Admit it, other peoples children are, well, difficult to get along with some times aren't they...

[tightwad]

They are aren't they, admit it, you cant get on with every one and adore all children all the time now can you??

Or is it just me getting irritated and on my last very thin thread of nerve endings when a child is VERY vERY difficult.

i do try, i do, i try so hard but some times its just not possible and a girl just has to walk away inhaling deeply yes??????

Oh yes. There is more than one child in DD's class who I find difficult to say the least. DD is a challenge to me, she is a so and so at home but angelic, charming, amusing and witty, kind and polite outside.

So agree. In fact I'd rather clean public toilets with my bare hands than work with children.

I think people's personalities are set fairly early on. An irritating child becomes an annoying adult who becomes a simply abominable OAP.

ALL kids are hard to get along with sometimes .... it's only because we love ours that we put up with it !!

i was about to say i find mine the hardest - however obnoxious someone elses child is, they are Someone Elses Problem.

Am I the only one finding this thread rather unpleasant

All children display nice and not-so-nice traits, and almost all children behave badly, whinge, etc. Each parent finds their own way of dealing with it, which is why other people's children are "difficult to get along with" - it is simply because they're not your child so you don't know the best way to deal with them.

Not saying everyone has to like everyone else (whether child or adult) but find it pretty nasty to slag off "other peoples children" in general. Unless of course you're just misanthropic generally

But that's what Mumsnetters are great at .... slagging off 'other peoples' children ... but the funny part about it all is our kids are 'the other children' .......