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Horrible grandchildren....HEL P

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Buffybee Mon 24-Feb-20 11:48:48

Do you ever look after the girls at your house? If you do, you could get to know them better and gradually teach them behaviour which is acceptable to the rest of the family.
I don't think it will do much good to speak to your Daughter if she is oblivious to their behaviour and she will most probably resent it.

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Babyshark Mon 24-Feb-20 11:48:44

*their

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Babyshark Mon 24-Feb-20 11:48:17

Your grandchild are not horrible. There behaviour is the issue, not them as children. Cannot stand anyone referring to a child as “horrible” please reframe how you think about them. They will pick up on it.

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notanan2 Mon 24-Feb-20 11:47:25

She is the the only one that doesn’t notice how badly they behave
Maybe she DOES notice how unwelcome they are, so it extra nice/lenient to them to compensate when youre all around.

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notanan2 Mon 24-Feb-20 11:45:57

Clock watching

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notanan2 Mon 24-Feb-20 11:45:43

Are your other adult children child free or do they just not have girls?

Children WILL pick up on not being wanted in company so you will see the worst not the best in them if people are internal eyerolling and click watching till they leave.

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notanan2 Mon 24-Feb-20 11:43:34

Your post isnt very specific maybe you can elaborate?
What is the "unruly, loud, spoilt brat behaviours?

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Muddigran Mon 24-Feb-20 11:38:35

We have 4 children, only 2 granddaughters currently. Daughter is a single mother, neither father is really in the picture. She is book smart, man stupid, but that’s another story. Her daughters, ages 4 and 8 are horrible. Their behavior is constantly unruly, loud, spoiled brat behavior and she’s oblivious. It’s so bad our other 3 children don’t want to invite her anywhere because being with her kids is so stressful. When we have a family get together and they leave there is a collective sigh of relief from everyone present. I don’t know how to talk to her about this. She is the the only one that doesn’t notice how badly they behave. How do we have a constructive conversation with her about this?

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