Any tips on dealing with a very demanding child? Sometimes it feels like communication with 10 yo Dd is constant demands, she might make 10 demands by lunch time - stuff to buy, activities to do, friends to meet . Her older brothers ask for nothing. She s definitely got worse over last 18 months.
I don't give into the demands but it doesn't seem to be helping.
Today for example I went for a walk with a friend and our kids. Half way through the walk Dd starting whining that her head was sore and she wanted to go home. I told her we were on our way back to car and we d get home then but she just wouldn't stop. Ended up in tears, I think she genuinely believed her head was sore (I didn't believe her she was fine as soon as she got home - in recent months she s often made up an ailment to get out of something.)
Another example, took her and friends for a walk yesterday. Everyone happy until she said they were thirsty and asked for soft drinks. I said no they could get a drink in 15 minutes when we got home(they'd already had ice-cream) . She wouldn't let up, kept on and on at me in front of her friends.
I did bring this up with her later and she didnt seem to see the way she was acting wasn't on.
Any tips?! How do I get my lovely daughter back!