Your kids see and hear everything - and share with their friends

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just dealt with this over the weekend. We'd caught a neighbor doing something really wrong (could have called cops), but we handled it with them. I didn't know my kids knew, but I heard one telling another neighbor's kid about it. We had a massive discussion with our kids about spreading gossip, lies, hurtful information and to think about what they say to their friends. Sigh.

Actually I’d argue that you actually dealt with this by demonstrating emotionally mature behavior to your kids. OP is just shaming these families.

No- it was way out of bounds that my son shared it. He was basically gossiping. We'd already dealt with it and the neighbor didn't need more grief over what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just dealt with this over the weekend. We'd caught a neighbor doing something really wrong (could have called cops), but we handled it with them. I didn't know my kids knew, but I heard one telling another neighbor's kid about it. We had a massive discussion with our kids about spreading gossip, lies, hurtful information and to think about what they say to their friends. Sigh.

Actually I’d argue that you actually dealt with this by demonstrating emotionally mature behavior to your kids. OP is just shaming these families.

No- it was way out of bounds that my son shared it. He was basically gossiping. We'd already dealt with it and the neighbor didn't need more grief over what happened.

Huh? They’re saying that the way you handled it after the fact was emotionally mature. You did what we would all want other families to do : hold our kids accountable for when they do something wrong. The OP is coming and doing what your son did, gossiping about what all these other kids are seeing and saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're gullible, aren't you, OP?

My parents have always slept in separate rooms because my father snores terribly. At 75, they're still together.

Maybe don't believe everything you hear, hmm?

Goodness.

Ha, yeah, my bedroom became my father's room as soon as I went off to college. He snores like a freight train. They're mid-80s and still together.