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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 171781" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>BBK....</p><p></p><p>I often dont quite know how to answer your posts because you are dealing with a little girl...alone. I havent been in that situation before so I feel a bit out of my element. However, I was a little girl once and I was a precocious lil twit who thrived on drama so maybe I can help.</p><p></p><p>I was always one who went for the jugular too. If Tink is this bad at 7, she is just gonna get worse as she grows older. Time to get some detachment answers down pat. Borrow some from SLSH...I like her Law and Order ones. "asked and answered" is good. One of my favorites when kids start whining about how unfair parents are is to just calmly state that we must be doing our job and they can write it down to tell their therapists when they grow up because a parent hasnt done their job if their kids cant whine to a therapist when they grow up...lol. </p><p></p><p>When it comes down to it...No is a complete sentence and you dont have to give an explanation. If you feel you must the rest of the sentence is...I am the mom, I say so, thats the way it is. </p><p></p><p>I do think parents of only kids tend to want to be friends with their kids and it blurs the parenting roll. It makes the kid see you as her equal who she can engage in 7 year old tactics with when that is just so not the case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 171781, member: 1514"] BBK.... I often dont quite know how to answer your posts because you are dealing with a little girl...alone. I havent been in that situation before so I feel a bit out of my element. However, I was a little girl once and I was a precocious lil twit who thrived on drama so maybe I can help. I was always one who went for the jugular too. If Tink is this bad at 7, she is just gonna get worse as she grows older. Time to get some detachment answers down pat. Borrow some from SLSH...I like her Law and Order ones. "asked and answered" is good. One of my favorites when kids start whining about how unfair parents are is to just calmly state that we must be doing our job and they can write it down to tell their therapists when they grow up because a parent hasnt done their job if their kids cant whine to a therapist when they grow up...lol. When it comes down to it...No is a complete sentence and you dont have to give an explanation. If you feel you must the rest of the sentence is...I am the mom, I say so, thats the way it is. I do think parents of only kids tend to want to be friends with their kids and it blurs the parenting roll. It makes the kid see you as her equal who she can engage in 7 year old tactics with when that is just so not the case. [/QUOTE]
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