I just had to leave a friend's house b/c his grandkids (with the permission of the mother) were allowed to walk around the living room with red and orange pop. We know how and where that ended up! LOL The mother was not worried about the carpet but, was worried b/c some spilled on her jeans!!

The reason that put it over the line for me was the four year old kids (with the mother's permission) felt it was a GOOD idea to hit adults in the face.

NOW AMERICA!! Am I overreacting or am I right to be perturbed?

Montel

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perturbed is putting it nicely, but you did the right thing removed yourself from that situation.

This is exactly why I approach people with children with great caution. I am not about to start the relationship meeting anyones kids or grandkids but if I get the drift that they are going to be a doormat for this kind of behavior I am NOT about to hitch my wagon and roll down the rode very far with them. I NEVER, I repeat, NEVER let my kids get away with treating me or my friends/family like that and I NEVER will. And that was no easy task with a profoundly handicapped child. Children LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE this mother and granparent was doing the child no favors.

Sounds like bad parents to me.

The gentleman is the GRANDFATHER and he is a good friend of mine. I do know that he lets his ENTIRE family walk over him. Therefore, I do not DARE approach the subject. Hence, I gotta kick rocks and returned after his kids and grand kids took off!!!

MY son gets away with nothing. My mother lets him get away with some stuff. But he knows how to act around people and he gets to enjoy things that most 4-year-old don't

If it is a friend and not a lover I would do just what you did. Commening on or correcting a kid/or Grandchild's behavior of a freind is a sure fire way to end a freindship. Bites but that is reality,

Thanks for the support PACIFIC STAR!!!

AS a grandparent I wouldn't let my children or my grandchildren act that way.

I would be telling my daughter to control her kids.

i would have left also and then later called and let them know why I left and that I couldn't tolerate watching that behavior.