My nieces.

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Got a picture of Sadie for you.  She looks kinda of sad in the picture but believe  me  she was anything but when the picture was taken.  Her hair is the softest.

  I took my Aunt E to get her hair permed Tuesday.  I am really glad we got her to give up driving and while I was happy to take her Tuesday I HATED killing the 2 1/2 hours it took to get her hair done.  That was also the day Sadie was operated on and my mind was on her.  But we all survived so I guess the day went ok.

I said once something about how my oldest niece turned out and that it was her parents fault.  I know that you can't blame parents for their kids actions when they get older, but you don't realise how my brother and sister-in-law raised their kids.


When the kids started going to school no one helped with their homework.  "They have to be responsible for doing it themselves."  You know how you should listen to your child read when they are first learning how?  Well not at my brothers.  They would ask the kids if they read their homework, if the answer was yes then they would sign off on it.  Two of the 3 failed 1 or 2 grades in school.  When it was suggested that N go to summer school my sister-in-law said it wasn't worth the time to drive and pick her up everyday for the few hours she would be there. (Grandma offered to do it but was turned down.)  And besides "the school can't fail them but twice and then they have to pass them."

My youngest niece was born with one kidney.  Because of that (I guess) she was having trouble with her blood pressure.  Now you have to remember she is like 8 or 9 years old, but she has to remember to take her medicine by herself.  It is her responsiblity.

I guess she was taking it for awhile but it wasn't doing anything for her blood pressure so mom and dad told her to quit taking it.  One day they had to take her to the emergency room.  I asked brother dear why did she stop taking her meds.  "They weren't doing her any good."  Well duh.  They had to have been doing something because she wasn't rushed to the ER while she was on them.  Did they call the doctor to tell him her blood pressure was staying high? No.

I could go on for days about how my nieces were raised but I won't I think you get the idea.  During most of their upbringing my sister-in-law wouldn't let anyone on this side of the family see them (probably didn't want us to know how bad at being parents they were.)

So, when I say that some of what my nieces do now you can blame on their parents this is what I am talking about.  When they get older they may be able to "overcome" their upbringing but right now they are just behaving the way they learned and it is really sad.