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What do you do with children who aren’t your own, but won’t follow house rules? 10 comments
Posted at 4:13 am in Toddler & Preschooler
I have a friend staying with me, who has 2 boys. She is going through a divorce and is staying here until they can find an apartment. Her oldest will not listen to even her. He won’t follow anyones instructions and insists on doing things that we tell him not to do. He does this high-pitched screaming thing that can cause even the dead to wake up. He does this when he’s mad, happy, or when his mom tries to discipline him. He won’t follw any of my house rules, and it’s rubbing off on my oldest (almost 2). I don’t know what to do and if I can even do anything, since he isn’t my kid. I need to know what to do with him!!
sorry.. forgot to say that he was 3 years old. He doesn’t talk much, and a speech theripist said that it was all behavioral, so it’s been going on before she brought him here.
My friend gets upset if I try to discipline him. Says that she needs to do it, but she overlooks things when I tell him no. She says they are boys and are rough anyway. I told her that most of that was how she disciplines them. A child can be molded to what you want them to be, as far as actions and discipline goes, so I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place.