Tracy Oldfield

that is a toughie!  It's hard to counteract all the well-meaning stuff that comes from relatives, sometimes I wonder if my mum thinks my kids won't love her if she puts her foot down.  But as long as you let your older child know what behaviour is acceptable and why, and keep the younger one as far as possible out of the 'fluence, I think that's as much as you can do.  Letting the girls know what's acceptable to you and why can't hurt them, either.  In the end you have to measure up how much of a problem it is directly to you, and work within that.  Bets of luck!
 
Tracy
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Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:55 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] kid rant but new slant

Okay, I need to put a new slant on the kid rant thread.  I agree that you
need to talk to a child who is at your house a lot about rules of the house
& explain to them how you expect them to behave.

My problem is my husband's nieces.  We go on vacation with his family every
year for at least a week.  Usually my in-laws pick the nieces up & bring
them for the whole week although their Dad (my husband's brother) usually
only comes for a day or so.