When we got home from school, all three dc had to get together any things they wanted to take to xp's with them.
Dd2 currently has a bit of an attitude problem and quite often talks to me in a less than nice way.
She shouted up the stairs to me 'where is my ds' in her usual aggressive tone.
I told her that I wouldn't even begin to help her find it unless she spoke to me properly, cue a mini maeltodwn from her.
I then refused to wait for her to find it and we left. She cried all the way round to xp's (5 min away) and generally looked very upset. Once there she remembered where she'd left it.
I don't know what is going on with her lately, she is sulky, grumpy and seems misxerable 99.9% of the time and I feel like I am failing her in some way.
My mum recently found an album of photos of dd2 when she was about 4/5 and dd2 was looking at them and saying how different her hair was etc etc, but the main difference that struck me was that she was smiling in nearly every pic. That sight is such a rare thing nowadays.
Anyway, now on the one hand I am thinking that I should stick to my guns, as she has been repeatadly warned about how she speaks to me and the other half of me is thinking I should go and get and and take it round to her.