As long as the children behave for me, I couldn't care less how they treat others out of the home. They aren't my kids. I know for sure that one of my dcg's runs the show at home. In fact she's 3.5 and only NOW stopped using a bottle at home. When she came to me a year ago she asked for a bottle once, I said no, she laid on the floor about to have a fit, I stepped over her and ignored her. She got right up realizing "hey, this lady isn't going to give in" and has been wonderful ever since!

I'm so sorry you're going through this. Just try to get the kids to behave for you and laugh to yourself when they go home knowing that you did your job even if they aren't doing theirs. That's all you can do.

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