Friday, 18 October 2019

Dealing with competitive parents


I have a 13 month old son and our family friends have a daughter 6 weeks younger. My son hit all milestones very early and has been walking for a few months. We both work and really don’t feel the need to mention everything to our friends, so when we see them, they all oooh and aaah over his achievements. My child is not a genius. He is just very good at physical development.These friends of ours are super competitive in every stage of their daughter’s life. This is to the point that they mention every time we see them how many steps she can take, how many teeth she has etc. However, they are now lying. She can barely take 3 steps. I can’t believe that I’m at this point in my life where I have to deal with this. We see them almost every week and ignoring them is not working anymore. I’ve had to deal with competitive parents in the classroom but this is a whole different ballgame. I’ve tried grey rocking them but then they come and sit next to me and just spew lies.How has anyone else dealt with this? I’ve said to my boyfriend I’m willing to limit contact if it gets any worse. I currently don’t interact with them and spend most of the time playing with the babies. I’m not competitive and didn’t grow up that way. I don’t want my son to grow up around people who are going to compare him to others his whole life. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2MRJUXG

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