Any advice for setting up basic rules, boundaries and consequences when skids are in our home? Their parents seem to think they should be able to do what they want and the adults in their lives just deal with it, however, I can't stand it.

Would like to approach DH about writing out rules and consequences, so he and I are on the same page and skids know what to expect in our home.

Thanks

We all know how we feel about skids (for the most part).

Do you ever feel guilty for having such strong feelings about children? Deep down, I think they didn't get this way on their own, they started off as victims of circumstance, usually made worse by psycho BMs who have made our lives hell.

Sometimes, I wonder, are those who have never walked in our shoes right? "They're just kids, they need more love, they are victims....."

Not in every sense, but,whom thinks it is still her right to call the shots for DH/SO? It's craziness.

This woman acts like she is the end all be all say all when it comes not only to their kids, but my DH also. It has gotten slightly better with her actions. It used to be every day, any little way she could come up with to control DH like she was still his wife, and calling the shots for his life. Now, the incidents are less, but the attitued is the same.

Because.... I expect children, in my home, to have good manners, be respectful, not trash everything they touch, not argue with everything DH says.....

I am ready to have my baby any day now, and listening to SS6 and SD13, and DH all day every day is exhausting! I brought up the fact, any day now, we will have a new born in our home, and does he think we will be able to continue to exert the level of energy we have to now with skids. Yes, they r doing normal kid shit, but to such an extreme, it NEVER STOPS.