I know I probably got you with the title and that is okay. You see how do you deal with other peoples children. Recently my family had some friends staying over at our house. The child was out of control. He would yell and scream at his parents and they seemingly did nothing. The entirety of their stay not once did I see them discipline their child. Not saying that they needed to give him a butt whooping right then and there, but at least give your child a consequence for being disrespectful.
This child was all over the place. He would run up and down our hallways. He would he refuse to eat the majority of his dinner and be as loud as he possibly could. Again, I would like to point out that disciplining your child isn't going to make them the most perfect things to exist. It will help teach them that doing certain things is not good and EVERYONE needs guidelines to live by.
My mother spent most of her time out of the house with this boys mom. She hadn't seen her in about two years and that is okay. Let them have their fun. But what do you do when it falls upon your shoulders to say something to someone else's child.
You see, my father was having an important work call. He works from home the majority of the week. This boy was yelling and pound on a toy in our dining room. It was so loud that I could hear him over my headphones with the music blaring. I didn't want to walk into the room and ask him to stop because of something that had happened the previous day. I also didn't not want to say anything because I know it was hard for my dad on the call.
So, I eventually got up and ask the boy if he could play a little more quietly. Obviously, he did no such thing. His dad was also in the same room on a call. He was on speaker with someone for where he lived. The volume on his phone was turned up so loud because he couldn't hear over his son. When I initially walked into the room speaking with his son, he asked if the person he was talking to could hold.
When I began to actually speak to his son he just stared me down the entire time. Then when I was walking away he began talking on the phone once more.
Not only did this happen, but there were other instances like that during the time that they stayed.
Leave a comment saying how you would have handled the situation. Would you have confronted the father? The mother? Or would you have just spoken to the son like I did and called it a day?
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