Teaching my son respect
My son 3yo WILL NOT say good morning to his GMA when she greets him in the morning
Personally it's a strained awful relationship for me but this is how we're living rn
On one hand I don't care but on the other hand I have to teach him what respect looks like even if you don't like the person in my case but he happens to like playing with Grandma quite a bit because she does not discipline him at all like I do and I feel like I have a big stick up my ass lately as a single mom because I've got to do all of that
Is it wrong to teach or expect my son to say good morning and greet people when they greet him at this age or is that going to come later and just don't worry about it right now??
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Hi there, even my son does the same. There was time when he was about 1-1.5 years old and he would greet people but now he greet Good Bye and Good Night but not our traditional cultural greetings, I know it's early for them to follow what we tell them to do, I am sure it is just a phase. I hope it will get easier when they are able to understand the importance of greetings!
However, I would invite you to think on what need of yours is this event/ situation triggering in you. As a lot of times, the events that trigger us are some our unmet needs!
But I would just say be compassionate to yourself first, you are doing an awesome job, Mama! 🤍🤍
It just takes reinforcement of the act. He only knows what you teach/tell him so I doubt he's doing it bc of the state of your relationship.
Hey honestly, I’ve tried conversation before with my children’s grandparents on how to act and I can tell you now. They’re never gonna change. I honestly like it better just doing it by myself and not having them around the people who obviously never learned how to respect someone else’s rules.
Have you asked him why he doesn’t want to say good morning to her? Has he been able to before and just now is not doing it?
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