To let them kill each other?

[AnnonniMoose]

Endless school holidays. Children - constantly bickering and trying to kill each other.

WIBU to just let them get on with it so I can have some peace & quiet?

[IncyWincyGrownUp]

I’ve told my two that the one with the fewest injuries has to do the A&E run if they fight as I’m on strike. They’re 12 and 7. Lots of blinking. They’re now back to just flinging accusations at each other instead of books and laundry.

I also told them that for every time I have to repeat a simple request they will lose 5 minutes of game time. Oddly enough, they’ve discovered they’re relatively good at listening when they put their minds to it.

[tolerable]

my rwo boys? are 24 and 9.oldest graduated uni in summer,has(sense/option)to stay two streets away at dads,youngest has text or call relic phone. sends "ma loves me more".."help,she is mad"oldest took him driving range(golf)job done.

[AnnonniMoose]

Also, 'Muuuuummmm, I'm a little bit hungry' every 5 minutes may actually end me.

IKR? What's with the increase in appetite during the holiday?

[AnnonniMoose]

@SeaToSki - how the AF do you remain even remotely sane??? I thought 6.5 weeks was bad .

@sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea - brilliant . I can see WWIXVXII breaking out if I do that, but I'm soooo going to .

[Graphista]

Oh you poor things!

I've only dd and she's past this stage but I used to be a childminder and I'm eldest of 3 myself so I definitely have some experience of this.

My mums the eldest of 6 and was often left "in charge" during school holidays (no childcare then and parents both worked 2 jobs each!)

And one of her siblings is definitely "can cause trouble in an empty box" type - STILL like that now, the other siblings don't tell them anything secret or surprise related etc as they'll still mention it to the worst person possible! And they're in their 60's and 70's now! It's actually quite amusing from an outsiders perspective when they end up STILL arguing over who stole who's dolls pram in 1959 and why he dropped me in it with dad about that boy I was seeing dad disapproved of - they totally revert to kids!

Her mum did once kinda lose the plot and "tied" them all together with a skipping rope at the waist on one occasion very briefly until they could co-operate (similar idea to pic)

My mum always said (wondering if scottishbadgers mum is also scots?)

As long as nobody's bleeding or dying I'm not interested! Sort it among yourselves!

Bro still comments (we're all in our 40's now) how he usually stayed well out of it if I was fighting with my sister "cos girls get VICIOUS when they fight! Boys throw punches and kick, girls bite, scratch, pull hair, clothes, use weapons!"

He was less likely to fight physically with us but was a pita for "niggling" shit - poking in arms or legs, nipping, whiny voiced "impersonations" repeating things we'd said, hiding toys etc - git

We were lovely to him 😇

Hmm ok maybe not...we may have niggled him too and ganged up on him once too often 😈

[AnnonniMoose]

Btw, this is what I do when I want to embarrass DD1 in public . DD2 happily sings along, but DD1 gets soooo embarrassed.

[Quellium]

"Mum, you've forgotten to do my second breakfast!".

I think, my dear child, you'll find I haven't. Mainly because That. Isn't. A. Thing.

[user1496146479]

Spare a thought for us in Ireland! Kids have been off since last week of June!

[highheelsandbobblehats]

My mother used to say 'If you are going to fight each other, be prepared to fight to the death. I will not be intervening to save you
Stolen!

And that bellend of an ice cream man who drives around my house three times a day? There is a place in hell for you my friend. A special place. Jingly jangly twat.
Wins the thread!

I have two boys 8 and 6. There's not so much physical fighting as niggling bickering and take telling. 'Muuuuuum... He saaaaaaid' repeat ad infinitum.

They're at my MIL with my DH at the moment. They went Tuesday morning and will be home around 8pm. I was supposed to go too but I came down with tonsillitis at the weekend so couldn't. I'm currently lounged in my PJs in my silent house. Bliss.

This from @ZenNudist resonated with me so much though. I should learn not to do anything nice for them. They are overindulged over tired and in need of routine.

She says with two nights of glamping next week planned followed by 5 nights in France to end the holidays. But hell, in France they've got a man made lagoon. And the decking of the bar is on the beach. Cheers!

[HouseworkAvoider10]

Leave them fucking kill each other, I say.
Half of the bickering and endless squabbling is purely just for attention anyway.
ungrateful little shites.

[Luckingfovely]

I'm in total favour of throwing the whole bloody lot of them into a deep pit.

