A little put off
So home from a long day in class (passed my big major test and the class, go me!) get home all the kids are happy to have me home and actually spend some time with me. I ask my kids about their day and...... SO left my 10 yr old in charge of his 4 and 5 yr old for an hour while he ran my DD on some errands and while they played outside. Okay so first issue I have is that is way to much responsibility for a 10 yr old, and both his kids got in trouble said the F word (yeah both of them, yes that F word). Then I found out my DD had to get woke up this morning by her brother to put SO's son in time out (yes I allow her to do this to her brother when she babysits him any other punishment has to go through me) but SO's kids? Supposedly my son had tried to wake SO up but he wouldn't wake up. I know my son doesn't do a very good job trying to wake grown ups I think he's afraid he'll get yelled at. So my DD put his son in timeout and when SO got back from errands he punished both his kids (he is fairly strict on them but kinda has to be as it seems they do and say whatever when they aren't here) So I'm just really not comfortable with my son watching his kids or my daughter punishing them she's just used to the responsibility of her normal babysitting jobs and did what she would of normally. Then as SO's kids are getting ready for their BM to get them his daughter says as she hugs me goodbye "I'm not gonna be good for my mom like I am for you" I was shocked I know there are some issues with their BM but still. So I told her "that would be a terrible thing to do to your mom and would really hurt her feelings if you don't listen and misbehave for her. You be a good girl and work really hard in school" I didn't know what to say. It's weird random things like that, that catch me off guard and I have no idea if I'm saying or doing the right thing!
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Congrats on your school
Congrats on your school performance. Please keep us updated on how your education goals are progressing.
On the kids disciplining kids topic ....... I am a bit lost on who is watching who and how old the DD who is disciplining her sibs/stepsibs.
A 10yo watching a 4&5yo is inappropriate IMHO. I have no set age for a kid to be a responsible sitter but 10 is definately not old enough. Again IMHO.
I am 6yrs older than my brother and even when he was 8-9yo and I was 14-15 if I had tried to discipline him he would have taken extreme exception to it. I can't say that I would blame him either.
This is a parents job not a sibs job. Expecially a 10yo's job.
In this situation it was
In this situation it was kinda both my kids my DD 15 babysits her brother and will put him in time out if he's really bad and he accepts it and it rarely happens cause he's usually pretty good for her, but yesterday she put the skids in time out when their dad was still in bed and they went she may be 15 but both fortunately and unfortunately seems older to most people because she behaves more maturely and responsibly than most teenagers. Yesterday though it was more a concern about leaving my DS 10 in charge of the little ones and I spoke to SO about it my DS asked that it never happen again and apologized to his sister for all the times he was a pain to her
my SO said he understood that it was too much responsibility for my DS and he wouldn't do it again he just thinks of my kids as older than they are because they are well behaved (as much as a kid can be) and responsible for their ages. So I guess the real question is if you had a babysitter and your kids misbehaved would you allow the babysitter to put them in time out? As the skids went to time out for my DD they respect that she has some authority but I'm waiting for there to be backlash from it. Other than SO sleeping in yesterday he mostly handles his kids punishments (and so far I'm lucky he doesn't let them get away with anything)
Ah hah. Thanks for the
Ah hah. Thanks for the clarification. I am fine with a baby sitter giving time outs. Particularly a 15yo with a 4&5yo.
The baby sitter is sitting en loco parentis at the parent's request and athority and should have some ability to discipline if necessary.
In my layman's opinion of ocurse.