I.e..kiss/hug goodbye
Play with them
My mil does this and it really annoys me and just gives me the ick!!!!!
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My grandma does this and actually pretend cries quite loudly. Result: my child doesn’t like her or want to visit anymore. Any time we go over, my child refuses to enter the house and when I make her come in, she just stands in the corridor for about 30 minutes before entering the living room and even then she gives my grandma a wide berth. My nephew doesn’t like her either and doesn’t want to visit. It’s sad, I love my grandma, she pretty much raised me alongside my mum, but she doesn’t listen or take anything on board, so these are the consequences.

Yeah really annoys me! It teaches them their boundaries aren’t respected and they can’t say no without feeling guilt and on the other side it teaches them that they can strop or cry or react like a baby when they are told no!