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[quote=Anonymous]I wonder if part of the problem is they made me tired from traveling. They are staying at your house, right? Maybe they are not sleeping well or enough. Not an excuse, but it could explain some of the issues.

I think the behavior is bratty, yes. I don’t have kids but I have two teen step kids and nieces and nephews from three sets of parents. My step kids are not bratty like this. I do have two sets of nieces and nephews like this. The third set is not like this. The two sets that are, their parents spoil them a lot with toys and gifts. Actually, the grandparents on the other side are really the ones that spoil them.

I’m not sure money or class have much to do with this. I was raised in a well off family in a small mill town. I often noticed that the kids from less wealthy families had more than I did wrt toys and clothes and accessories. I had as many books as I wanted and went to a private boarding school and college and summer camp. But I didn’t get three swatches and a ton of Nintendo games or dolls and didn’t get many new clothes and never got a car. I think sometimes parents who can’t give their kids the big things like private school and summer camp might actually be more likely to spoil them with little things like cheap toys because it’s their way they can treat their kids.[/quote]

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