Grandparents are upset with their 5-year-old grandkid’s bossy commands.
Our granddaughter, who is 5 years old, came up to her grandfather, who was seated at the dinner table, and told him, “Get up! You can’t sit there! That’s my chair!” Our son and DIL were witnesses. I came into the room, found my husband standing at the breakfast bar, holding his plate and eating his dinner. I said, “For heaven’s sake, you can go and sit down!!!” He replied, “We’ll talk about this later.
My husband later told me that because our son and DIL were witnesses, he had no desire to say anything. “She’s their daughter, and we have no say in how they choose to raise her.” This is usual for our granddaughter, who had earlier told me, “Be quiet! I want to talk now!” We left the next day, very early, without bidding our granddaughter and DIL goodbye. He’s done.
And you could have politely told her, “When I’m done speaking, you can have a turn.” But if you feel that being a parent is a requirement, Miss Manners reminds you that you are one, to your son. Take him aside and tell him that you do not want to interfere in how they rear their child, but you will not be spoken to in that manner.A third option is to procure some one-on-one time with your grandchild, affording an opportunity to teach her the valuable lesson of treating others with respect.
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