Re: Candy Caravan Chat
Posted: May 29th, '23, 07:53
Yeah, I pity her kids, she may as well have them in bubblewrap
Basically any socialization they do is with their parents and only their parents. They are home schooled
Their son, the oldest, has a meltdown if he cannot be glued to his iPad. He's six. Maybe seven at this point. He's had it for...2-3 years now? He won't talk to anyone if he doesn't have to and my oldest niece, his cousin, is tired of him after ~15 minutes. He has to win, cheating and changing rules mid-game, to do it. He didn't like it when dad told him that changing the rules because he wasn't winning didn't make him a winner
The middle, a girl, she's at least willing to face her fears. Until her mom in particular squashes that because "it's too dangerous". If she doesn't have that all squashed she'll have an easier time adjusting to real life
And the youngest, another girl, still young enough to not really have a personality showing yet when they moved, so who knows
Oh and they all can still ride the stroller if they're tired of walking. Meanwhile with my brother as soon as the kid can walk regularly that is packed away
Oh yeah and despite my brother having kids first, she still tries to tell him how to parent. Or used to, anyway. I think she can't do that so much now that she's several states away
She tried to take my iPad away once. That I had paid for with my own money. Cuz she'd helped with the purchase part cuz online sale. She did not appreciate me throwing it at her face (in its case, it was fine) and the slap across the face I got in response...ow
So yeah. I'm glad she's far away now but I pity her kids. Her husband might as well not exist for how useless he is (and he sides with her if he does have to step in)
Basically any socialization they do is with their parents and only their parents. They are home schooled
Their son, the oldest, has a meltdown if he cannot be glued to his iPad. He's six. Maybe seven at this point. He's had it for...2-3 years now? He won't talk to anyone if he doesn't have to and my oldest niece, his cousin, is tired of him after ~15 minutes. He has to win, cheating and changing rules mid-game, to do it. He didn't like it when dad told him that changing the rules because he wasn't winning didn't make him a winner
The middle, a girl, she's at least willing to face her fears. Until her mom in particular squashes that because "it's too dangerous". If she doesn't have that all squashed she'll have an easier time adjusting to real life
And the youngest, another girl, still young enough to not really have a personality showing yet when they moved, so who knows
Oh and they all can still ride the stroller if they're tired of walking. Meanwhile with my brother as soon as the kid can walk regularly that is packed away
Oh yeah and despite my brother having kids first, she still tries to tell him how to parent. Or used to, anyway. I think she can't do that so much now that she's several states away
She tried to take my iPad away once. That I had paid for with my own money. Cuz she'd helped with the purchase part cuz online sale. She did not appreciate me throwing it at her face (in its case, it was fine) and the slap across the face I got in response...ow
So yeah. I'm glad she's far away now but I pity her kids. Her husband might as well not exist for how useless he is (and he sides with her if he does have to step in)