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[quote=Anonymous]My 3 yr old is super demanding sometimes. She insists that games have to be played a certain way, books read a certain way, that we must sit in a certain place or say a certain thing. She will demand one parent over the other when she needs help with something. Etc.

I feel like we are handling it ok. We pick our battles and we don’t just let her have what she wants all the time. I’m big on looking for ways to “give” her wins, as I’ve read that kids this age often need to feel more in control of their surrounding and that she needs to feel like she has some choices in life. But she is still very demanding. The way she talks to us sometimes— it sounds like we work for her!

So my question is— how much of this is a normal toddler/PK phase and how much is innate personality? Do people have kids this age who don’t do this? Do we need to prepare ourselves for this to to continue (and keep mitigating) or will she mellow a bit once she gets through this transition? Just trying to get a sense of what I’m in for and maybe make some parenting adjustments if this might be a long haul issue.[/quote]

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