Am I looking into this too much?

Me and my mum don't get on that well and she has always been a bit of an attention seeker / needy. Today I heard her playing with my daughter upstairs and then heard her saying she was sad. I then heard my 2 year old asking her repeatedly why she was sad. Then I heard 'I'm really sorry granny'. I then went up to find out what happened and my 2 year old said she didn't know and said 'maybe I kicked granny by mistake'. I then asked my mum what happened and she sid nothing. I asked her why she is making my child think she has done something wrong then? She denied saying or doing anything like that (I literally could hear it). I also heard her a few months ago with my 6 year old. She kept saying 'you don't like me you're not my friend'. I could hear my daughter saying 'I am your friend'. It feels like she is trying to say things to get their attention / hugs etc. I don't really like this though and feel it's manipulative?
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It’s really manipulative and a huge red flag that she’s lying about it when you can hear her. I would speak to her! I had to speak to my mum about pretending to be upset if my daughter wouldn’t cuddle her. I just said if she continued to guilt trip and manipulate my child into physical affection or anything she wouldn’t be seeing her without me being right there with them.

So annoying, nobody should be saying stuff like this to kids 🙄 your mum sounds very emotionally immature

Yeah fucked up. Don't let her around your kids unsupervised. Like stay in the room.

Ok thank you! I definitely found it to be odd behaviour. I will have a further chat with her about it. I felt sad talking to my 2 year old who was trying to find a reason that she might be upset with her. She said maybe I kicked her. She didn't even do that but was clearly confused at her being upset for no clear reason

It’s manipulative, even if it’s a game I’d be intervening ! Your doing the right thing ❤️

that’s absolutely manipulative and not okay. definitely talk with her and if it continues distance yourself bc that’s concerning behavior

Nanny cam then confront directly with evidence. That way, you can see if it's pretend play or on purpose. And have a conversation about it.

That's so horrible. I'd give her a stern warning to stop it or else she won't be allowed to see them

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