So, my DD is nearly 8. I love her to bits (as you do!) but sometimes I'm so horrified and ashamed of her behaviour.
She's very academic and bright and she really knows it. I've never particularly fed her ego, no more than her older brother anyway and he's much more normal! But she is such a show off. She is always looking to score points against her brother / other kids by putting them down or really showing off about something she is doing or is going to do. This doesn't seem to have lost her any friends yet but I'm sure it will do soon! She has to have the last word, even in discussions with adults, which I just find mortifying.
I've tried telling her off, punishing her, talking to her about how this will land her with no friends but nothing seems to work.
I'm beginning to despair!
Any ideas about things I can try to do to stop this awful behaviour would be gratefully received.
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Dotty342kids · 04/12/2012 13:04
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