Parents Wrestling with Kid Behavior

“We have just had neighborhood kids over our house without parents. For friends outside the neighborhood, we mostly meet at the park or friends' parents stay with the kids at our house. The kids we've had without their adults have generally been really misbehaved. We had a new family move to our neighborhood this summer. My daughter, 8, has befriended her and we finally had her come over alone. This girl went into my bedroom without my daughter even with her (it's usually a rule that”

“My 6 year old daughter has friends that live on our block and there are two girls in particular that she gravitates toward. The issue is that one of the girls is possessive of the second girl and often tries to either leave my daughter out or acts friendly for awhile but ultimately every interaction ends poorly - a broken toy, a rude remark (making her feel less than usually), a bad decision. My husband and i have tried to talk to the girl about it and have at times spoken to her parents about t”

“My 4yo (F) is obsessed with her friends in her class and wants to see them / schedule things with them constantly. However, I don’t think I was strict enough with pulling her away when she wasn’t treating them well or being a good friend at age 3ish. She can be very bossy, stubborn, and always wants to get her way and at age 2-3 a lot of her friends would just follow her around and let her boss them around. Now, at almost 4.5, these same friends are realizing they have a choice in who they play”

“How do you deal with kids under five just being super attached to their Mum? When we are all home all they wanna do is climb all over their mum and don’t leave her alone. It’s got to the point where I ask her to go out and do something so that the kids can just settle and organically play and I can get on and do household chores and things around the house without any issues. When she comes back home all they want to do is clamber all over her and the two year-old just wants to be held by her th”

“I have a 6 year old daughter and a 10 year old daughter and BOTH of them are obsessed with "squishies" right now. Anything you can think of is being turned into a squishie. Just a few months ago it was those darn Labubus. I'm going broke. Send help. 🤣 submitted by /u/staygroovykat [link] [comments]”

“I've posted this in another subreddit but thought I'd ask for more input here. It has been about a year of living in my new apt. The neighbors NEXT DOOR has 2 kids, one is about 4-5y and another is a newborn. The toddler runs like this everyday (might have to turn volume up bc my phone does a sh*tty job of capturing sounds). The thing is abt 3 months into living here, I've heard my super tell them off for allowing their kid to jump and from how he said it, it sounds like it’s not the”

“Hi! My daughter is 7 and just entered 2nd grade and I struggle to allow her to invite friends over to play which has let her to be left out of play dates because some moms of course don’t like that I only send my daughter over to play at their houses. The thing is I am a young mom and still in uni so my apartment is very small, my daughter has her own room and it’s quite big but I sleep in the living room like a loft style basically on a sleeping couch and the whole apartment doesn’t allow for a”

“I’m wondering if we are being too strict or if other parents would feel the same way. We have family friends who have an 8-year-old child. Whenever they come to our house, there are usually multiple incidents involving their child that leave us stressed and uncomfortable. For example: When they arrive at our house, he will immediately go through my kids’ toy boxes and flip through all of them, scattering the contents everywhere, and doesn’t put anything back. He has gone into our bedroom without”

“Just a little rant for Monday morning. Why do kids of all ages insist on putting every sticker they receive on their mirrors or windows? Even when I tell them not to, they still do it. I just imagine my daughter, staring into the middle of a sticker mirror collage every morning telling herself it’s gonna be a good day. submitted by /u/Flat-Table8787 [link] [comments]”

“My wife and I just bought our first house 🥳 We have a 7 year old and a 10 year old, both boys, and they can really go at it with one another sometimes. When we started house hunting we wanted to get a three bedroom so they can each have space from one another when they need it, but also as they start getting older they’ll appreciate the privacy. It has been a little over two weeks since moving. The first week took a little adjusting for both of them, but ultimately they were able to make it wor”

“My 6 year old and I visit my mom occasionally on the weekends. Without fail, my kid acts up every time, overwhelming me and my mom. This kid will argue and debate about anything. Everything. Always on go. Always wants to be doing something. Has to lay her legs across me when on the couch so I have no personal space. I’m constantly getting touched. She has emotional outbursts when I say no. Always wants a screen in her face. She’s never happy with anything, so why even bother trying? Even family”

“My 4-year-old has always been a kid who likes a lot of interaction and attention, but lately it has gotten out of control. He is CONSTANTLY pestering the adults in the house (me, his dad, and my mom). When I say pestering, these are some examples: A steady stream of "Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. I love you! Hi. Hi. Hi. HI! Mom. Mom? Nana. Nana. Nana. HI NANA! I love you Nana!" Asking "what's this?" about EVERYTHING, mostly things he 100% knows what they are Asking for constant fee”

