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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is 8. When she gets tired and grumpy her demeanor and attitude are terrible. While this is understandable, and I'm not at my best when I'm tired or in a bad mood, we would like to teach her that we expect her to maintain some basic manners. She will grunt instead of use words, refuse to be polite to adults and other things that we find unacceptable. Are we asking too much emotional control of an 8 year old? I don't think so, but she's an only child and we can't compare. We want her to know that it's normal to be in a bad mood sometimes, but that it's not acceptable to take it out on other people. I was raised in a family where it felt like we weren't allowed to be in a bad mood, so I have always wanted to teach her that it's normal and okay sometimes, but that our behavior shouldn't be needlessly obnoxious, bratty, etc.

Are we asking too much of an 8 year old or too little? Any tips on how to teach emotional control at this age in a way that also lets her know that it's safe to be herself and to express her real emotions to us? [/quote]

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