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Friend scared to upset 5 year old

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spanieleyes22 · 25/04/2024 16:14

My friend is struggling , single parent, no family nearby, she has 2 DDs 7 and 5. I struggle to take them both out together as the older one has autism diagnosis and I just find it a lot managing both of them so I suggested to my friend as she has started dreading weekends that I would take one out with me and the next week the other one. It would give her a break from their arguing and would give her one on one time with her older dd as she seems to always get pushed out by the younger one who is very demanding! Anyway my friend just replied that it was a nice thought but that her younger dd "would never allow it".... I feel like a 5 year old shouldn't be allowed to dictate what happens like this!!

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skinnyoptionsonly · 25/04/2024 17:00

I'd suggest they are all ND and she's struggles to cope as a single mother. . Doing something different is change which the kids will struggle with and her.
She'd have to manage the emotions and prepare the kids for that. It's like turning an oil tanker sometimes.

Maybe it's that. This could have been me when mine were that age.

You sound kind to offer but don't read too much into her excuses and it's probably not that clear.

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