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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 60479" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>From what you say, I'm not clear on whether the 10 yo went into the neighbour's yard DESPITE your son telling him not to, rather than your son egging him on.</p><p></p><p>Kids will be kids. This young boy could be getting to the rebellious teen stage and trying to seem reckless and carefree (it's a bloke thing - testosterone beginning to get out of control). Fighting with his sister - if SHE is trying to tell her brother to behave, t hey would fight. Sounds like a lot of borderline typical teen rebellion, aggravated by an older but not wiser difficult child simply being in the area.</p><p></p><p>I would hold off on the disappointment in difficult child, I'd just be disappointed in what happened. It might not have been down to difficult child as much as you think. But I WOULD be keeping this other boy and difficult child apart for a bit, some of the difficult child-ness could be rubbing off on an impressionable young neighbour. And also, by keeping them a bit apart for a few days, if this young boy does anything more in the reckless, destructive line, it will be clearly without any influence from your difficult child, which might clarify the picture a bit.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 60479, member: 1991"] From what you say, I'm not clear on whether the 10 yo went into the neighbour's yard DESPITE your son telling him not to, rather than your son egging him on. Kids will be kids. This young boy could be getting to the rebellious teen stage and trying to seem reckless and carefree (it's a bloke thing - testosterone beginning to get out of control). Fighting with his sister - if SHE is trying to tell her brother to behave, t hey would fight. Sounds like a lot of borderline typical teen rebellion, aggravated by an older but not wiser difficult child simply being in the area. I would hold off on the disappointment in difficult child, I'd just be disappointed in what happened. It might not have been down to difficult child as much as you think. But I WOULD be keeping this other boy and difficult child apart for a bit, some of the difficult child-ness could be rubbing off on an impressionable young neighbour. And also, by keeping them a bit apart for a few days, if this young boy does anything more in the reckless, destructive line, it will be clearly without any influence from your difficult child, which might clarify the picture a bit. Marg [/QUOTE]
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