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[quote=Anonymous]My neighbor is a sweet lady, but her kids are monsters. She asked me to watch them one day and one of her children is beyond difficult.  I tried to do fun things that I know she likes....color, playing with dolls, going to the park. She ripped up the paper, threw the crayons, licked the dolls and threw them. She threw a small bench at me and at one point told me her friend was going to die and I was going die. I got so frustrated that is made her go to the park. At the park we ran into another mom. Atthis point, I was ready to give this girl back to her mom and put my head in a pillow and scream! The other mom said she has seen this little girl behave the same way with others, but tones it down when her mom is around.

On another occassion, I welcome one of my husbands cousins with her young daughters into my home for the weekend to see the cherry blossoms. Her 4 year old daughter did to talk, she screamed. She did not walk, she ran. She threw things, broke things, hit us, etc..

On another occasion, a young mom from my church asked me to watch her kids because she was in a pinch. This little girl called me "hey you". She was very defiant. If we tried to do something, she refused.

What is going on here. Yesterday, my neighbor asked me to pick up her child and I said no. I would love to be able to help her out, but her child's behavior is unfortunate. I would love to help out a young mom. Her husband travels a lot, just as mine did, and we lived in a neighborhood where we helped each other out.

This is so troublesome to me. I don't have grand kids and I pray my daughter waits. What is going on?
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