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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.  Our kids obey us but it’s normal for us to have to remind them to do their kitchen chores, especially our son. Are they the most behaved…no.  Overall do well.  Make their own lunches, breakfast, homework except the 6 yo. She needs more help due to age.  It feels like her expectations are that of dealing with adults.  I don’t like coming home from work and feel like she’s tattling to me that a child didn’t put their dish away.  I feel like an au pair should be able to handle this.[/quote]

It sounds to me like she’s not comfortable being the disciplinarian, or she thinks that she’s not supposed to discipline. What comes across to you as tattling is letting you know that your children are not doing what they’re expected to do so that you can discipline. Have you tried having a sitdown conversation with her about when to remind the children, how to remind them, what needs to happen if they do not follow through? Have you had a conversation with her about her needing to make sure that a certain list of things are done by the children, or by her if she’s not going to have the children do them, by the end of her shift?[/quote]

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