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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so cute to imagine her little mouth stuffed with sweet, gooey marshmallows. She's confident she'll get more marshmallows later. Maybe she's so intelligent she understands the stakes are low and just wants to enjoy herself. That's a wonderful trait! Consider yourself lucky she has experienced food scarcity or other real hardships.[/quote]

Cute is one word to describe it. We do think she’s cute sometimes. But there are a few more words to describe it that are not as positive. She’s greedy! She’s gluttonous! She’s ungrateful! And when we say no she whines and cries which is very irritating.

She does just want to enjoy herself. But it’s kind of scary to imagine her acting like this as a teenager. It’s embarrassing but I do worry about this. [/quote]

OP, the control issues you demonstrate with your extreme language in this post might influence your daughter’s ability to develop age-appropriate self control as she grows older. Right now your little girl is being age appropriate, and you’re not. If you can’t learn to control yourself, it’s going to be difficult for you to teach her to control herself.[/quote]

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