My mother (his grandmother) is sweet and gentle with him. We do not understand this. My sister (my nephew's mother) is often rude and shouts at people. Could he be imitating his mother?
Answers:
1. he is mean
2. I highly doubt it. It sounds to me like his only problem is that he's 3. He probably tells his mother the same thing. That is a VERY 3 year old thing to do.
Your mom just needs to react in a way that doesn't encourage that. Little kids often say things like 'I don't like you!' when they don't get their way. She can defuse that by almost nonchalantly saying 'Well I still like you, but you can't have that cookie right now.'
He'll outgrow this phase...he really will. If he were learning to be nasty from his mom...he'd say MUCH worse than that. How many kids (when YOU were little) said things like..."If you don't do that...I won't be your friend anymore!'? That's what your nephew is doing. He's trying to force your mom into doing something he wants, by basically saying 'You're not my friend and I don't like you right now, because you won't let me have MY way!'.
He's 3. What else can he do? He's testing his powers of control and he's losing. That's how they learn boundaries.
3. He's just being a three year old and yea it's possible he's imitating his mom.
4. Maybe the grandmother acts different to him when adults are not around. Listen to the 3 year old.
Kids generally like everyone
5. He's imitating his mother because that's what he thinks is "right"
6. aww thats so sad!... thats what it sounds like to me, or he just dosnt know what he is ACTUALLY saying?
7. could be... but also at that age kids say that and then turn around and say they love you....
8. Your mother is not letting him have his way. Not saying he is spoiled or gets his way w/ his parents or others but that is most likely the situation. when your mother says no to him, he gets upset. Not really knowing the mean of the words he is saying, he says negative words in hopes to get his point that he is upset with the situation.
at least that seems to be most cases
9. most children all they do is imitate.., for instance in meet the fockers little jack imitates greg sooo...
10. hes probly like his mom and hes just copying her additude cuz thats who his "teacher" is
God bless
11. awwww he's not being serious!!! he's probably just saying that expecialy if your giving him a bunch of attention everytime!
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12. what a winner, give your sister a pat on the back for supplying our planet with caring individuals that promote altruism and well-being. And yes he is a prick just like his mom
13. Maybe. Or maybe he saw it off of television. Whatever the case you should set a good example for him. Always give him compliments and tell him that you love him. And make sure that your mom understands that he doesn't mean it. My 6 year old brother says that to me and I know now that it is sometimes just the age
14. kids say the darnest things!!! You could be right about imitating his mother...or could it be from tv??
15. You answer your question. It's due to how was your nephew nurtured by your sister.
16. Children sometimes come up with things all by themselves. When he says I don't like you, the response should be..." Well i'm sorry to hear that because I like you" And leave it at that. don't imagine issues, where there are no issues.
17. My son is also 3 and tells many people that he doesnt like them or he hates everyone. He doesnt actually understand the meaning of the phrases so we try to tell him that its not nice to tell people that he hates them, and instead try to encourage him to like everyone.
18. yes, i think he's imitating her.
young children often imitate the people around them. at that age, their brains just take everything in. this is how they learn how to act, speak, etc. you know how ducklings imitate the first being they see after hatching? that's basically what young children do. i think it's a survival technique for fast learning.
try either talking to your sister about changing her behavior(at least in front of the son) or you and your mother could try being even nicer to each other & teaching him how to act (ex: when he does something nice, praise or reward him) in hopes that it rubs off.
good luck! :)
19. he could. i have an aunt, who has a kid. the kid is franklin, the aunt jenny. jenny is very rude, and since she has no husband, he is not there to discipline the child. jenny shows no respect for her elders, especially her mom, who has worked her fingers to the bone for me, my sister, and everyone else in the family, however distant. she cooks, and its always other first. jenny will often say, you retard, are you stupid? what the hell do you think it means? (in chinese, of course) after a while, frank would start doing that very thing. she always says, alright, ill spank him, but almost never lays a finger on him. so yes, especially if there is no dad,
20. Let me start off by saying that this is one of the stages that many, if not all, three year olds go through. My friend has a three year old and he is saying things like this left and right. I strongly doubt that your nephew is imitating his mother. Their could be a chance that some words he says are words he heard from your sister but I don't think he is really copying her.
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