[McheleM]

I'm the opposite. I'm the parent who does not want someone else disciplining my children, so I would be upset if you did. I would expect you to come to me and then I would discipline my children myself.

I don't discipline my brothers kids, nor do I discipline my grandson when his dad and my daughter are around, only when they are in my care. We also don't use the word no. We use positive reinforcements and time outs. I don't believe in hitting kids (I was abused as a child) and therefore my kids have never learned to hit. I do believe that is a learned behavior, and I cringe when I see parents smack their child and then tell them "we don't hit". My children have always been very well behaved and very well mannered. I had no qualms about canceling my dinner order and leaving a restaurant or walking out of a store if they were acting like brats. They knew what was expected and knew that there would be consequences for misbehavior. My grandson is learning slowly that he can't do certain things when at Mimzi's house like he can at home, because we have dogs and other rules, but I always let his dad and my daughter be his parents-never me.