My 9 year old is full of attitude lately. I have sepearated from her dad but we sometimes take the kids out. Today we went to a local national trust property with our 6 year old son too.
On arrival i announced we would walk around the lake then there was am acitivity event on they could do. 9 year old started stropping and saying we are boring. The lales boring.
When theyd finished painting they had uce creams and started saying they were thirsty etc. You get free water in the play area as drinks are crazy prices. They both started kicking off and refusing to go play but were stropping at the table. Their dad told them off and people looked at him. I told him people were looking. He said really loud im not bothered about other people. I popped outside for 5 minutes and when i weny back i could see my 6 year old was screaming. My ex came out fuming and had to go back in fir my 9 year old. It turns out they had found a ball and he had taken it off them due to their silly behaviour. As we were walking back to the car 9 year old made some comments under her breath and the next thing i know hes sreaming at her so loud that 2 old ladies stopped to turn around. I said to him thats enough and he snapped that he didnt care what they thought. I was absoloutely mortified.
The kids are not always like this. But they can be sometimes. He is a good dad and has alot of patience and spends alot of time trying to support her through her emotions. I genuinely mean that.
But im so mortified after today.