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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)And yes, I've been a parent. Unfortunately, my ex got custody of them, and turned them into just the kind of brats you've been writing about. I was able to wrest custody of the middle child from her ten years later, after he failed seventh grade, and had a police record. By the time I was done with him, he had scholarships to both state universities, and the local police chief was his friend, mostly from all of the community projects our family worked on around our little town.
Guess which child still has contact with me?
In any case, you need to find a way to tell this particular parent this. Don't expect it to be any kind of a teachable moment, but at least it will let her know she can't pawn her little brat off on you anymore. If these "parents" hear this from enough of us, maybe a few of them will figure it's them and not us.