fluffysocks
25-08-2010, 10:22 AM
please help, need some ideas,
i have got my two children 6 and half yr boy and nealry 5 girl plus i am minding a 3 year old boy and 9month old boy who started last week!
Its really hard trying to plan things they all like but anyways that nots really my issue, the 3 year old mindee is on a mission to make everything as difficult as possible and upset maximum number of people!
At the end of each day I ask everyone what they would like to do tomorrow and list a few options, they all choose something, I check in the morning that they still want to do these things and everyone is happen. But as soon as we start an activity the mindee makes it virtually impossible, disagrees with everything, forces himself to be sick and pretend cries for his mum-total attention seeking. When he realises that none of it works he then sets about upsetting the others, he'll snatch things when he thinks you're not looking and then will swear blind "he had it first" or "they said i could" but short of blatently calling him a liar what do i do-i watch all this happening!
My son is having a difficult time adjusting as his best friend moves away to America this week and he drew a lovely picture on the etch-a-sketch board, the mindee waited till my son had moved away after me praising the drawing and purposefully wiped it clean and then said "haha look its not here anymore!" oh the tears I had, obviously I explained to my son that pictures on these boards are not forever but that was just damn right malicious. I asked mindee to apologise and he flatly refused, saying "well he has to share and its my turn now". but whats mor annoying is not a foot away is an identical drawing board and he didnt even bother with either just walked away and carried on with another activity!
Now I know they are gettin bored and this miserable weather we have is making it practically impossible for decent outside time but 3 days of this sttitude is really starting to grate. He is rude, very little manners and grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!
sorry i really needed to vent!! any ideas would be gratefully recieved, i have talked to mum but she doesnt know what to say except apologise and just hopes i have the answers!
i have got my two children 6 and half yr boy and nealry 5 girl plus i am minding a 3 year old boy and 9month old boy who started last week!
Its really hard trying to plan things they all like but anyways that nots really my issue, the 3 year old mindee is on a mission to make everything as difficult as possible and upset maximum number of people!
At the end of each day I ask everyone what they would like to do tomorrow and list a few options, they all choose something, I check in the morning that they still want to do these things and everyone is happen. But as soon as we start an activity the mindee makes it virtually impossible, disagrees with everything, forces himself to be sick and pretend cries for his mum-total attention seeking. When he realises that none of it works he then sets about upsetting the others, he'll snatch things when he thinks you're not looking and then will swear blind "he had it first" or "they said i could" but short of blatently calling him a liar what do i do-i watch all this happening!
My son is having a difficult time adjusting as his best friend moves away to America this week and he drew a lovely picture on the etch-a-sketch board, the mindee waited till my son had moved away after me praising the drawing and purposefully wiped it clean and then said "haha look its not here anymore!" oh the tears I had, obviously I explained to my son that pictures on these boards are not forever but that was just damn right malicious. I asked mindee to apologise and he flatly refused, saying "well he has to share and its my turn now". but whats mor annoying is not a foot away is an identical drawing board and he didnt even bother with either just walked away and carried on with another activity!
Now I know they are gettin bored and this miserable weather we have is making it practically impossible for decent outside time but 3 days of this sttitude is really starting to grate. He is rude, very little manners and grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!
sorry i really needed to vent!! any ideas would be gratefully recieved, i have talked to mum but she doesnt know what to say except apologise and just hopes i have the answers!