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How do I curb the bossiness?

post #1 of 7
12/9/05 at 2:02pm
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I know that older kids are going to boss younger kids around to an extent but Haley has gotten down right mean in her bossiness towards the boys. She is constantly telling them what to do and correcting their every move and she does it in the most demeaning voice. When they don't listen to her she asks them if they are "stupid or something".
I've talked to her over and over and about how inappropriate and mean the way she talks to them is and I send her to her room the second I hear it but it still continues.
I honestly don't know what to do with her anymore.
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post #2 of 7
12/9/05 at 2:11pm
Treat her the same way she treats them. She will probably look at you like why are you talking to me that way and then you say how do you like it.
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post #3 of 7
12/9/05 at 2:45pm
Maybe give her an outlet for her need to be a leader. I know that Girl Scouts has a lot about leadership. Maybe treach her there are ways to get people to do what you want without being demeaning and calling names. Is someone bossing her at school so she feels the need to do it at home? Or is she just bossy all the time? If she's bossy all the time even to kids her own age, she may be a queen bee or a wannabee. Have you read the book Queen Bees and Wannabees by Roslind Wise? Has she seen the movie Mean Girls? Maybe watch the movie with her and discuss what it means to be a "mean girl" and how she is one to her little brothers. That's all I can think of.
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post #4 of 7
12/9/05 at 3:51pm
I think that is normal with older siblings, isn't it? Tell her that you and Shane are the only Parents in the house and when she becomes one, she can tell others what to do! I honestly have no idea what to do. Good luck.
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post #5 of 7
12/9/05 at 4:40pm
Obviously I don't have the answer ... but thought I'd share anyway. LOL
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post #6 of 7
12/31/05 at 10:47pm
I have no clue!! I'm not at that point yet.
Good luck!!
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post #7 of 7
1/1/06 at 2:58pm
Like Dawn says...

I am clueless! Brittany is the same way and with her friends. I send her to her room till she can talk nice.
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