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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like you want to be handed a medal for having your nieces and showing them, gasp, a college. My 12yo would not more be interested in touring a college than she would be in shooting a hole in her head.  I feel you are out of touch with this age demographic AND also mag have some issues/problems with this family you are not getting into here, like you expected them to treat you as a hero for taking them to a Tweetsie Railroad type of place and a college?  Yeah, tweens are way more complicated and HONEST than toddlers and will call it as they see it.[/quote]

Op here. No medal required but a thank you is basic human courtesy and something my 4 year old has mastered. I do find it strange how hard they are to please. It’s like they only want a steady stream of simple carbs and things (New clothes/purses/etc), and anything other than that is met with extreme resistance.

I’m realizing I’m more old school than I thought when I comes to manners/respect/etc.

Ultimately it doesn’t matter, I’m not their parent and I’m not raising them. I’m just here to entertain and spend some time with them for a long weekend.

I’m feeling reassured that this is not necessarily how ages 9-12 will look with my own kids and that’s what was freaking me out today. [/quote]

Right! You are not their parent, so just enjoy them!  Do some baking projects, arts and crafts, watch a few movies.  Make some memories so they will go home and know they can always be themselves with, and feel connected to, Aunt YourName.  LATER, if they are interested in the college near you, they will feel free to come to you.  But I feel they are out of sorts and also picking up in some stress and drama from you.  For example, the fact that you felt the need to put your own children with a babysitter to go to these places is crazy!  Let them hang around the house and spend time with their cousins, have some fun!  Make some memories!  I feel like you do not have a close relationship with them, and, if I am picking up on that, they are too, and that is contributing to their being out of sorts.  [/quote]

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