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Originally Posted by Archaic
A clue, maybe?
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Given that the child in question is not quite six years old, that he was punished for crying when he was younger and that his parents are harder on him than his siblings, I can't say as I blame him for raising a fuss when it's time to leave his grandparents' home. Perhaps it's the only place where he consistently receives positive one-on-one attention?
While it's hard to tell exactly what's going on with the O.P.'s nephew especially as it seems as though she has little patience with him (not going to roast her for that as not everyone has patience, let alone tolerance for small children and their seemingly illogical behaviors), from the outside looking in it seems as though home is not generally a pleasant place for him to be. Hopefully, as this little boy and his siblings grow up, he doesn't become the family whipping child. I've seen this play out when siblings have been inadvertently or, some cases, deliberately, taught by their parents to disparage and treat poorly another sibling. That sort of negative conditioning affects a child for a lifetime. I really hope that this isn't the case and it's just that his mother and father are overwhelmed with parenting four small children who are relatively close in age to one another.
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