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YES. I ready some study that said something like "kids are 800% more poorly behaved around their parents". My parents had my crazy defiant LO this weekend so we could spend the night in a hotel and she didn't argue ONCE about ANYTHING - peeing, getting dressed, eating, taking a bath. Nothing.

All. The. Time. Her day care teacher told me she was an angel all day yesterday, but within five minutes of being outside of day care, she refused to get in the damn car to go home. Which, of course, resulted in screaming "owie" over and over half of the way home because I forced her in her car seat and put on the straps. There was no owie involved, but she's learned that when she says that, people generally stop what they're doing and talk to her about it. It's my new least favorite thing she's adopted.

@JoJoGirl: I think you're referring to this: http://www.momnewsdaily.com/study-children-are-800-worse-when-their-mothers-are-in-the-room/

I agree that my child is better for others than he is for me!

My son was like this. Now that he is turning 4 it has gotten so much better, but sometimes he still listens better to others than to us.

@BlueWolverine: Ugh my son does this too! I will take his arm to guide him out of the store when he doesn't want to leave (I'm not grabbing him hard at all!) and he will yell "owe you are hurting me!" as loud as he can. It is so embarrassing.

100%. Girlfriend is an angel for her babysitter--even when I'm standing right there. I could say the exact same thing and she'd likely completely ignore me. And, she's only 14.5 months old.

Absolutely. It drives me nuts sometimes, especially when we're around my parents. Last month we were visiting them and left DS with them over night. The next day we met them at a restaurant and he was nightmare. And they're all like, "Wow, he hasn't done any of this since you left. He's been a perfect angel." He gets dressed for them, eats for them, let's my mom change his diaper with no fuss. For me he was in a stage where it was screaming and running away and demanding my phone 24-7. Mad me feel like a crappy parent . Luckily that phase has gotten better. But I still know he's way more behaved for everyone else.

Not any more. He used to be an angel for others and a terror for me, but we've now gotten to the point where he understands that he is part of a family and that he has certain resposibilities in this family, one of which is to follow directions on the first time I say them and not try to negotiate. It's been a long road, but I can finally say that all I have to do is to make eye contact with him from across the room now and he modifies his actions.

Ugh, I wish! My son is 3.5 and a booger for his teachers. I think it's because I work in the preschool classroom next door to his and he's wayyyyy to comfortable at school; like its his second home.
When I taught Kindergarten, my mentor teacher told me this phenomenon happens when parents are doing a good job teaching respect & boundaries. Kids know they need to obey adults, but it's exhausting work so they are drained and push the limits, etc when they're with their parents because that's the "safe space". Anecdotally I think that's true.

Yes...............although his daycare teachers say from time to time he needs to be redirected and doesn't always follow classroom rules. We have a class clown on our hands.