My friend has DS 10 and DS 5.
She lives 100ish miles from me so I visit every three or four months.
Last time I went, we took her DSs into town for the afternoon. The older one is an angel but the younger one spent the whole time complaining.
It was "I want this" and "I want that", and when he got what he wanted, he want something else. On the rare occasion that we went into a shop for us (i.e. a clothes store) he moaned loudly that he was bored and wanted to be somewhere else
I suggested she take him elsewhere whilst I tried something on, as she didn't want anying, he was clearly bored and I didn't want to rush just because he was making a scene (selfish I know, but I have to say if my DD was behaving like that I'd have been having words - plus I remember from my own childhood that when adults were paying for treats, you took the boring stuff as part of the deal!)
When we met up again he announced we were going to eat at a fast food restaurant. Whilst we were there he wanted everyone else's food as well as his own.
When we left, he wanted to go to the park across the way. So we went. When he'd finished we needed to go to the supermarket, but again he protested that this didn't fit in with what he wanted.
The whole time I felt really narked because he was never told "no". And his older brother was never like this.
So - is this just the way some children are, or somewhere along the line has his behaviour just not been corrected?
I realise it's all pretty trivial stuff and he could be a lot worse, but I just don't think I could let my DD behave like this when she's older...