AIBU?
To want to slap my niece
LieselVentouse · 19/03/2007 09:03
Okay thats a bit of an exaggeration. DH, his brother and his dad took his mum out for a meal yesterday and 10yr old niece was a brat all day and basically ruined the whole day - my DD of course was an angel!!! DH said nobody said a thing and let her get away with it. Last night when putting DD to bed she said "niece said I was really dim etc. etc." DD is only 5. A ten yr old should surely not be acting a brat should they?
LieselVentouse · 19/03/2007 09:19
Every time MIL asked her a question she was doing that rolling eyes and shrugging shoulders stuff. My DD gave MIL her Mothers Day present and niece kind of throw hers at MIL - no kisses no hugs nothing. Then spent the rest of day running round restaurant like a loony. They decided to leave early. I have to say I wasnt there but when she starts taunting my DD with crap like that I really want to say something.
meeeeow · 19/03/2007 09:29
I would definatly say something. If my dd came home upset cos she was teased by another child, family or not, I would act on it. You every right to be angry.
Can your dh say something to his bro? If not, maybe next family gathering, makesure you are there so you can bring the behaviour to their attention there and then. They cant ignore it then can they!!
DumbledoresGirl · 19/03/2007 09:33
They enter puberty ever so early these days. It sounds like your niece has done that. My ds1 is 10 and I know from what he tells me that it is quite common for the girls in his class to be stroppy in this way.
I had a similar situation at Christmas when the wider family was all at my parents' house for 3 days. Ds1 took it upon himself to not talk to anyone except me, dh and ds2. I felt cross with him, but actually, in such a big crowd, his behaviour did not really stand out. My family noticed and commented afterwards but he didn't really spoil anything for anyone.
Your niece should have been disciplined IMO, but I am not sure how much that helps when the hormones are having their effect.
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twelveyeargap · 19/03/2007 10:00
I DID slap (on the bum, not hard, through jeans, before you all call social services) my 10 year old DD for being rude to her grandparents in the eye-rolling, shrugging, sighing way that only pre-teen and teen girls seem to manage. She got SUCH a shock - not that it hurt, just that I did it and she was SO embarrassed - that she'll never do it again.
I can't stand that sort of behaviour. Certainly a 10 year old should know better than to speak to a 5 year old like that. It's not excusable, but I think girls that age get frustrated with hormones/ feelings etc and take it out on those around them without really knowing why. Of course sometimes they're just brats.
Either way, it's not acceptable.
batters · 19/03/2007 12:55
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