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More awful 4 yr old behaviour.... how embarrassing

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LJsmum · 13/11/2004 09:46

An acquaintance of ours came over yesterday afternoon with his daughter. I was out on the verandah, pushing ds (4) on the swing. Dh came outside with friend and his daughter, and we all stood around talking for a while. Ds was very quiet for about 20 mins, just listening to everything. Then all of a sudden he says "Mummy, I want those people to go away". Everything went quiet, and then ds said "I want them to go away. Can they go inside please Mummy?" When we tried to laugh it off (I was feeling just a TAD embarrassed at this point), ds pointed at the door and said loudly, "GO!" - as though ordering them off the property. I felt terrible. I apologised to them and took ds aside later & told him not to speak to people like that in future, & that it wasn't nice to tell visitors to go away.

Has this kind of thing happened to anyone else or is my son just behaving like a little brat?! He normally likes people coming over and he's usually quite friendly, but I don't know what came over him. I just hope they weren't offended

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WideWebWitch · 13/11/2004 09:48

They shouldn't be offended: you didn't say it and he's only 4! You did the right thing telling him it was rude but don't make too big a deal of it or, ime, 4yos realise it's something they can do to get a biiig reaction from you.

MrsBigD · 13/11/2004 09:52

Hi there, don't think your acquantance would be offended, considering they've got a kid of their own and probably have had their trials and tribulations as well.

DD, nearly 3, has the /charming/ habit of telling visiting friends 'it's time to go home NOW'. We just ignore it and kindly tell her that it's not up to her to decide, She usually does it if we in her opinion don't pay her enough attention... has gotten a bit worse since ds's arrival 10wks ago

jane313 · 13/11/2004 09:54

I'm sure they weren't. My friends son once said to his mum, "why is she here again?" I just laughed. A year later when I was staying with them he asked his Dad 'cos he was too embarrassed to ask himself if he could read his school reading to me. aaah

jane313 · 13/11/2004 09:55

oops, his school reading book.

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