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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People thinking this behavior is normal is the proof that we are raising a generation of brats. Hitting, pinching and biting is normal? Yeah! For a two year old.[/quote]

Are you kidding?

Boys naturally play rough with one another, particularly brothers. They are like puppies.  They also do things like put cicada shells on their siblings/cousins' shoulder or chase another kid around with a frog and do other things like that because before they get in trouble it seems like a great, fun idea.

OP has said it is actually the sassiness that is an issue. Something that all kids (yes, even your "good" well-raised kids, ask their teachers) do arpund that age when they start pushing boundaries and enter into that no mans land between being a kid and being a teenager.

You do not cut off your family for what sounds like normal, developmentally appropriate behavior, ESPECIALLY if your point of reference is on very young, well behaved (in this case) girl, and one preschooler.

OP is going to ruin a family relationship, hurt a bunch of kids (not just her nephews but her own) and eat a bunch of crow when her little boy becomes a kid or her sweet little girl hits her tween teen phase (just while the older hoy cousins are calming down and becoming quite fun and pleasant).[/quote]

PP again. Hitting, pinching and biting is not the same as playful fighting between children. Boisterous play is developmentally appropriate behavior for young children who learn about people's boundaries, emotional regulation and socialisation. Plain hitting, biting, pinching and sassiness is bratty behavior.[/quote]

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