dd st 4years old - behavioural change

[hermykne]

i have noticed recently the back chat has really changed , shes getting a wee bit cheekier in ehr response to me when i am giving out to her. and then repeats what i say back to me and tells me off.
i suppose this is normal?
but would playing with older kids have anything to do it, i know i cant exclusinve have her play with under 4's but we have 2 5 yr olds near us and after a sessson with them, the mood is different.

Sounds like the influence of the 5 yr olds. My DD isn't like this, but some of them in her class are. The few times she has done it to me, I've told her that isn't the way to speak to me. Seems to have worked -- o f course when a toddler, she always cried when I told her off so might not work for you But it is worth a try. How about talking to the mum(s) of the 5 yr olds?