Situation: 2-year-old nephew picked his nose & my 4-year-old daughter politely refused to hold his hand (I supported her decision) but he had a huge public fit. His parents blame us for their son's behavior. Do you think we're responsible or them?
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they are responsible for his bad habit & not washing his hands. not you
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What I think is that you should have told the nephew that picking noses is nasty and that he has to go wash his hands.
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Um, he learned to pick his nose from THEM - not from you. Maybe if THEY didn't have such disgusting habits then their son wouldn't, either. You are in no way responsible for THEIR child's behavior. That's ridiculous.
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I'd love to hear the other side to this story. You and your 4 year old ganged up on a 2 year old baby because he did what 2 year old babies do. Of course, YOUR daughter was polite and HE had a fit. All that aside, they are responsible for their child's behaviour, as you are responsible for yours.
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They are most definitely responsible. Your daughter did the right thing in refusing to hold his hand after that.
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I wouldn't have wanted to hold his hand either! He was doing what 2 year olds do and your little one was doing what was right for her and good on her. I think the 2 year olds parents should have washed his hand and explained that next time he should ask for a tissue. Will he still be doing this when he is 20?
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They are responsible. If he wanted to pitch a fit about his cousin not holding his hand they should have told him not to be such a sook.
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This is just kids being kids and I'm not sure why such a big deal has been made about it. Kids pick their nose (and other worse places) it's normal. It's normal for kids to taste each others bogies, and it's normal for 4 year old girls to not want anything at all to do with yucky body stuff. No-one is to blame - this is just kids being normal.
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its probably how you handled the situation, why didnt you suggest she hold his other(clean) hand, he is only a baby, i know you were thinking of hygiene, but be an adult for gods sake...
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If your daughter doesn't want to hold someone's hand then she doesn't have to - no matter what her reason is!!!! It's as simple as that. Adults make simple things so complicated. We all have a lot to learn from our children.
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