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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not the kids it’s the parenting[/quote]

This. We’re a “girl family” that vacations with a “boy family”. The boys are high energy and, yes, feral at times. BUT they know when the right time for that is and we make sure they get A Lot of time to be wild and crazy in a way that doesn’t bother others. Frankly the girls are feral by midweek as well. Their parents have high standards for manners and respect and the kids meet those standards. Theres none of this boys will be boys and so no expectations garbage.[/quote]

You've seen the boys with their parents and your girls. You haven't seen them at a friend's drop off birthday party with 8 other boys. It is not the same. [/quote]

True, but as well brought up kids if an adult told them to cool it they would do so. Kids who don’t respond to adults correcting them have permissive parents.[/quote]

Not always. The kid that is most frequently out of control or on the border in our friend group has parents who are working with him and who are trying to get things smoothed out. The kid is on medication and is working with someone because he has a legit diagnosis. But he is a kid and he does have something going on and he cannot control his responses all the time especially when in an excitable situation. He does respond when told no but he is not likely to remember that no 15 minutes later because he has little to no impulse control and struggles with emotional regulation.

All of us are aware of that. He is not a bad kid, he just needs more reminders and guidance. It is improving as he ages but he is going to be at a different place than most of his peers well into teenage years. Not gonna lie, we don’t invite him to everything because he can be a bit much and it is overwhelming for my kid as well as us. DS invites him when he thinks it is going to be fun to have the kid there but that isn’t everything. DS doesn’t tell us that but when we see who DS is inviting and to what and we can see the trend. And that is fine.

But there are parents who are working with their kids but the kids have more going on and it just takes more. [/quote]

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