To get cross at overly confident, obnoxious, rude children?

[DameDoom]

I cannot go on... Bonnie Langford has moved next door. I'm living in a 1970's world with noughties values.
Bonnie is encouraged to express herself in flammable costumes at all times of the day whilst horribly bullying her 'friends'.
We bought her rose petal perfume last Sunday as she knocked on the door for over an hour until we answered and paid a fiver for the pop bottle filled with Tweed and Lidl's Suddenly Madame Glamour,parmesan shavings and toe-nail clippings... I really wouldn't mind and would happily buy a litres of the stuff if it was from a nice, creative child.
I am horrible obvs - and also a teacher to boot.

I'm afraid you're going to have to move.

YANBU. There's an obnoxious little darling at DD's Tumble Tots class. When all of the children are being asked what they've been up to over the past week, she has to speak first & loudest and then interrupts every single other child as they speak. E.g. a child is saying that they went to the park at the weekend - child interrupts with "I go to the park EVERY day"! and so on, and so on. The poor staff are exasperated with her by the end of the session.

She also has to choose which colour hoop/beanbag/balloon she works with first. If she doesn't get first pick she will stand there arms folded, foot stamping until she gets what she wants.

My DS1 has SEN and could be difficult at that age, but at least I made an effort to control his behaviour. Obnoxious child's mum just sits/stands there with an "oh, isn't she a darling?" look. She is entirely oblivious it would seem.

Practise saying 'no' from now on or it will be endless.

Bonnie Langford is lovely in real life. I remember 'Just William'. And I have known some delightful, precious flowers just like his nemesis, Violet.

Oh, and just to clarify, obnoxious child doesn't have SEN.

monkeybutler

1. Sen isnt always apparent
2. Im

Sure the mother of that child posted on aibu last week

Oh, I know it isn't Calleigh, but going from things the mother herself has boasted said about her DD, I am pretty confident that SEN is not a factor for this particular child. Unless, of course, her mother is also still unaware and it is something yet to be discovered/diagnosed.

And, ooo - I must have missed that thread! I wish I'd seen it. May have a rummage through.... .

Oh, and they cut down all trees in their garden - wild woodland to footie pitch.Nests. what nests? We did state that you can't move the hedgehogs home. Deaf ears.

This child and her mother knocked on your door for over an hour? That's insane. Why the hell didn't you tell them off for that instead of giving her money?

How could any mother encourage her DD to do that. It may cross my DCs mind but I sure wouldn't be facilitating it. Blame the mum.

And allways thats awful. She laughe?!? how much did you want to hit her with the shoes ( the mum)

I'm thinking of sending my teenage children plus the dog to knock at houses down the street, to see if they can get some money for university fees from a bunch of limp dandelions - worth a try

Next time pay with 'magic beans', 'fairy money' or offer to 'tell her fortune'. It is the only suitable recompense for her most potent fragrant concoction IMO...

Yeah I thought of that thread too Calleigh when I read Monkey's post.

You are telling us an adult knocked on your door for over an hour to sell you a bottle of dirty water for a fiver? and that you bought it?

Im guessing there's parts youre leaving out or embellishing.

YANBU OP. I know a child like this. I teach an instrument on a one to one basis, and all the children I teach except for one are polite, chatty and lovely to be with. The other child is difficult to describe. She is friendly to me, not hostile and outwardly rude, but she interrupts, talks over me, starts doing something else when I'm explaining something, picks up my belongings and starts examining them, tries to open doors and go into other rooms - I could write a long list.

I know her parents, they are lovely, and I'm sure they would tell me if there were any SN. She is 12, not a small child.

Now they've asked if I have room to teach the younger sister! My DC know her from school and say her behaviour is worse. Sadly I am full and can't take any more pupils for a while.

Give her 2p if you feel cornered

Damedoom Cutting all the trees down in her garden shows that the mother has no respect for anything, so probably encourages her dd to be the same ,or she's learned by example.

But it's not the child's fault. I was a teacher too, and I reckon the obnoxious, over noisy dcs are generally ignored by their carers.

Cutting all the trees down in her garden shows that the mother has no respect for anything

Bollocks. It shows she didnt want those trees in her garden. And fuck all else.

Hm yep and tbh if you were giving your opinion about her gardening decisions (which wouldn't have been mine but which were presumably legal - ie not a conservation area) maybe the mum has her own opinion about your ability to set boundaries.

Did the perfume have scent of Oak & Beech? Maybe the DM was making a point?

You didn't really spend £5 did you?

Can you explain again what happened last Sunday?

They cut the trees down?

That's bad and would make me hate them forever.

Next time pretend to play along and cut a rectangle of paper and write £5 on it. Ask for a bag and a receipt.

Maybe I'm stoopid, but I assumed the op exaggerated the door knocking for comedy effect? If it was an hour long, you need to move op!