This is a home without boundaries, says Annalisa Barbieri, and your daughter needs to take control
We have two granddaughters, aged nine and five. The nine-year-old is bright and lovely most of the time. However, if she doesn’t get her own way she can be awful. She recently came to stay, with her mother and younger sister. The first day was fine, but the next day we had planned various attractions and booked tickets, but the nine-year-old didn’t want to go. We went anyway, as her sister did, and my daughter had to work. She then kicked off – was obnoxious, rude and disobedient.
We came home early and tried to stay positive, cheer everyone along and distract her, but nothing worked. As a punishment, I didn’t let her use her tablet. (My daughter backed me up, but doesn’t usually take it away.) I gave it back before bed as my daughter says it settles her. (It keeps her quiet.) At home, she is on the tablet nearly all day and doesn’t want to go anywhere.
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