Do you let your child interrupt your conversations?
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Anonymous
| She finds the child way more interesting than you and welcomes a break in the conversation. |
Anonymous
That's clearly the message being sent and I would start by just waving at the neighbor when I see them and just carrying on with my day and give up the pretense of friendship. |
Anonymous
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Sometimes, if I get the sense that it’s urgent. I did more when the kids were too young to understand the idea of waiting their turn. From late elementary school on, they were rarely allowed to interrupt. Unless it is sort of just part of a natural conversation at the dinner table with just our immediate family, the same way adults would do it (they are teenagers now). Nothing rude.
I have seen parents who I think allow their kids to interrupt too much but you never know how that is going to play out when the kids are older. I am sure some people thought I allowed my kids to interrupt (I never said “the adults are talking”) but it’s different now. |
Anonymous
| That kid is a brat. She's older enough and tha parents sucks for not correcting her |
Anonymous
| And she's already 4. What a spoiled brat kid |
Anonymous
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It's hard with that age (4yo).
I take it more seriously when it's an event that's been set up in advance (like having someone over to my house for coffee). Then the kids understands expectations and can be set up for success. If we're walking home from school and neighbor waves and we walk over to chat for a sec, it's harder for chatty 4yo to not get attention from mom after having been away all day. And I don't feel like it's as rude to the other person. |
Anonymous
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She's 4 HAHAHA
The parent fails to correct, so scared of her own daughter Oh boy, I can tell there will be lots of reports from teachers |
Anonymous
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Even my 15 months old knows to wait
Bratty 4 years old |
Anonymous
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It's the parents fault. Not the kids
Most of us knows that |