It gets easier as they get older. My DH took the boys camping with four of their cousins last weekend. He described it as DH being a zookeeper with our boys and the other Dads as spectators. His brothers do not spend near as much time with their kids as he does ours. He did have to get on to the kids because the Dads were not, and some was unsafe. DH talked to the boys and let them know their cousins' behavior was unacceptable and how proud he was of them for listening and staying with him. Ignore the drama, and keeps the kids safe and respectful. You might tell your nephew, his Mom may let him do ____ at home, but at my house my rule is _____.
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9/13/06 12:46 P
Sometimes I feel like no one has rules in their home but me. I love my nephew but I don't want Tre to follow his behavior. It's not fair to Tre for another child to get away with it but I feel like it his mom is there I'm just setting mystelf up for drama. I
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9/12/06 2:21 P
Your house, your rules. If you don't want them on the furniture, running in the house, ect. give the parent ample time then say something. You could start with this to the parent, "I would really appreciate _____ not jumping on my furniture." If the parent has no clue, then say something about rules in your house to the child like "I don't think your Mom lets you climb on the furniture at your house so don't climb on mine. With family, give some time if parent is in the room, then speak up. The boys have 11 cousins and we are all constantly getting after them about the rules. If your adult relative has a problem with it, make it known they were breaking your rules and the parent was out of the room/ignored it for too long. Your house, your rules.
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9/12/06 1:27 P
I guess for me it would depend on how old the child is. For a toddler age, I would just put everything away, but for an older child, I think I would say something really nicely about the rules in our house. Good luck! Deb
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