ok, maybe part of this should be in preschool, and maybe part should be in religion, and I am pretty sure most of it should be in rants and raves.. but.. here goes.
My neighbors kid.. J. has lots of moments where he is a well behaved well mannered kid. And then there are times, he's whiny (well.. he is six and most 6 yr olds are) He tattles a LOT I mean.. I tattles on Kyan and on Teagan.> TEAGAN! He seems to only want to play with Duncan and Logan. And he is supposedly Ian's best friend. He and Ian are in the same class at school. He can be a very sweet kid. Ok..let's get down to it. I don't like him. But I don't like other people's children in general really lol. I know I am horrible, but that's the truth. When he's over here, it is like. pulling teeth to get him to follow our rules or share or whatever, and be respectful. His mom knows that while he's here he has to follow our rules and is ok with that. And I do expect him to be respectful and I will correct him in a blink of an eye if I feel the need to.
He's lived in a difficult situation, not bad by any means, he isn't abused or neglected at all. But here's another thing.. Ian likes to spend the night over there. He has once. And.. his parents both know we are Christians. And she was talking the other day about delving into some Paganistic things. Well.. to be honest, Hey.. it's her house do what she wants no problem.. but.. I don't want my kid over there. She and I have become friends, and I don't want to lose her as a friend, but Can I really let Ian go spend the night in that house? Their language alone is enough to make me worry, not to mention the video games J's dad plays are just.. horrific. I like them as people. As neighbors.. and I don't know what to do.
And to be honest, I don't really want J over here much. And yet, it's either that.. or Ian goes over there.
My neighbors kid.. J. has lots of moments where he is a well behaved well mannered kid. And then there are times, he's whiny (well.. he is six and most 6 yr olds are) He tattles a LOT I mean.. I tattles on Kyan and on Teagan.> TEAGAN! He seems to only want to play with Duncan and Logan. And he is supposedly Ian's best friend. He and Ian are in the same class at school. He can be a very sweet kid. Ok..let's get down to it. I don't like him. But I don't like other people's children in general really lol. I know I am horrible, but that's the truth. When he's over here, it is like. pulling teeth to get him to follow our rules or share or whatever, and be respectful. His mom knows that while he's here he has to follow our rules and is ok with that. And I do expect him to be respectful and I will correct him in a blink of an eye if I feel the need to.
He's lived in a difficult situation, not bad by any means, he isn't abused or neglected at all. But here's another thing.. Ian likes to spend the night over there. He has once. And.. his parents both know we are Christians. And she was talking the other day about delving into some Paganistic things. Well.. to be honest, Hey.. it's her house do what she wants no problem.. but.. I don't want my kid over there. She and I have become friends, and I don't want to lose her as a friend, but Can I really let Ian go spend the night in that house? Their language alone is enough to make me worry, not to mention the video games J's dad plays are just.. horrific. I like them as people. As neighbors.. and I don't know what to do.
And to be honest, I don't really want J over here much. And yet, it's either that.. or Ian goes over there.
That's a tough situation. I don't know what to advise. I hope someone has some good insight.
Not that your situation is funny, I am just so glad it is not only me with neighbor kid problems. As an atheist, I steadily try to aviod the subject of religion with other people's kids as I hope they would with mine. If they do bring up religious issues, I usually ask them is that bad or good? Why is that bad or good? Actually, with kids as dumb as my neighbor kids, those philisophical questions don't come up much. With them it's more "don' spit out your gum on the sidewalk" sort of deep. They really aren't that deep or thoughtful. Heck, at 10, they can't even ready the funny paper.
