"It's not fair"

[covenoveneer]

DD has started saying this in the last few weeks about everything. I think she must have picked it up from school as we never say it. She has been told she will lose a toy every time she says it which seems to be working as she catches herself most times in time and doesn't say it. Trouble is now ds (22 months) has started and it is driving me up the wall. I had a 30 minute hysterical tantrum with tonnes of "S'not fair" this morning as I wouldn't let him play with the plug sockets. Terrible two's here we come.

Ignore it. The more you react to it the more they will say it. You are right its all about being two.

LOL!

My dad's inevitable response was, 'Well, nor is the tax structure in this country, but that's just tough, isn't it?'

I caught myself saying that to DD1 the other day .

DS (3.5) does this too. I ask him what, in his view would be fair and why - mistakenly imagining it is possible to reason with him. He invariably thinks about it for a few seconds and then informs me that what is fair is what he wants and the reason it is fair is because he wants it. He also has a good line in sneaky logic like "mummy can eat chocoalte when ever she wants so why can't I".