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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]murray hill farm
(3,650 posts)I am a mother and a grandmother and a great grandmother...and a person too! My advice is to drop such parents from you social life as soon as possible and to let people into your life who respect your life and your home and your space. One time only is the time such an intrusion is allowed in my home. When a parent or grand parent brings a wild child into my and then just sits and smiles while the child continually interrupts or is allowed to touch and handle and break items in my home and it is up to me to to gently remove such breakable items from the child..over and over again..saying that I am sorry but "that" is not a toy...while the parent sits and watches, etc. These are people who will never be invited again..ever..to my home and my space. It is a matter of respect for others..no matter what the situation and allowing a child to act out in anothers home is an act of the parent who has no respect for you either. Bringing such a child into your home...or into a restaurant...and just allowing that sort of behavior is a choice on their part and is a sort of fuck you, just you deal with it, passive-aggressive behavior on the parents part. Deal with it only once...and then only include people without this menatlity into your life and into your space. In a restaurant, complain to the management and they will be thankful since it gives them some leverage when confronting the parent.