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DS friend has irritated me

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Rollersea · 19/02/2023 23:13

My DS (10) has a relatively new best friend of around 6 months, my DS is super quiet in general DS friend is the total opposite which I think is nice and initially thought it would be good to help DS come out of his shell abit. Anyway I have noticed this friend is really quite rude in the way they speak to everyone including their own parents who just seem to allow it. Parents are absolutely lovely. Friend stayed over during half term and was quite demanding, I want this I want that, snatching, didn't say please or thank you at all, I was speaking to him on the way home and he just stuck his headphone in and ignored me completely. Dropped off at home and not a mutter of a thank you. I'm worried this behaviour will rub off on my DS. I did spoke to my DS not sure if it was the right thing to do and said I felt their friend was a bit rude sometimes and he said yes mum I thought the same! However my DS really likes this friend and I wouldn't stop them seeing eachother, friends parents invite my DS over often and he's always keen to go. I'm just not sure how to navigate this behaviour when in our home

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JustAnotherManicNameChange · 19/02/2023 23:50

You either stop inviting him, keep interactions with him to a minimum or pull him up on it.

I tend to do 1 or 2 with friends of DD's I'm not particularly fond of.

I'm not particularly worried about their behaviour rubbing off on DD as she's a pretty decent kid, she knows the rules and boundaries (and I'm quick to remind her if she "forgets") and she's pretty horrified herself sometimes by the way they act/talk, especially with their parents.

Aquamarine1029 · 19/02/2023 23:55

Friend stayed over during half term and was quite demanding, I want this I want that, snatching, didn't say please or thank you at all, I was speaking to him on the way home and he just stuck his headphone in and ignored me completely.

Why you didn't discipline him in your home is beyond me.

Alargeoneplease89 · 20/02/2023 00:12

Your DS is 10 so I don't think you have to worry about it rubbing off on him, he's old enough to know. I would have pulled his friend up on the snatching and no manners but putting his earphones would have been fine by me as I really couldn't be bothered to interact with him.

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