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If this is for real, contact the school immediately because I feel that the child has mental health problems and perhaps an investigation needs to be made of the mother who may also have mental health problems and be putting these insane thoughts in her daughter's head. Child Protective Services should become involved because these people are dangerous. Hopefully, this is made up.
Than the child began to call my husband daddy, in a playfull way, every time she saw him. We probably should've put a stop to it immediatelly, or perhaps should've said something to the mom, but we felt sorry for the child, since her father was dead, and so we ignored it for a while,
This is where the story falls apart for me. I don't know one man who would let the new little girl next door call him Daddy. The usual reaction is, "I am NOT your daddy, little girl! You can call me InsertNameHere." Especially if his wife is within hearing range.
Unless she really is his little girl and he's moved Mom and Daughter next door for his fun and convenience. In the Lifetime movie the wives become best friends until they figure out Daddy is a weasel and they conspire to cut something off in the middle of the night. Just when it gets interesting there's a commercial.
I agree. And if it makes the mom angry that you suggest counseling, GOOD! They truly DO need counseling (that little girl is on her way to becoming quite the histrionic personality) . . . and maybe putting things on this level will help them move forward with their lives. And if it only makes her angry - then SHE will avoid the whole family - and that is what the goal is, anyway.
Absolutely!! Also, like donie said, it's highly unlikely that the little girl is coming up with all this business on her own. She's probably confiding in her daughter, inappropriately I might add, and that's where the poor kid is coming up with her materials....just parroting mom.
"Mr. Johnson is such a nice man, isn't he? I think he deserves a better and prettier wife than Mrs. Johnson though. Do you think I'm prettier than Mrs. Johnson?" ...
"Yes Mommy, I think you're waaay prettier than Mrs. Johnson. I wish YOU were married to Mr. Johnson, Mommy...then he could be my new daddy!"
"Would you like for Mr. Johnson to be your new daddy? Mrs. Johnson would have to go away though, because he already has a wife."
"Yes Mommy, he'd be a nice daddy. I wish Mrs. Johnson would go away, then you could marry Mr. Johnson and he could be MY daddy!"
Yeah....they need counselling and the OP needs to put on her war garments and let the lonely widow know that she thinks distance from her family is a good thing. Time to get all territorial on her butt.
Absolutely!! Also, like donie said, it's highly unlikely that the little girl is coming up with all this business on her own. She's probably confiding in her daughter, inappropriately I might add, and that's where the poor kid is coming up with her materials....just parroting mom.
"Mr. Johnson is such a nice man, isn't he? I think he deserves a better and prettier wife than Mrs. Johnson though. Do you think I'm prettier than Mrs. Johnson?" ...
"Yes Mommy, I think you're waaay prettier than Mrs. Johnson. I wish YOU were married to Mr. Johnson, Mommy...then he could be my new daddy!"
"Would you like for Mr. Johnson to be your new daddy? Mrs. Johnson would have to go away though, because he already has a wife."
"Yes Mommy, he'd be a nice daddy. I wish Mrs. Johnson would go away, then you could marry Mr. Johnson and he could be MY daddy!"
Yeah....they need counselling and the OP needs to put on her war garments and let the lonely widow know that she thinks distance from her family is a good thing. Time to get all territorial on her butt.
That is EXACTLY what conversations I believe have been going on.
What I do not understand is why OP and her hubby would have allowed a child to call hubby "daddy" even ONCE without addressing that issue. If some child called my hubby "daddy" I would be all over that in a heartbeat, making sure the child understood clearly that not only was that an inappropriate thing to say - but that she has a daddy, even tho he has passed on from this plane of existence. Dead or alive, he is still her daddy!
I would be wondering what the hell gave a child that age the idea that it was an okay thing to do. It isn't as tho she didn't grow up with and know her own father . . . At 3 I could see this happening but that child is waaaaay too old to be calling a neighbor "daddy."
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