mother inlaw keeps talking badly about us (rant)
This is kind of long I apologize. So my husband and I, have rules that we expect our children to follow. Lately they have been going through a really bad not listening spell. Which my mother inlaw doesn't seem to understand. She can't stand our rules. We expect them to say yes ma'am/sir and no ma'am/sir, we expect them to have good table manners (chewing with mouth closed), we cut them off from beverages at 7:45pm, no back talking, or hitting. We do ground our children when they are in trouble. We take toys and do not allow any tv for a day. We don't like spanking, but a brief tap on the butt if needed my husband will do. Only on extreme circumstances (if one hits the other). So we have been working on techniques that we discussed with our pediatrician to help with correcting bad behavior. Like grounding and not giving them attention. My mother inlaw has been helping take the kids to preschool for two days. On the first day she apparently went home and complained to her other son that we are too strict and we don't know how to parent. Today she dropped them off and my son had refused to do his worksheet and hit another child (which we know he has been doing) and she tried to say that he didn't sleep because she knows he has had the sniffles. That's not the case because he has been going through a phase of being handsy/mean with other kids. Every time we leave our kids with her they come back so rude and have disgusting attitudes. My son came home two days ago and told me his ninja turtles mug was for coco and dumped his water on my kitchen floor. All because she tells them mugs aren't for water or juice. She doesn't punish them. My son will kick her to be mean and says nothing to him. I have to take him to the other room and get on him. My son will cry and scream at them if he doesn't get what he wants at her or at his grandad. But we don't know how to parent. My mother inlaw and father inlaw are always trying to tell us how to raise our kids and if we get on them in their presence his mother always huffs and puffs. She said we are not allowed to tap our kids on the hands in front of her. I'm at my wits end about it all. My husband has told her multiple times to mind her business, but she doesn't listen. Now she is pitching a fit because we hired a sitter instead of letting them watch our kids for Valentine's Day. Ugh...I can't deal with them.
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