10-08-2006, 01:05 PM
Does anyone have the same problem as me?
When we were kids thats what we were. We didn't answer back, didn't claim to be the best or know it all.
my 6 year old step child knows it all, answers back, gets into serious strops, tantrums etc. It's like living with a teenager. Its not only with me she's like this with her father. she's with us 90% of the time and it feels as we have a 'I know everything, you know nothing'. She hates being corrected and disciplined. She hates it when it doesn't go her own way. I thought this sort of thing only hit when they became teenagers. Fashion conscious (spelling) wanting make up, insisting that the music be to her liking ..... loud, so consumer aware .... it frightens me. If she's like this now what will she be like at 13?
YOu tell her not to run and eat but the answer you get is 'i know' so she carry on and then you she her choking. you tell her not to run with glass in hand reply ' i know' carries on doing it and then band aids have to come out.the list goes on. everything is 'I know', but carries on doing it anyway. I know they need to learn and get hurt but she seems to enjoy pushing to the limit.
whether it be because of the divorce i don't know, but seeing others of the same age i think it's more to do with growing up too quick
When we were kids thats what we were. We didn't answer back, didn't claim to be the best or know it all.
my 6 year old step child knows it all, answers back, gets into serious strops, tantrums etc. It's like living with a teenager. Its not only with me she's like this with her father. she's with us 90% of the time and it feels as we have a 'I know everything, you know nothing'. She hates being corrected and disciplined. She hates it when it doesn't go her own way. I thought this sort of thing only hit when they became teenagers. Fashion conscious (spelling) wanting make up, insisting that the music be to her liking ..... loud, so consumer aware .... it frightens me. If she's like this now what will she be like at 13?
YOu tell her not to run and eat but the answer you get is 'i know' so she carry on and then you she her choking. you tell her not to run with glass in hand reply ' i know' carries on doing it and then band aids have to come out.the list goes on. everything is 'I know', but carries on doing it anyway. I know they need to learn and get hurt but she seems to enjoy pushing to the limit.
whether it be because of the divorce i don't know, but seeing others of the same age i think it's more to do with growing up too quick