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Are you more annoyed with other people's children?
Today I watched my niece and she is constantly misbehaving, she never listens to anything I say and I find myself getting in a bad mood when I watch her. I feel bad that I feel this way bc I love her and my sister and we're really close. I just feel like she can be disciplined more. I think it mostly bothers me bc I will never let my son act in this manner and I don't want him to pick up on the bad behavior. Does anyone else feel this way with someone else's child?
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Re: Are you more annoyed with other people's children?
Yes. That's actually why I wanted to have kids. Just my way of saying "I'm a better mom" to the whole world. Though I doubt anyone will care or notice, since good kids are obviously MEANT to not be noticed.
I once saw a horrible thing go on on a bus... I was waiting to transfer buses with my husband (before we were married) and this older lady (I HOPE she wasn't their mom) was trying to steer two kids around the bus depot. They each had a cookie, or soft pretzel, something.
They wound up getting on the same bus as us, and the little girl (who was at least 3 years younger than the boy, who looked about 8) dropped her snack. The older lady just stared off into lalaland, while she asked the boy for some of his. He licked his snack and started chomping on it like a piggy. The girl started to scream at the top of her lungs, and only then did the lady notice what the hell was going on.
The driver kicked them off. I felt sorry for the lady, but really. I hope she was the babysitter so that she felt she couldn't discipline the kids or something, otherwise that's insane.