I'd like to know he interacts with his grandparents, Silver Fox and his other aunts and uncles and his cousins? I am not sure how old his cousins are. But if they are older (like 7), that is a big age difference between a 7 and 3 (almost 4) year old. They are at that age were they don't really give a shit about kids that age. Maybe Oliver because he is a baby.
I know when my nieces and nephew (my SIL kids) were talking shit about their aunt (their dad's sister) about how poorly she raised their cousins (who are 10-15 years younger) even when they were in their late teens and early 20's. Their aunt went through some mental health issues and even after she got help she still was not a great mother to her kids.
Kids are smart. I remember when I was a kid I remember my parents telling us to play with the kids if they went over to their friends house if they had kids around around age. Me and my brother were rather sit in the corner and read a book or play with each other. Then our parents would ask us why we never played with the kids. We'd complained that the kids were brats and we'd rather not hang out with them. That is pretty sad that we were 8/9/10 years old and knew when other kids our age were assholes depending on which parents friends house we went to.
I know when my nieces and nephew (my SIL kids) were talking shit about their aunt (their dad's sister) about how poorly she raised their cousins (who are 10-15 years younger) even when they were in their late teens and early 20's. Their aunt went through some mental health issues and even after she got help she still was not a great mother to her kids.
Kids are smart. I remember when I was a kid I remember my parents telling us to play with the kids if they went over to their friends house if they had kids around around age. Me and my brother were rather sit in the corner and read a book or play with each other. Then our parents would ask us why we never played with the kids. We'd complained that the kids were brats and we'd rather not hang out with them. That is pretty sad that we were 8/9/10 years old and knew when other kids our age were assholes depending on which parents friends house we went to.