“We have an only kid. She used to be enthusiastic to go out and do stuff, but since she turned 4, she wants to stay home and play with dolls all the time. She goes to school and seems to be a little shy and overwhelmed, but pretty social. And for the summer weeks that I'm busy, we have her in a bunch of summer camps which can be 3-6 hours long each. The thing is, once she's at home, I can move mountains, but I can't convince her to go out and do stuff. She wants to stay home "bec”

“Good day! So two summers ago, a close female friend and her two sons stayed with us for a few days. Her oldest son is wonderful, but the younger one (who was 5 at the time) was extremely spoiled by his mum and grandma. He had some behavioral issues that made my family very uncomfortable. For context, he fixated heavily on my wife. In the car or on public transport, he would physically cling to her. My own son (who's two years younger) got very jealous, but the boy wouldn’t let go. It wasn&#3”

“We have a group of cousins and friends (very old childhood friends) and whenever we get together the kids are basically having a huge playdate. Sometimes its just us and sometimes we do have some nannies around. Anyway my closest friends child is a very very beyond difficult child, very aggressive and basically enjoys annoying the kids and adult. He is only 4 but his behavior with hurting others has been that was for as soon as he started walking. Not at 4 its less of hitting, more of spitting,”

“I have a friend who has a child a little older than my own. Our kids met at school (hers was a late starter, so they're in the same grade) and have played together a few times outside of school, but recently her kid has started having serious behavioral issues. To make it easier, I'll call her kid Joe, and mine is Benny. Joe is a large child and has started being aggressive toward other kids. At Benny's birthday party, we had to ask Joe and his mom to leave because Joe was trying to”

“I have a nearly 6 year old( girl) and a nearly 7 year old(boy). I always watch closely when they play in the yard/on the swing set. I either sit in the window or sit on the porch with my 7 month old. Eventually a girl around my daughters age from across the street started coming over to play. I eventually met the girls parents we exchanged phone numbers and now occasionally my kids are allowed to play in their yard. My kids have asked to go inside and I say no. This is still new we all need time”

“My almost 7 year old has this propensity to become OBSESSED with friends/other kids. He will orient his whole day around the possibility of getting to see said friend. He is particularly obsessed with the neighbor kids as his grandparents house. He asks to go to their house all day long. He waits by the window for them to come home. If he hears they are at the community pool he has to be there. He will stake them out and if it doesn’t work out it’s the end of the world. I know it’s normal for ki”

“We have nice new windows in our house…but they’re so fancy I’m not sure how to childproof them. They‘re double hung but they don’t only open from the bottom like I’m used to…they also open from the top, AND you can tilt the windows inwards for cleaning (at which point if you let go they just fall off). Anyone had any luck securing these types of windows? submitted by /u/Decent_Flow140 [link] [comments]”

“My middle child who is a daughter is turning 13. She wants to do something big for her birthday party. We in the past have allowed 3-4 friends and done things like Worlds of Fun and Great Wolf Lodge. We are near Kansas City. Any suggestions? Help please! submitted by /u/One-Pain5886 [link] [comments]”

“We were in the garden a few weeks ago at night in the dark and an owl flew from the fence right next to us and over to a ledge close by where we could see it. My son absolutely jumped out of his skin and was scared but then was fine and saying hello to the owl. This must have stuck because for the last week now he has been saying “owl coming” once it gets dark and buries his head into me and when in bed buries his head into the pillow and lays dead still saying it over. He also said it when we w”

“My 4 year old was potty trained at 2 and a half. We’ve gone back and forth with accidents since but she had it down! This past year it’s been so hard and she’s constantly having poop accidents, I’m at my wits end. She’s no longer having them while she’s at nursery which is great, but she’s having them on the weekends at home. At nursery they have a bathroom schedule and at home I remind her as well but I’m not in her body and I can’t tell when she needs to poop. She’ll go to the bathroom sometim”

“I am having behavioral issues with my 12 year old daughter. She is already acting as if she knows everything. Any time I try to explain to her something, her reaction is, 'boring'. The only discipline she listens to is when I threaten to cut down her internet. Nothing else she fears. She has been a pampered child and now in the last few years I am trying to train her to act sensibly which I am having a hard time with. Off late asking for privacy is another headache, often she likes to lo”