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<blockquote data-quote="trsturself" data-source="post: 103406" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Our current tactic when she is demanding or rude is, "I'll give you one chance to say that in a nicer way" and if she doesn't know how we will give her the words, such as "can you please get me a drink of water" (instead of yelling Thirsty!). if she chooses not to say it nicer than i choose to say no to whatever she was asking until she can say it nicer. </p><p>if i try to just ignore her it makes it worse. she doesn't understand why i'm ignoring her but if i bring it to her attention and then ignore, it works most of the time. </p><p></p><p>so nice to hear from others that have the same issues. as i'm sure most of you have experienced, most people think i spoil her or am a horrible parent because of her outbursts. it truly makes you realize that what works for one kid (or even thousands) doesn't mean it will work for yours.</p><p></p><p>i was attending a lecture on gifted kids and a lady had a great response for unsolicited advice. "When you have given birth to and tried to raise MY child, then you might have something helpful to say"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trsturself, post: 103406, member: 4386"] Our current tactic when she is demanding or rude is, "I'll give you one chance to say that in a nicer way" and if she doesn't know how we will give her the words, such as "can you please get me a drink of water" (instead of yelling Thirsty!). if she chooses not to say it nicer than i choose to say no to whatever she was asking until she can say it nicer. if i try to just ignore her it makes it worse. she doesn't understand why i'm ignoring her but if i bring it to her attention and then ignore, it works most of the time. so nice to hear from others that have the same issues. as i'm sure most of you have experienced, most people think i spoil her or am a horrible parent because of her outbursts. it truly makes you realize that what works for one kid (or even thousands) doesn't mean it will work for yours. i was attending a lecture on gifted kids and a lady had a great response for unsolicited advice. "When you have given birth to and tried to raise MY child, then you might have something helpful to say" [/QUOTE]
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