What do you do when your friends children drive you crazy
By Queenmaximus
@Queenmaximus (56)
United States
January 25, 2007 1:55pm CST
One of my closest friends has a two year old that drives me insaine. She doesn't discipline him at all really and normally deals with his bad behavior with empty threats. I live in an upstairs apartment and my four year old is pretty well behaved. But, when my friend visits, her son is very loud and makes her visits almost unbearable. I find myself feeling this way alot. What should I do when I am faced with situations where children other than my own, like my friends children or my family members children, are behaving badly and their parents do nothing to stop it?
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@wmaharper (2316)
• United States
25 Jan 07
I face similar situations when I'm out with some of my friends. There really isn't MUCH you can do... there have been instances though, where if her child is acting up, and she's not around, I'll tell the kid "you can't act that way here, this is my house and I don't want you to do that..." and they usually respond very well to me.. I know, it's awful to "discipline" her child, but if we're at MY house, and her kid is climbing on top of the table and taking PICTURES off of the wall, i should beable to do something about it. but, if we're at her house, I usually just leave her be.. unless she's harming my kid..and if we're out in public, sometimes i pretend Im not with them. (:
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@Queenmaximus (56)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Thanks,this is exactly what I was looking for. I am glad to hear that other people have the same experiences that I have. I have done the same thing that you did and it did work. But I hate to have to be put in that situation in the first place. Thanks for your input.
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@prettylame (177)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
just be patient..you are not the one who should be disciplining them..talk to their parents...that'll do
@Queenmaximus (56)
• United States
25 Jan 07
That would be great if they were not in my apartment.
This is alot deeper than just talking to their parents. So I guess I am looking for someone that has had experience in this to answer. If I invite someone over and their children are misbehaving they should handle it that's true, but what if they don't.
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