The sister has two kids aged 5 and 4. The neighbours kid, aged 6, has become their friend, and is spending all of his time in her house. She likes him well enough, but he's a bit rough and uses bad language, much to the awe of the 4 year old.. He's a bit of a handful and she is, to all intents and purposes, babysitting this kid for hours everyday. The kid's mam works, but the Dad is a stay-at-home dad. Last week for instance, he called over at 10.00 am and didn't leave until 7.00 pm. His Dad said to "just send him home whenever he starts driving you mad", but he doesn't come and collect him, and definitely doesn' seem to mind his six year old being out of his hair all day.
Eloise (not her real name) does not really want to just tell the kid to go home. She has tried this nicely (its family time now - we're having our tea), but he refuses and says he'll wait. When she doesn't answer the door, he shouts "I know you're in there" through the letterbox! Or else, just comes around into the back garden. Eloise (not even her middle name) doesn't want to upset the kid by being firm and telling him to leave, or cause conflict with the neighbour, by saying "I'm not a bleedin baby-sitter for your kid"! She doesn't particularly want her own kids to spend time over in his gaff, cause he just plays really violent playstation games!
The parents seem fine otherwise. They've just had a new baby - so the young-fella might be feeling a bit neglected.
So what does she do? Its a bit of a pickle.
Eloise (not her real name) does not really want to just tell the kid to go home. She has tried this nicely (its family time now - we're having our tea), but he refuses and says he'll wait. When she doesn't answer the door, he shouts "I know you're in there" through the letterbox! Or else, just comes around into the back garden. Eloise (not even her middle name) doesn't want to upset the kid by being firm and telling him to leave, or cause conflict with the neighbour, by saying "I'm not a bleedin baby-sitter for your kid"! She doesn't particularly want her own kids to spend time over in his gaff, cause he just plays really violent playstation games!
The parents seem fine otherwise. They've just had a new baby - so the young-fella might be feeling a bit neglected.
So what does she do? Its a bit of a pickle.