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Subject: Re: Bratty behavior

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Joyce

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Date Posted: 11:29:09 11/23/04 Tue

Rachael,
You may have a strong enough relationship with your charge, that you can begin to talk to her simply about manners, and you may be able to take her to restaurants and practice restaurant manners there. Children can learn by practice, or they can trust their caregiver and follow her guide, and these habits may extend to parental time.
If you have spoken too much to the parents about limits, they may have turned their ears off (just like children do at times) and you may have to find a different way. If they are good about discussions, you may be able to get them to commit to taking a simple step or two, to discourage bad behavior.
Parent Education can be a solid part of our successful nanny work. Good Luck! Joyce

>I'm the live out nanny of a very bright 23 month old
>and have been with her since she was 4 months old.
>She's typically very well-behaved and polite when
>she's in my care. I went out to eat with her family
>tonight and was very surprised to find that she
>exibited extremely bratty behavior in the restaurant.
>Her parent's actions and reactions to her behavior
>will ensure that the brattiness continues when she is
>with them (and believe me, it was NOT pretty). They
>are not much on establishing limits. They are making
>it so hard on themselves, and I would love to be able
>to tell them how it doesn't have to be this way. Any
>suggestions on how to approach them about this? We
>are typically pretty open with one another, but I feel
>that I am a broken record when I talk to them about
>how children crave limits.

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