Question
Good morning! I have been following Mr Rosemond's articles since my children were young. They are now in their 20's and I think I did a good job raising them. However, we have our 3 year old nephew in our custody from DSS. He previously lived with his great grandmother for 2 years but he was placed in our home by DSS. He has been with us for 6 weeks. Whenever he visits his great grandmother, he comes back home and acts out, i.e. mean, talks back, says he doesn't like us, etc. Sunday, his great grandmother picked him up for a visit. When he returned, he once again acted bad by throwing his toys and telling us no when we told him to pick them up. We took a privilege away (no swimming at the YMCA) for his punishment and placed him in his room for timeout. When he was with his great grandmother this morning (she takes him to daycare every day) and he wanted chicken nuggets for breakfast. We said no but she gave him to him them anyway and then hid behind his great grandmother when we found out! I know we need to be patient with the 3 year old and with the great grandmother but I'm at my wits end. The grandmother still feels sorry for this child because of his parents incarceration and drug addictions and allows him to get away with everything! She never tells him no and won't "help" us in disciplining him when he acts out. We are to the point where the great grandmother will have her privilege taken away by not being able to have the baby come to see her! Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
