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[quote=Anonymous]My brother’s family just left. They are a lot like your in laws. Two young kids, ages 4 and 1. They practice “gentle parenting” aka not parenting. Our kids are older and very well behaved and even they were really annoyed by their cousins’ behavior. Finally, toward the end of the visit, I started saying things directly to the parents after many attempts to kindly redirect their kids. I’d say to my brother “Joe, make sure Simon doesn’t take food out of the kitchen.” That’s the only thing that worked. Me saying “Simon please stay here to eat” didn’t work. Me saying “we don’t eat in the living room” didnt work. I had to give directions and not add any pleases or thank yous or they’d ignore. They will not be staying w us again maybe ever but at least not til their kids are much older.[/quote]
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