[TremblingFanjo]

I have the two little ones (9 & 11) either rolling around on the floor fighting, or constantly whining "Muuuummmmm he just" - now I've watched them and I know it is 50/50 in who is annoying who and that they are evenly matched physically as the 11 yo may be bigger but the 9 yo is a vicious bugger however the older two (13 and 15) and constantly trying to referee and getting on my back about Parenting them. Apparently I shouldn't be ignoring them, I should be interfering and I should be limiting screen time, snacks and all sorts of other things. Yet, when I do they have a shit fit that my rules also apply to them. Wankers

[whothedaddy]

@ScottishBadger

My mother used to say 'If you are going to fight each other, be prepared to fight to the death. I will not be intervening to save you '

My mum took it one step further (too far) and would say, "girls, the knives are in the kitchen make it quick and don't make too much mess"

[highheelsandbobblehats]

My mum took it one step further (too far) and would say, "girls, the knives are in the kitchen make it quick and don't make too much mess"

😂😂😂😂😂 Your mum is a legend.

[BirdandSparrow]

We're in Spain, where they broke up on 21 June and don't go back til 11 September.

[Areyoufree]

I read one of my favourite pieces of advice for dealing with bickering kids on here. One poster said that she had made 'incident report forms', and that if any of her kids came up to her complaining about another one, she would make them fill out a detailed incident report, before she would even listen to the complaint. And the reports had to be completed in duplicate.

[CheshireChat]

Quellium it is if you're a Hobbit . Have they been reading Lord of the Rings recently?

[AnnonniMoose]

How do you guys in Ireland, the US and Spain even survive the holidays? .

The only logical conclusion is that whoever thought such long holidays are a good idea is a single man without any children. This narcissist sat in parliament and had a nice laugh thinking of all the parents suffering. He then went home to his £ gazillion mansion and drank some Dom Perignon while sitting in his hot tub and felt great satisfaction with a job well done. Knobhead!

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

"I found a fantastic tip to instantly stop arguments. Tell them the next person who opens their mouth to argue gets a chore to do."

My MIL tried something similar with dh and dbil, when they were 8 and 4 and wouldn't stop arguing in the car, @Iwantacookie. She told them that, if either of them said one more word, she'd stop the car and turf them out to walk home. Dh immediately said that it wasn't him - it was his brother doing all the arguing - so she stopped the car and made them both get out!!

She was on a very quiet stretch of road that was fenced either side and had no side turnings for a mile and a quarter, so she knew they couldn't get into danger. She parked up after a mile and a quarter, in a layby, and waited. The road rose and fell, so she could see, in her rear view mirror, as these two little figures trudged into sight at the top of each rise, and disappeared into each dip - so she knew they were safe.

When they got back into the car, they were both very well behaved. Mind you, I am not sure you'd get away with doing that now!

[megletthesecond]

Yanbu.
I've muttered about setting up a boxing ring in the living room.

[icanbewhatiwant]

I'm glad mine aren't the only ones. Though really they should know better as they are much older. 18, 15 and 10. We went on holiday for a week and they did not stop arguing. It was embarrassing. Everywhere we went they were constantly bickering. The youngest spent half the holiday crying after the older 2 had teased him. I'm sure no ones children can be as bad as mine.
We aren't taking all 3 away together ever again! Thankfully the school holidays after our actual holiday aren't too bad. The oldest goes to work all day, the middle one works 3 mornings a week and sleeps the other days, so I just have the youngest but he's bored, if he comes across a brother they argue. I've had my fair share of kids fighting through the holidays over the years.
I counted earlier...17 days left for us.

[justjuggling]

Mine don’t argue with each other, they’re as thick as thieves. They prefer to gang up on me and it’s felt like much of the holidays has been a battle, 2 vs 1. 🙄

[olliebeak1951]

Back in the 60s, where my siblings and I were aged about 14, 12, 9 and 4 our dad worked permanent night shifts as a lorry driver and mum was out at work all day. We weren't allowed to be indoors during the school holidays for fear of waking dad up. We used to go to local farms to work and the money we earned was used for cinema trips on rainy days .

When my three were being brats in the school holidays, my comment was always 'If you're going to kill each other, please do it quietly and DON'T make a mess!'

[Expectingkittens]

This summer was feeling much easier than last summer until today. Today I've had enough. They get on well tbh, its usually the youngest who causes any issues. But the constant asking for food and drinks. Omg! They don't want this much at school ffs.

[AlisonOrdnung]

I told my two years ago that I was empowering them to del with conflict themselves by not getting involved. One of my few parenting successes.