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[quote=Anonymous]I just wanted to note that this is a behavior that is not limited to grandparents. I have a friend with a similar age kid who often does this exact thing with my kid when I am setting a clear boundary with her. She especially does it with food and it drives me crazy because my kid is obsessed with sweets and would eat nothing but desserts and candy if she could. We don't deny them to her but we HAVE to limit when she gets them or she will simply not eat any other food and wait for the sweets. My friend constantly undermines this and it's become such a problem that we basically never go to her house because it's too hard to deal with when she's hosting and will just constantly tell my kid "oh it's okay, you can have a cookie instead" or "here, take as many fruit snacks as you want! take an extra for the car!"

I actually find it much easier to call my parents out on this than my friend, who I know would be super upset if I told her directly to please stop. So instead I smile and say stuff like "no, we're all done with treats for the day but thank you soooo much" when I'm actually really irritating.[/quote]

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