Dear Doug: Monster Boy
Dear Doug:
My husband of 16 years and I have five well-behaved children. Everything was fine between our families until his brother married "Lenore"and they had a son, now 5 years old.
At family events, this little boy continuously bites, pulls hair and otherwise abuses his cousins. When we try to intervene, he goes after us. When we ask Lenore to use some discipline, she puts down her cigarette and tells him to stop. He laughs and continues abusing others.
The whole family has tried, but she makes excuses and insists that being stricter will bring on greater violence. When my husband finally told her that he will discipline the boy if she doesn't, she became irate, threatened us with legal action and ...
