Does your dc have any annoying friends/playmates?

belle204

There is this little girl who lives a few doors down from my sister and she's always outside and A seems to like playing with her. But the little girl is one of the most annoying kids I've ever met. I find myself trying to avoid her whenever possible but I know that's not fair to A. They're playing right now and I'm just going to sit back and crochet and let them do their thing.

Oh, and I'm so mad at her mom for naming her what she did.

~Kat~

Oh, yes. A pair of siblings actually. Friend #1 is endlessly bossy and talks back all the time. Friend #2 cries and whines and pushes DS over whenever he gets a chance. They are lovely.

MommyofAlissa

Now you have to tell us what the name is!

triplea1819

yup, the little girl in our playgroup.  she has no discipline and is horrible for DS to play with.  whenever we know she will be at playgroup, we try to make other plans, or try to do something like playing outside, where he does not have 1 on 1 with her.

 i also try and never have her here, because she destroys my house!!

Purrrfect433

Ok, first of all, you can't hint to a horrible name and not share! secondly, YES. He lives close by and has a lot of temper issues. Ben is super friendly and playful and doesn't pick up on emotional ques very well. He doesn't realize his friend is pissed off until the kid has gone off and attacked him. The mom is insanely passive and lenient, like, "Oh now...is it nice to stab Ben with that broken bottle? That's not very nice!!!". I am the opposite. I make sure my children play nicely, or we go inside. It's NOT acceptable for them to hurt other kids on purpose. Ben loves playing with him, though, so I just do my best to help him understand when the other kid is going to wig out on him and protect him as best I can. Uggh.

belle204

I can't quite pinpoint what bothers me about her. I think she's a bit bossy, nosey, pushy and seems a bit attention-starved. I'm waiting for A to bust her in the back of the head.

Her name is Tanina ... or maybe Taneena. Either way, it's not horrible but I'm not a fan of it. My sister gave me the side eye when she told us.

edit: She keeps spelling it Taleena but saying Taneena. Hell, I don't know.

Sulla

Definitely. But you know what's interesting?

The social worker at DS' preschool said it's actually valuable for little kids to play with kids like those, because it teaches them early on how to get along with different types of people, even difficult ones, and assert themselves. She said kids who only play with the kids their parents want to are more likely to fall prey to negative peer pressures when they're tweens and teens. I thought that was really interesting. And made it more bearable that my son ONLY wants to play with my least favorite child.

belle204

Sulla, that's some good info. I'll have to remind myself that as I'm ready to send her home.