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You know, I'd suggest you actually stand up for kids in situations like this.  It is *not* okay for another adult to yell at your child multiple times and make them cry.  What sort of message does it send to your kids that their parents won't actually stand up for them when they are getting yelled at for things that are clearly meant to send a message to some other kid?  I don't see how you can stand your children being made an example of.[/quote]

OP here. This is very hurtful to me because I would be so sad if my DDs came away from those experiences thinking that we didn't stand up for them. DH and I did what we thought was best. We also told my DDs that BIL and SIL should not have yelled at them, and that he was wrong to do so. I guess instead of saying "let us handle it next time," we could have said "don't yell at our kids!" but the truth is that i was a little afraid to, i guess. i didn't want to make an already uncomfortable situation even more uncomfortable for all of us. so instead we gently told BIL to let us handle it, and then told DD that she does need to respect their family's riles, but even so that he was wrong to yell at her. [/quote]

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