When my daughter (7) has had friends over to play during the holidays she has been so excited. She finds it very hard to contain her excitement and frustrations. When the friend arrives she kisses and cuddles and does her utmost to impress.
She is an only child and I think it is important for her to have other children to play with through out the break.
I have told her that it is important to be a good host and to be kind to her quest but she has behaved so badly. She is rude to me in front of her playmate and waits to see if the friend finds it amusing. She becomes possessive over toys her friend takes an interest in and refuses to share. She argues with all sorts of things with me. To be honest I find it totally exhausting and soul destroying.
I have reprimanded my child (sometimes I have had to do so with the friend present) and told her friends cannot come if she is rude to me and upsets her friend. I have explained that she needs to share her toys etc She dissolves into tears when I reprimand her and says she cannot help behaving the way she has been. I need a bit of help with how to manage this.? I do not want to squash her lively, exuberant personality, however I am finding it hard to be positive with her. I want her to learn to behave politely and with reasonable self restraint.