Looking for some advice on what you all feel on this situation.
I have had 9 year old daycare girl for 2 1/2 years....she follows my older girls and neice around like a puppy dog and it gets on their nerves. My older daughters are age 13 and almost 11 and my neice is 10 1/2.
I was observing the other day and my neice would walk across the house and 9 year old daycare girl was right there behind her, following her back and forth. I can see how that would annoy them, she does it most of the day. She asks them to play with her and if they say no, not right now she gets all upset and tries to bribe them to play. Or she will say they are being mean to her just because they don't want to play right now. She's a little inmature for her age, on the hyper side, so I think that has a bit to do with them not wanting to play all the time.
In the past week the older kids want nothing to do with 9 year old daycare girl and sometimes do get mean with her so she will leave them alone, they don't want to hang with her at all because she annoys them so bad by following them around so much. I have spoke with the daycare girl about following them and also my own kids and neice for being mean about it.
Now daycare girl pouts a lot because they don't want to be with her. I'm not sure how to handle this situation..I have told my kids and neice to be nice, but should I have to force them to play with her? When I tell them to include her, most of the time it's against their will.
Thoughts? Ideas?
I have had 9 year old daycare girl for 2 1/2 years....she follows my older girls and neice around like a puppy dog and it gets on their nerves. My older daughters are age 13 and almost 11 and my neice is 10 1/2.
I was observing the other day and my neice would walk across the house and 9 year old daycare girl was right there behind her, following her back and forth. I can see how that would annoy them, she does it most of the day. She asks them to play with her and if they say no, not right now she gets all upset and tries to bribe them to play. Or she will say they are being mean to her just because they don't want to play right now. She's a little inmature for her age, on the hyper side, so I think that has a bit to do with them not wanting to play all the time.
In the past week the older kids want nothing to do with 9 year old daycare girl and sometimes do get mean with her so she will leave them alone, they don't want to hang with her at all because she annoys them so bad by following them around so much. I have spoke with the daycare girl about following them and also my own kids and neice for being mean about it.
Now daycare girl pouts a lot because they don't want to be with her. I'm not sure how to handle this situation..I have told my kids and neice to be nice, but should I have to force them to play with her? When I tell them to include her, most of the time it's against their will.
Thoughts? Ideas?
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