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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think this reads as much as parentifying as it does arrested development. Perhaps with four younger siblings in the house your daughter isn't getting as much age-appropriate attention as you think she is and she is reverting to the behaviors of the younger siblings because she perceives that they are getting the lions' share of your attention. She plays with them and acts like them and makes the same requests of you that they do because she sees that it works for them and they seem happy and loved. I would try making some one-on-one time with her to do some mother/daughter activities that are more appropriate to a late-teen/adult relationship. And definitely some therapy - the fact that she does not seem to have any age appropriate friends is most definitely feeding into this. She seems to be seeking happiness in areas that are not developmentally appropriate for her age. Not wrong - just not forward moving.[/quote]
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