I love my 2 nephews but the eldest (8) is really horribly behaved. I spent Christmas with my sister and her family and when we left I cried because he was so vile. He speaks to everyone, especially his father, like tit, strops and stomps around and is always whinging. He is a lovely little boy but he's being ruined, partly because I think his parents don't believe in telling the kids off.
The younger (5) is showing signs of behaving the same way as N (shouting, stomping) but is still nice in many ways. N is just so rude and entitled I feel ashamed and whenever I remind him to say please, or ask him not to talk to me or anyone else that way, I get daggers from his parents. He eats whatever he wants despite him being overweight which is another worry as he's going to wind up diabetic and bullied.
I am close to my sister and BIL but I know children are a prickly subject with parents and telling them they're bringing them up badly would not go down well. I have no idea what to do although next time N speaks to me horribly I am going to tell him how he makes me feel and to hell with it. I shouldn't be brought to tears by a child's rudeness (they "talk to" him rather than telling him off, and then he half-heartedly apologises, but he doesn't mean it). Any advice gratefully received. I live a decent train ride away so don't see the boys often and don't want our time together to be marred by this.
The younger (5) is showing signs of behaving the same way as N (shouting, stomping) but is still nice in many ways. N is just so rude and entitled I feel ashamed and whenever I remind him to say please, or ask him not to talk to me or anyone else that way, I get daggers from his parents. He eats whatever he wants despite him being overweight which is another worry as he's going to wind up diabetic and bullied.
I am close to my sister and BIL but I know children are a prickly subject with parents and telling them they're bringing them up badly would not go down well. I have no idea what to do although next time N speaks to me horribly I am going to tell him how he makes me feel and to hell with it. I shouldn't be brought to tears by a child's rudeness (they "talk to" him rather than telling him off, and then he half-heartedly apologises, but he doesn't mean it). Any advice gratefully received. I live a decent train ride away so don't see the boys often and don't want our time together to be marred by this.
