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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, [b]is your DD allowed to get away with this behavior? [/b] Are theirrelevant boundaries that need to be observed in your family?  [/quote]

What?  WTF?  Seriously?

Little girls who are "bossy" are natural leaders. They have terrific, innate leadership skills.  It's not something that she "gets away with." It's something that is a tremendous asset and which she needs to learn to harness to make the world a better place.

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I think you're right and wrong.  It's a skill but a defect.  The bossiness comes from not caring about other people, which is what we call, lacking empathy.  Most "natural leaders" are also very self-centered to the point of not caring whether or not they hurt others, and they often do, and are rewarded by it (people fear them, they get more social power, etc).  Finally, most people hate bossy people.  The kind of child that OP described is so annoying, and they grow into even more annoying adults - natural leader or not!  If you're incapable of seeing this - well, you're probably one of those self-centered, annoying people we're talking about.  [/quote]

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