Laws Of Parenting

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Laws Of Parenting:

The later you stay up, the earlier your child will
wake up the next morning.

For a child to become clean, something else must
become dirty.

Toys multiply to fill any space available.

The longer it takes you to make a meal, the less
your child will like it.

Yours is always the only child who doesn't behave.

If the shoe fits...it's expensive.

The surest way to get something done is to tell a
child not to do it.

The gooier the food, the more likely it is to end up
on the carpet.

Backing the car out of the driveway causes your
child to have to go to the bathroom.
 
Be thankful that is your only problem. We have a different problem that we are struggling how to deal with. When we buy something for the grandkids their mother takes the gifts back for refund to buy something for herself. It makes it real hard not to say something. What makes it worse the older child, 7, now realizes what is going on. And, he is having a hard time coping with his toys being taken from him. Their father is well aware but he's not wanting to have the confrontation. We've tried keeping the toys at our house but they really want to take them home to play. For some Xmas gifts we even included the gift receipt but because Target would have made her exchange for another game she took it to a reseller and got maybe 25 cents on the dollar. Any ideas?
 
Hell BP that is an easy one! Do NOT give it in the original package! And with a permanent marker write "FROM GRANNY" on anything you give em! Nobody will take it back thataway!
Little else will need to be said to the parents.
Betsy
 
We've tried that. And while the selling store won't take it back that doesn't keep some of the resellers/flea market types from buying them. Thus the less than full price on the refund.
 
BP the things you have written worry me. I have five daughters and would never expect anything like that to happen in my family.
Please take this as it is meant... That girl needs some help. You should have a serious one on one talk with her. Something just is not "right" about what she is doing.
Betsy
 
The only thing I could think of was similiar to Betsy. Take out of the package and get rid of the recipe. Pray that the dad steps up to the plate.
 
Talking hasn't worked. She is supposed to be on depression meds but I don't think she takes them like she's supposed to. She pretty much meets the definition of a sociopath. There are other things even worse but no one would believe it.
 
BP, the only other solution I see is to keep the toys at your house. Explain to the kids that if they want to keep the toy, that that is the only way. Then their mother can't take them back for a refund or sell them out from under them. I know that they won't be able to play with them all the time, but that is a better alternative than getting to NEVER play with them again. The next thing that I would do is to give the Dad a swift kick in the rear and tell him to stand up for those babies!!! :mad:
 
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