My fiancee has a 7 year old daughter who is mouthy, believes things should be handed to her on a silver platter, and will not take no for an answer! My fiancee and I have tried every disciplinary technique we can muster and nothing works!! Help?
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She needs to know she is loved, not just spoiled. Rebuke her in love, as in with a belt. Not in anger, but in love. For her best.
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Try this: start limiting what she has in her life, like TV, special foods, going out and visiting her friends, doing things that are considered a privledge, not a right. It will take a lot of discipline on both your parts to stick to the plan and not give in to whining, complaining, temper tantrums, and other misbehaving. Instead of discipling her, just don't grant her any special privledges or gifts. For example, when you make dinner, make a regular dinner for yourself and PB&J sandwiches and milk for her. By law you are required to provide her nutritious food, but it doesn't have to be as desirable as you make for yourself. TV, internet access, phone, bicycles, etc. are all privledges, not rights and I would suggest removing them until she can learn to be grateful for what she has.
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It's called self respect. It is probably the one thing you left out of the equation when teaching her the basics of life.
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spare the rod, spoil the child spoil the child, fill the prisons
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Throw her out into the wild and leave her to fend for herself for a few weeks. She may surprise you, or die. :) +5
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