Same situation here. I had to stop inviting them over. Just can't afford to keep repairing the house. Ex: dad carries the middle child through a room, he grabs the ceiling fan blades and breaks them off. I've been repairing the gates outside all summer long. No respect for boundaries at all. So, no, not welcome in my house. Sorry. If I say, 'Oh don't touch that', you'd have thought I told the kid to go play in the traffic! (the mom's reaction) And the one parent was raised to respect rules, but out the window for her kids. So don't come over. End of story. I'm too old for this kind of nonsense. |