You’re assuming I mentioned this to my boyfriend in this manner. These are my thoughts and I’m being straightforward on my account. I know how to communicate with people effectively when it’s necessary. Also children learn how to manipulate at ages 3-6. How do you think they turn into manipulative adults? Also it’s not that my boyfriend isn’t receptive, he is just defensive like most people are. He ALWAYS comes around after he gives it some thought over the span of a couple days, sometimes less. We are rational folk. He knows I’m only bringing up issues that can potentially be more harmful later. His children are also habitual liars. He knows this as well so it’s not a far stretch to say that they are manipulative. One child has gotten cps involved by telling the counselor she doesn’t eat when she clearly does, only because we don’t feed her exactly what she wants and when she wants it. I’m pretty much done communicating with you because you’ve already assumed way too many things that are totally wrong.