouts, do them regurlary with my son. But it justs seems nothing works with her. She is dicsiplined when she's at my house but as soon as Mommy comes it's out the window. And I know everyone has there own methods and I respect that totally, but it's hard on My friends DD because she has rules here and almost no rules at her own house. And I know that sounds untrue but it really is like that. Not only for sons behavior but I don't want my God-daughter acting that way either. I've tried talking to my friend many times before and she totally agrees that she slacks on the whole dicsipline part and knows her DD is spoiled but its like she's too lazy to stick to NO. One example is that when she turned 2 they were gonna stop the letting her have her binky and that lasted a whole day. She has no problems with binky at my house. So I know when she starts whining Mom justs throws it in her mouth cause she doesn't want to deal with it. But anyways thanks again for the imput.
Sheri
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