Figure this one out...

[kyburg]

Yes, I drove all over the place today. I drove out to Hemet to visit with my older brother, his wife, my mother...and my niece Lauren, who has a 9 year old son, Alex.

She had Alex when she was 20. Just 20. A little remembrance from a date she had while she was in the Air Force. I digress.

Jim and Alex adore each other. I like this a lot - but Mom just got a puppy (and mellow ought to be his name...GREAT puppy) and the puppy is Alex's favorite thing right now.

He's a bit rough on the puppy, too. We had a moment of eyes-meeting-eyes and "let the puppy GO" this afternoon that I really don't want to repeat, ever.

And Alex doesn't ask for anything - he GRABS. Once, when he did this off Lauren's plate, the knee-jerk reaction of "Alex, what are you doing?" was met with something that set my blood boiling.

Lauren just rolled her eyes and tossed it off with a "Oh, that! It's nothing." And did nothing.

Alex has always been a challenge. He scared the crap out of Sis at 18 months when he ran into traffic, all of us yelling at him -

And Alex has very selective hearing, too. If you know what I mean.

*sigh* Gah. I want to bitch slap Lauren so bad...so BAD.

Great. Violence. Great answer, Donna.

So not my problem. Sooooo not my problem.

Fuckit. He comes to my house, there WILL be fun, I promise you.

Comments

[amizadai.livejournal.com]

I've always had a problem knowing when not to get involved in the discipline of children that are not my own. This little tactless detail has gotten me in the bad books of a couple of aunts. But what the heck. If they can't control their kids, and their kids are being a nuisance to others, I don't see why I have to put up with it.

I don't do this to strangers though, just my cousins.

I have family in the US, Mexico and Singapore, and I've noticed a difference between Western parenting and Asian parenting. When an Asian parent is faced with someone scolding their kid, they often react with embarrassment and many apologies, and the kid often gets a second scolding from the parent. Western parents, though, get in your face. They cannot tolerate someone else discipling their kid.

[chaizzilla.livejournal.com]

one he's in your house he's your problem.. or at least he is enough you could try getting away with demanding he be on a leash when he's on your property.. it probablys sounds terrible if you're a kid person but it could be worth getting the point across?