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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 414963" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>JJJ--</p><p> </p><p>I wonder if some of the cracks in the "princess" facade are due to Kanga's age?</p><p> </p><p>As their parents, we get so used to our kid's behaviors (good or bad) and we often lose real perspective about how they act in comparison to more typical kids. A small child who is "off" will probably be seen as only slighly different than their same-aged peers. But as children age and mature, the difficult children lose more and more ground against the "norm"...</p><p> </p><p>I've been thinking about this issue a lot in terms of my own difficult child - who used to be able to blink her eyes and say something cute and have everybody respond with "<em>O she's just a poor, sweet, misunderstood child!"...</em></p><p> </p><p>These days, she is expected to conduct herself as a young lady...and the blinking and "cutesy" remarks no longer have the same effect. When difficult child responds that way to a serious question - it no longer stops the person and sends them to ask Mom why she was being so hard on such a cute little girl....thus difficult child is forced to try something else.</p><p> </p><p>There's a big difference when a 9 year old insists they have been good and should be able to see their boyfriend and when a 16 year old makes that claim! No wonder Kanga is not able to play princess!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 414963, member: 6546"] JJJ-- I wonder if some of the cracks in the "princess" facade are due to Kanga's age? As their parents, we get so used to our kid's behaviors (good or bad) and we often lose real perspective about how they act in comparison to more typical kids. A small child who is "off" will probably be seen as only slighly different than their same-aged peers. But as children age and mature, the difficult children lose more and more ground against the "norm"... I've been thinking about this issue a lot in terms of my own difficult child - who used to be able to blink her eyes and say something cute and have everybody respond with "[I]O she's just a poor, sweet, misunderstood child!"...[/I] These days, she is expected to conduct herself as a young lady...and the blinking and "cutesy" remarks no longer have the same effect. When difficult child responds that way to a serious question - it no longer stops the person and sends them to ask Mom why she was being so hard on such a cute little girl....thus difficult child is forced to try something else. There's a big difference when a 9 year old insists they have been good and should be able to see their boyfriend and when a 16 year old makes that claim! No wonder Kanga is not able to play princess! [/QUOTE]
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