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Sassy sort of issue with the 4 year old, wwyd ?

KoriBrettKoriBrett
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She keeps correcting everybody, nitpicking ever single thing they say.  Mostly with DS, but she does it to us, friends, everyone.

Stupid little things like when she says "I love you, Bryan"  he says "I love you, Sam" and she goes ballistic "NO, it's I LOVE YOU TOO you said it wrong"  It'll go on for 10 minutes even with us telling her "it's ok that people say things differently sometimes, I know you're trying to help him, but his way of saying it is right, too.." bla bla

any ideas?  We're ready to duct tape her mouth shut some days, but IDK how much "trouble" she should really be in, because I know that, at least MOST of the time, she really is doing it just to be helpful.  

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Re: Sassy sort of issue with the 4 year old, wwyd ?

  • michaeltrishmichaeltrish
    My friend's 4 year old does the same thing and it's driving her parents crazy.  She is extremely bossy too.  They are worried she is gonna push other kids away at kindergarten next year because she's more like the teacher than a little kid.  We're sure she's going to be in upper management someday, though.  Stick out tongue
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  • DandelionMomDandelionMom

    I can just see her doing that.   :)

    I think it is a big sister kind of thing.  DD1 was forever correcting her sisters over nothing.  We talked about it -- that it can hurt people's feelings or make them not like talking to her.  And we've stressed that it is considered pretty rude to correct older people especially.  She still does it a little but she's gotten better about it and I haven't heard her correct an adult or one of her friends in a looooong time. 

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  • hikerbethhikerbeth member

    We really should move next door to eachother.  Our kids would get along fabulously.

    Gretchen has a lot of the same problems and the OCD-ness is off the charts and affecting her everyday life.  I'm going to talk to the pedi about it at her 5 year appointment.

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  • KoriBrettKoriBrett
    imagehikerbeth:

    We really should move next door to eachother.  Our kids would get along fabulously.

    Gretchen has a lot of the same problems and the OCD-ness is off the charts and affecting her everyday life.  I'm going to talk to the pedi about it at her 5 year appointment.

    Ditto on the OCD factor, dear lord.  It's getting pretty bad lately.  

    Thanks girls - guess we'll just keep doing what we're doing & keep explaining.  I miss quiet car trips.......

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