I love my dd(7) to pieces. She is my pfb and I would skin a lion for her.
But she is one of the world's most negative people and has been ever since she could talk.
I would love for this to be an exaggeration but I swear it is true.
One day we were having a picnic. Lovely day, nice picnic [smug] dc behaving. It was lovely. I made a comment about the beautiful blue sky. DD pointed to a very small cloud a significant distance away "But look at that big grey cloud Mummy, it will rain later." [head slap]
I try very hard to find the positive in stuff as there has been so much research done about optimists living longer etc and although it was tricky to start with it has become easier (a habit, I suppose).
Before you all jump down my throat, I haven't tried to change her. She is still as melancholy and glass almost empty half empty as ever. My ds(5) is Mr Optimism on the other hand, which has it's own peculiarities!
It's a theoretical question, ok? Does your dc have a character trait that you see as undesirable? Have you tried to do anything about it?
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MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism · 31/05/2011 09:08
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