do you feel comfortable reprimanding other peopels kids( family memebers)

dh and i were talking about this. I said the only time i have reprimanded his neice and nephew is if they are in danger. Other than that i dont think its my place. he said its your neice and nephew and even if the kid is not in danger you can correct/reprimand them.

The situation is ( and as is it turns out probably not even going to happen anyway) we were going to go to his aunt's today. His neice was sick friday and saturday with a stomach bug. I said i wasnt sure i wanted DD around her in case she catches it. He said just tell her not to kiss and hug here . i said well its not my place. Her parents hsould tell her that and use commmon sense. He said i absolutely could say something to the kids.
What do you think

Message edited 3/9/2008 1:32:07 PM.

Re: do you feel comfortable reprimanding other peopels kids( family memebers)

Well I wouldn't go if her kids are just getting over the stomach bug... its hard to tell a child to stay away, they don't understand.

My sister's kids had the croup last month, and we were all at my mom's for her b-day and my sister didn't tell me her kids were sick, and Julia was playing with them the whole night and she ended up getting the croup. I was really upset, but its hard to keep kids away from each other.

ETA: Your SIL shouldn't be taking them out anyway its too soon!JMO

Message edited 3/9/2008 1:01:18 PM.

Re: do you feel comfortable reprimanding other peopels kids( family memebers)

i agree. well as it turns out they did go to his aunts and i didnt go. Dh was at a ranger game and my dd had a very mild fever ( less than 100) but since dh was at a game i told him it was 100.3 instead of 99.3 and i wasnt taking her for that reason. ok it was a lie but for a good reason.

Re: do you feel comfortable reprimanding other peopels kids( family memebers)

For other kids, I try not to unless they are in danger.

We do say stuff to our nephews .. one is 5 and one is 3 and they are very rough with each other so my DH & I tend to say "don't hit your brother" "don't take that toy away", etc ... even if their parents are there (and not paying attention) I try to say it nicely but we do say something. And when it comes to my DS I always try to be nice about it "Kiss his stinky feet instead of his face" .. they understand they need to be gentle but they need a constant reminder and everyone in the family will reiterate to be 'gentle and calm' around the baby.