Ok...I've got 2 families that are wonderful and appreciate what I do. Then my 3rd family takes advantage and just tells me what I want to hear when I'm trying to work with them on their child's behavior. I feel like they think I don't know what they're doing.
I would love to be able to be more assertive with them, but then I feel like if I'm bossy it will be awkward.
They literally want me to parent their kids, but they don't want to continue the process at home.
Dad will tell me one day that baby sleeps great. Never wakes up. Then he'll say the opposite the next day to mimick what's happening here. So it looks like we have the same issue.
Their little boy gets in trouble at school all the time. They keep it a secret from me though even though we're trying to work together on it.
Every time I start to be like "look...this can't happen...blah, blah" problem is magically solved and they work with me. I'm sick of having to "lay down the law" every time. I want to have a nice normal relationship with them.
Is it possible to have the best of both worlds?
I would love to be able to be more assertive with them, but then I feel like if I'm bossy it will be awkward.
They literally want me to parent their kids, but they don't want to continue the process at home.
Dad will tell me one day that baby sleeps great. Never wakes up. Then he'll say the opposite the next day to mimick what's happening here. So it looks like we have the same issue.
Their little boy gets in trouble at school all the time. They keep it a secret from me though even though we're trying to work together on it.
Every time I start to be like "look...this can't happen...blah, blah" problem is magically solved and they work with me. I'm sick of having to "lay down the law" every time. I want to have a nice normal relationship with them.
Is it possible to have the best of both worlds?
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