I helped my mom raise my two nephews from the time they were two and three, they are both on their thirties now. First time I took them out to stores with me, my mom warned me they would wander off esp the younger one. When I got to the store with them, I pretty much said to them what my Dad said to me and my four siblings. U wander off and u will be seriously hurt by me and serious punishment later and grabbed them to let them feel the strength of a full grown man. And gave them orders to follow me, if I move they better move with me. It was their job to pay attention to me and stay by my side. Basically I put fear into them and gave them responsibility. They never wandered off, just like my siblings and me never wandered off from my Dad.
The parents of that boy were negligent and should be charged esp since its been reported the boy kept saying he wanted to go into the water.
Sounds like you should have been voted Uncle of the Year.
Thanks. and I paid for the house they and my mom lived in and the mini-van my mom used.
Funny thing, they both told my mom one day when they were in their early 20s, that they hated how tough I was on them while they were growing up, but they both admitted that if I hadn't been they would have both been in jail. The older one has two boys and a girl on the way. The younger one has a great job with Kellogg's and is moving up in the company.
Tough love works.
