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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is like this too. DH and I don't get it. He said the other day, what are we doing wrong that she just gets to do whatever she wants. I can get very stern and am strong-willed too but she will fight me until the bitter end.

I do a lot of "control the environment" stuff that I learned from Positive Parenting Solutions, i.e. after bedtime snacks and medicines, I begin turning off all the lights except the one leading to her bedroom.

If she refuses go upstairs to bed, we don't fight about it anymore. We say, "OK, well, we are going to bed now. If you are upstairs soon, I'll tuck you in." Then we go to bed and turn the lights off. If she comes up quickly, I tuck her in.

If it's after I start drifting off, I just okay, sweetheart, I love you too. See you tomorrow and then ignore her until she goes to her own bed. We took the light bulb out of her ceiling light so she can't turn it on to play. I'm going to put a smart bulb in there.

Same with tantrums after turning off the tv. We can turn it off with our phones because it has Apple TV. We just learned to expect the tantrums and we go to another part of the house until she's done. She begun to learn it doesn't get her much attention. She really loves a good power struggle so we just don't give her one.[/quote]

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