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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep, I have seen this. I think it's a few things:

1) Kids with older siblings. This is probably the biggest.
2) Kids watching a lot of shows aimed at slightly older tweens. I'm thinking of the Nickelodeon stuff that's on Netflix. 
3) [b]Kids whose parents ignore it or even think it's cute. DD has a couple of friends like this. The parents are lovely but clueless and trying to be their kids' friend. [/quote][/b]

Its this. 
My 8 year old boy has a friend who always pulls this stuff. Whining at me about wanting to play Fortnite which we don't have, then mocking my son for it. Insisting on sneaking around in my bedroom when I told him it's off limits. Whining for candy. Basically acting like he hates being at our house. I don't want him over anymore.
But the mom is a total doll. Sweetest lady ever. And she's like that with her son too. Never ever would raise her voice or say a harsh word.[/quote]

OP here. I definitely got the sense from these few kids when they behaved this way that they were not having fun and didn't want to be at this party. Though at other points in the party they were playing with the other girls and seemed to be enjoying themselves. I wonder if part of it is internal, and there is a voice in their head telling them that some of these activities are "babyish" and that they shouldn't enjoy them. If it is, I wonder where that voice is coming from (older siblings, peers, parents, media? I don't know). It is sad. It is definitely a priority for me to teach my DD that she can like what she likes and not to let the judgment of others stop her from enjoying things. That's such a limited way to live.[/quote]

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