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Being monitored by my 11 year old granddaughter

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phoenix Mon 08-Jun-20 17:43:43

Don't know what others might think of my response, but here goes!

You are Not her "friend", you are her Grandmother, she is staying in your house, you have every right to ask or expect her to pick up he clothes, make her bed etc.

Don't be emotionally blackmailed by an 11 year old.

sodapop Mon 08-Jun-20 17:32:41

I agree V3ra also its quite a worrying time now for some children who get anxious.
I wouldn't fret over this Nopa your granddaughter will pick up on your concerns if you do. Leave things for a while now. Children can be quite manipulative as well, they are not always little angels.

craftyone Mon 08-Jun-20 17:27:45

Nopa it was too long a time and you should not have been put in that position. 11 is a very `funny` age and they want the familiarity of their own family and their own things. Don`t take it to heart but accept that things do change as children reach their pre-teens

Keep that distance and be the grandmother but not the child-minder. The dynamics change, it is natural

V3ra Mon 08-Jun-20 17:26:36

You've been asking her to do a few perfectly reasonable chores.
Does she have to do them at home?
Was she hoping to be waited on or spoilt a bit at yours and it didn't happen?
I'd say let the dust settle for a while and don't make a big deal of it.

rosenoir Mon 08-Jun-20 17:23:52

It was probably easier to tell her mother some white lies so that she could go home rather than saying to you that she did not want to stay any longer.

You could ask her, in a non accusatory tone, if there is anything you could change that would make things better for her when she stays.

Grammaretto Mon 08-Jun-20 17:14:10

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Don't take it to heart but perhaps you should ask her DM, your DD, if there is a problem.
Hormones kicking in?
Lonely? A child, however much they love you, you are not always the right person at the time. You may be young at heart but you are not 11 and 2 weeks is a long time.
I was "farmed out" as a child to various relations and always wanted to be with my mum. I was very jealous of my younger sibling who was with mum.

Toadinthehole Mon 08-Jun-20 17:07:37

How has she being staying with you for a couple of weeks, during lockdown?

Callistemon Mon 08-Jun-20 17:02:53

Are you allowed to have her to stay?

Bibbity Mon 08-Jun-20 17:01:08

It could just be that it was to much time away from home. That she wanted to go home but couldn’t verbalise it so has to orchestrate it.
I wouldn’t take this personally. Has your Daughter said anything?
Have you spoken to your GD since?
I love my GM but after a little while I wanted my own bed, my own house and my own things. There was only so much I could be a guest for.

Nopa Mon 08-Jun-20 16:53:15

Just looking for opinions as I am absolutely crushed that I am being tattled on by my 11 year old granddaughter to her mother. She is staying with me for a couple of weeks and find if I am asking her to pick up her room and dirty clothes, make the bed or get off tictoc it makes her anxious and wants to go home (3 hours away). I also found out she was not telling the whole truth To her mother and added in white lies as she was calling or texting her mother. My other daughter came to bring her home yesterday and I have been crying ever since as we had such a wonderful relationship before. I consider myself a wonderful grandmother, young at heart, athletic and will do anything to have fun. Help