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Topic: oh goody
itsmetina's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:25 PM


what if a kid was ringing your doorbell over and over the neighbor was mad.I'm just trying to be a good parent

you did the right thing, kids need to know their boundaries.

and yes, it is mild compared to what some other kids are doing but disrespect/respect starts somewhere, right?
agreed

EtherealEmbers's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:26 PM
laugh I'd be pretty annoyed and if I found out who it was, I'd probably spray water at them the next time they ran up... but I wouldn't go over to their parents' house to complain unless they did it for more than one day in a row...

I'm not saying you're being a sucky parent for sending his friend home by any means, but usually when you cut off friends for whatever reason, the kids will resent you for it and get into trouble in worse ways...

itsmetina's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:28 PM
he'll be able to play with him again.there needs to be a punishment when neighbors come over complaining.I'm teaching him to respect people

EtherealEmbers's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:29 PM
You could always make him do something nice for the neighbor to make up for itflowerforyou

itsmetina's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:30 PM
i thought about making him write an apology

crazy_lover's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:31 PM
i think you did the right thing, they need to learn respect, i have 3 boys almost teens...

itsmetina's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:32 PM
personaly i think it was his friend's influence but he needs to learn to tell his friends that they need to stop if they are doing something wrong

Sassier2u's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:32 PM

he'll be able to play with him again.there needs to be a punishment when neighbors come over complaining.I'm teaching him to respect people
flowerforyou Good for you not enough of you around the world these days the kids walk all over the parents and tell the parents what to do. Good For Youflowerforyou

EtherealEmbers's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:32 PM
If she's a mom maybe he could pick her some flowers and give her a nice hand made card with an apology :wink:

no photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:33 PM
Why dont you buy sidewalk chalk and take them out...and chalk there friends driveways at night....teach them to have fun in a harmless way, and you get to be in on the fun.


itsmetina's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:35 PM
Edited by itsmetina on Sat 05/10/08 06:35 PM
laugh laugh I'm not giving ideas.I egged a house once and was made to clean it while my sister got to go shoppingmad

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Sat 05/10/08 06:36 PM
Parents and kids do it all the time here...the key is supervision.

itsmetina's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:37 PM
yeah well I'm supervising him right now

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Sat 05/10/08 06:38 PM
fuddy duddylaugh laugh

malizza's photo
Sat 05/10/08 06:42 PM

Well good for you he needs to learn that lesson somehow..

a couple of years ago my son had friend over and he called the local Pizza place and order 21 pizzas I had a fit and made the friend admit what he did and go home.

so I am right there with you... we are creating men.. not boytoys.

MsCarmen's photo
Sun 05/11/08 10:55 AM
We live in a set of private town houses (they are in the country) There are five houses and all of us have lived here for quite some time so we all know each other pretty well. But I have one neighbor that has a little girl that consistently rings the doorbell. I'm talking she would come to your house, ask a question, leave and not even 5 minutes later would come back and ring the doorbell with another question. Well, instead of complaining to the parent (we thought that would be petty) or hurting the little girl's feelings, we all just talked to the landlord and had him disconnect the doorbell. Problem solved.

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