^ True *charisma* !! I personally was brought up this way also, Even if I wanted to ask my aunts or Grandparents for something, I would go and ask my parents for their permission first. 'Mommy can I ask Aunty to get me that toy? ' and if my mom or dad said no, well, it was just NO and nothing to be said about it.
It teaches discipline to the child, which is what so many children these days lack anyway. Brother turn your attention onto your children and make it clear to them that they are NOT allowed to ask their Grandparents for candy. You said in your post that its the parents in laws who give in to the grandchildrens pleas so now you have to place the stress on your children. And Children should already know how to listen to their parents from ages 4-5 up. It's only for their own Good. And just think about it, if you dont place the discipline on them on small things like this, when they get older they will run to their Grandparents about bigger matters.......and who will have the headache then? I think the children need discipline that's all. And the Grandparents too actually but whose gonna do that lol.
It teaches discipline to the child, which is what so many children these days lack anyway. Brother turn your attention onto your children and make it clear to them that they are NOT allowed to ask their Grandparents for candy. You said in your post that its the parents in laws who give in to the grandchildrens pleas so now you have to place the stress on your children. And Children should already know how to listen to their parents from ages 4-5 up. It's only for their own Good. And just think about it, if you dont place the discipline on them on small things like this, when they get older they will run to their Grandparents about bigger matters.......and who will have the headache then? I think the children need discipline that's all. And the Grandparents too actually but whose gonna do that lol.
