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[quote=Anonymous]I replied way up in this thread a while back (my take is that it's normal for the age but that you need to find and correct so they learn to be polite and kind). But recently I had several interactions with a kid at our elementary and wanted to relate them, as I feel like it's instructive.

This kid is 8 or 9 and has a younger sibling in 1st. She's very confident, which is great. She's also arrogant, condescending, and sometimes rude, which is not. She feels very comfortable talking to adults, which I appreciate. She will also make claims about other people, including other kids, that she shouldn't make, are rude, and reflect a total lack of humility. Examples:

She will brag in a way that puts down other kids, saying "You aren't as good at soccer as I am." Not "I'm great at soccer" but "you aren't as good as me."

She tells adults they are wrong all the time, including about stuff where SHE is wrong. It's fine she's wrong, she's a kid. It's obnoxious when you say something to her and she confidently and condescendingly explains to you that you are incorrect and she knows more. She also does this with kids but often all the kids are wrong, and they all kind of do it with each other. But she does this with adults often and it's so obnoxious.

I really wish her parents would address it. They just laugh and smile like it's the cutest thing. It *might* have been true when she was younger, it's not anymore, and it's going to get extremely annoying soon (I'm already there and avoid this fully because I find this kid so unpleasant and especially don't like how she talks to my kid.

Don't raise jerks. This is when you can influence and address this behavior. One their tweens it will be impossible to roll it back. Insist on respect and time then they do NOT know everything.[/quote]

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