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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How well do your kids listen to you? Mind what you say? I'm on vacation with family and my nieces (3 & 5YO) do not listen to their parents, not at all. Don't even pretend to. They're very sweet girls, and lots of fun, but they seem to be a bit out of control. That said, I have a 13MO so I don't know whether their behavior is typical and this is what I have to look forward to in a few years, or if it's avoidable. They'll be told "eat your dinner, don't sing at the table, take a nap or you don't go to the beach" and they don't eat their dinner, they sing at the table and they don't take a nap but go to the beach. Just curious what I have in store for me in the future (and [b]whether or not I should stop judging my SIL[/b] ;-) )![/quote]

Well, if you're judging your SIL, you'd better be judging your brother, too.

No kid listens and obeys all the time.  And on vacation, it's awfully tempting to let more things slide, because it can feel really awkward to punish your kids in front of others, especially if the consequences are that the kids don't go to the beach with everyone else, etc.  I feel like I'm going to get judged either way, so I just go with what I feel is right, which is sometimes being a little looser on vacation so that I have the chance to have fun, too.  [/quote]

Why not judge your brother, too?

I agree with those that say that I let things slide a bit more while we are on vacation.  The only I would say is that if you are going to do that, don't make empty threats.

And stop judging - you have a child that is a year old.  [/quote]

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