I was talking to a friend on the phone this afternoon and ds (4) was sitting nearby at the computer playing a game. After a while he started saying to me "Get off the phone" and "Stop talking", all because he wanted to turn the volume up on his game. He could have continued playing his game with the volume down while I was on the phone, but he refused to play it with the volume down and kept insisting that I get off the phone. My blood was boiling by the time I hung up and I promptly sent him to his room for behaving like that while I was on the phone. Does this kind of thing sound familiar to anyone???!! I can't believe he thinks he can order me around like that.
I think it's a real sore point with me because my best friend's 8 year old daughter is always in the background shouting "Get off the phone!" while her mother is trying to talk. She's a single mum with two headstrong daughters, and I've always felt that she's let them get the better of her, but now my 4 yr old is trying to do it to me. Earlier today I also had to send ds to his room for kicking one of his toys across the floor after I'd asked him to pick it up. Is it normal to have these kinds of power struggles ALREADY? I just have a strong feeling that if I don't nip it in the bud, he will carry on being like this. I get real sick of the discipline treadmill sometimes