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[quote=Anonymous]Do you have kids? I am asking as people with kids usually have some rules in place.  I know a woman who decided to let the kids be the boss of the house.  Four of them. Her house is a mess, her oldest got high SAT, got called by Harvard, and decided not to go as it was too much work.  He now bags groceries.  On the other hand, I am going to play the devil's advocate here. My kids just visited their aunt, who has no kids.  All she and her husband did the whole time was complain about my kids. My kids are a handful, but they begged me to send them there.  When I tried to tell them how to acts and what to tell kids to do, a lot of "tell them to do it, don't ask them if they want to," but they knew better. So I have been at both ends of this story.  Unless kids are destructive, I would let it be and survive the visit. I know I didn't like them criticizing my kids, hence me, and whenever I sorted the problem, aunt and uncle undermined me and eventually let the kids get their way.  And that was my fault again too, so when I tried to bring order, I was told I am too strict, when I let them do what they want, my kids were out of control. Nobody "won" but the kids.[/quote]

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