If you have grumpy kids in the morning...

[Anonymous]

How does your AP deal with it? My kids are evil and hate waking up and don't say good morning or are pleasant.

Heck, I hate mornings too...

Anyway, I try to talk to them about being nicer and try to curb their behaviors but they still have bad mornings.

Meanwhile, the AP is all sulky about how they are so mean to her and they don't say good morning and etc. she's hardly friendly in the morning so it just contributes to their grumpiness.

Is yours like this?

I can only work on my children but I can't make her happier.

Help!

[Anonymous]

How old are your kids?

[Anonymous]

7 and 4

[Anonymous]

Thanks, OP. Then I think your AP needs to get over it. No, neither of our APs have been like this. My kids aren't grumpy, but they do whine that they would prefer me to take them to school. I let my AP know that kids are fickle and not to take anything they say personally. She's an adult about it.

[Anonymous]

Another bratty AP. Wow. These agencies need to be bitch slapped. I would have a heart to heart with OP to get over it. Her whining to me would not be tolerated. I hired her to relieve stress, not add to it. If she couldn't step it up I would send her home. Host families are getting sick of this juvenile BS.

[Anonymous]

I think you need to emphasize "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" to all involved. Tell the kids that if they feel they can't be nice when they first wake up, that they should wait to start conversations until they've woken up more. And AP needs to be clear that silence does not equal rudeness. I personally am also a bear when I wake up, and if I try to really interact with someone I've found I'm snippy and rude. Best for both parties to hold off until they've had a chance to really wake up.

[Anonymous]

Our son tries to pull this sometimes in the mornings. We send him to sit by himself until he's ready to be a human being. 4 and 7 year olds do not get the option of being rude.