I hate it when people pretend to cry to make my kids/ any other kid for that matter feel guilty

[flutterbye99]

Basically it is what it says on the tin.. I can’t stand it when people pretend to cry when a child won’t hug them or kiss them or even when they won’t just do something that they’re told. My partner disagrees and pretends to cry if my daughter won’t hug or kiss him and it makes me want to punch him in the face 😂😂 I find it manipulative.. what do you guys think?

My mil used to do this, it gave me the rage!
I would tell my child granny was being so silly and would roll my eyes. It soon stopped.

I've never known anyone do that, but have seen people say they're sad etc and agree very manipulative. I'd call it out in front of child.

And your DH, wtf?? He's teaching his daughter that other people's feelings are more important than hers or her bodily autonomy. Use small words to explain to him why this is a bad idea. It's abusive!

I have some elderly relatives that do this. It gives me the rage, it's horrible.

Mine is too small to understand it thankfully but if they keep doing it, I may well punch them in the face one day.

I've never encountered this and if I did I'd look at them like they'd lost their ever loving minds, how weird ans inappropriate.

Well I’m glad that I’m not the only one that thinks it. I genuinely believe that behaviour like that around children is not only manipulative in the moment but will lead to them being psychologically damaged in future and being people pleasers. I wouldn’t make my child or and other child kiss me or hug me if they didn’t want to 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t understand the appeal of forcing children to do something they don’t want to do! Maybe I think too much about psychological impacts like my DH says