Hi Guys, we have regular sibling contact with our boys brothers and sisters. It's obviously a bit of an organisational nightmare trying to get all of us together at the same time, but we do it because we feel it's really important for our children.
My question is around parenting styles. We have very different parenting styles to the other parents and struggle sometimes with a bit of a lack of discipline from the other parents e.g. their children are allowed free reign to run around restaurants, and they play fight with our boys a lot. Sometimes I feel like the bad guy telling our boys to sit still or not fight etc, but the other parents don't seem to notice or mind. I get asked from my oldest, "how come XXX is allowed to play around? He is my brother, we get treated differently, its not fair"
Do you think I should talk to the other parents, or just leave it? A bit stuck as the social implications for this, if it goes pear shaped, are pretty massive for my children. I really really want them to continue seeing their siblings.
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Lovesoftplay · 14/10/2012 19:25
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