Right, I have a wonderful dd who has just turned seven. She is bright, sociable and independant in many ways but she is driving me up the wall. Everything I ask her to do is met with moans and groans, she has zero tolerance for her 3yr old brother and is constantly bargaining to get her own way.
While I appreciate that seven year olds do act in this manner and are struggling to assert their place in the world it is seriously impacting on our relationship. No amount of reasoning gets through as she can argue that black is white and I end up getting angry and dishing out constant punishment which don't change the behaviour.
Is this normal? Have you experienced similiar problems and what effective ways have you employed to sort it. Just want a happy family life minus the constant conflicts and bad atmosphere which currently prevails.