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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]

They were bratty. No doubt.

But you sound really out of touch. Your own kids will probably act like this in some sense (girls are harder than boys I think at this age, so don't go applauding yourself too much about it when they aren't too bad), but they won't because you will be in tune with what they want. You seriously took teenaged girls to a college and old tiny town as a favor to THEM?! Of course they hated it. They shouldn't have been bratty about it but there's no way they thought this was a favor for them - it seems they didn't pick up on the fact that is how you intended it, but how could you blame them?[/quote]

My girls would have enjoyed this as tweens and would known better then to complain non stop even if they did not enjoy it.

They just sound what I would call high maintenance.  Some people just relate to the world through constant judgements and complaints.   Just carry on.  It sounds like you are teaching them about being a great host and also trying to throw in some enjoyable and educational experiences along the way.  Good luck today.   They may well tell their parents when they get home that they had a great time![/quote]

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