I run mother and toddler groups and take my dd to work with me. I work for a charity and many of the children have "issues" or may not be as well dressed as other kids.
My dd has always been very good until the past few weeks, she has recently turned into a at times unpleasant snotty little madam. I asked dp to come to work with me yesterday to see if he thought the same and he did. If she is at an art and craft table her creation is better than anyone elses. Yesterday she was nudging children out of the way to be closest to me at story time. She swans about the room as if she owns the place. She is alays saying I am cleverer than her aren't I mummy, or trying to dominate toys.
My dd is always beautifully dressed and does get commented on a lot, alhthough I never allow her to wear labels and most of it is second hand - and she has become aware of this. Yesterday while waiting to go into nursery a little girl asked her if my dd liked her jeans. My dd looked her up and down and said "No, I think they are horrible" The little girl then ran off and told her Mum who then spent 5 minutes glaring and tutting at us. I told dd off and said we all like different things and that we should't say mean things.
I can't bear snotty selfish vain children, one of the reasons I am gald to be out of my marriage is to get away from an environemnt of flashy one upmanship and snobbery and it upsets me to see my daughter showing these very qualities?
Will this end? Is it a phase? As my own parents rarely praised me perhaps I have overcompenstaed with my own dd and this is all my own fault.