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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Kids are 9 (boy), 6 (girl) and 3 (girl) for sister, and two boys, 10 and 4, for cousin.

Also in the mix are my brother's kids, my kids and two cousins, kids, a full range from 6 down to newborn.[/quote]

So, the girls were upstairs, but there was a toddler in the kitchen.  Which of those 5 do you consider to be toddler age, or too young to be in a kitchen?[/quote]

[b]Stop with this, really.[/b]
If I ask someone to watch my child and they agree, then they shouldn't be asleep when I get back. Especially with a lake out the back door.[/quote]

At first I thought it was just different parenting styles too, until I read the parents disappear into town without informing anyone.  I don't care if you have one 10 year old.  That's sh*tty.

Please, for the love of G-d, directly talk to them about this.  My husband does nearly the same thing when we are visiting his family and it drives me up a wall.  I will say, "Hey, I'm going out for a run, you're in charge of DS," he'll agree, and then I get back and he's run out to the 7-11 for a few minutes or taking a shower or doing some other thing and has informed no one because the kids were all playing together and there were 4 other adults around and so he figured our son was supervised.  If other family members were in and out and tag-teaming it, I would have no problem with that, but he's literally the only one who will just walk away and tell no one.  It's so damn rude.  And I have spoken with him about this until I'm blue in the face, but because THEY don't say anything about it to him, he continues to do it.  I wish for once, his brother would say, "Hey, we don't mind watching all the kids some of the time, but you NEVER watch all the kids and frequently just disappear.  It's really not cool."

If you TALK to them about it and their behavior doesn't change, I would start having it impact their kids.  When no one can find their mom and dad, have their kids sit on a couch until they return.  Not allowed to play.  That will stop that sh*t right quick.[/quote]

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