Having a job and working long hours shouldn't mean you are taking all the responsibility for these children when they're visiting to be with him! Doesn't he even take any time off work to spend with them when they're visting?
If what you've been doing so far and him yelling at them hasn't worked, it's time for a different approach - for example, consequences for their actions. Work out their responsibilities and the consequences of not meeting them and calmly and consistently stick to it ..... eg, pocket money/TV/internet access/outings.
And sorry, I misunderstood, I thought they were your bf's kids: I'd be making your standards a condition of their visit, otherwise you send them home. Why are you letting your entire summer be ruined by these spoiled selfish brats whose stupid parents must be delighted to get rid of them on to you? It must be great for them to foist their childraising failures off on to you, but you do have a choice about whether or not to accept that
your irrational hatred?
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Having a job and working long hours shouldn't mean you are taking all the responsibility for these children when they're visiting to be with him! Doesn't he even take any time off work to spend with them when they're visting?
If what you've been doing so far and him yelling at them hasn't worked, it's time for a different approach - for example, consequences for their actions. Work out their responsibilities and the consequences of not meeting them and calmly and consistently stick to it ..... eg, pocket money/TV/internet access/outings.
And sorry, I misunderstood, I thought they were your bf's kids: I'd be making your standards a condition of their visit, otherwise you send them home. Why are you letting your entire summer be ruined by these spoiled selfish brats whose stupid parents must be delighted to get rid of them on to you? It must be great for them to foist their childraising failures off on to you, but you do have a choice about whether or not to accept that