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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty typical. My son loathes walking.  You would think it is walking on fire.  And they probably have no interest in a cheap souvenir tshirt.  Of course they are going t ask for what they want.  Just say no and give them a price maximum.

As far as the phone, they likely are all afraid you will give it to one of thier sisters if they do not show an interest.

And yes, tweens are as exhausting as toddlers and worse because they do not finally cave and go for the hug.

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[b]Op here, so what is the deal with the hating walking thing? Like how can a human being hate walking, especially if there are cool and interesting things to look at?[/b]

When they complained so relentlessly about walking I assumed something must surely be physically wrong with them-like I thought their shoes must be not suitable or that they were injured or disabled in some way. I could understand if we were walking all along the mall and through DC....this was like from the car to the activity, to the ice cream stand, to the other activity, to lunch, back to the car, etc. just like a normal amount of walking as a person on the earth. At one point I was like, ok guys, so should we just go home then? I’m sorry, like some walking is going to be required. If you take walking off the table then that limits the activities we can do to very very few things.[/quote]

I've taught middle school. They're tweens! Sometimes they complain about anything and everything just for the sake of complaining or to be contrarian. They also have no filter at that age and will let you know exactly what they are thinking even if it's rude. It's a very hard age. Your sweet toddler will be at this stage before you know it. Don't think it won't happen. All kids go through a bratty stage in one way or another. Also, a lot of adults hate walking. Some of my friends in their 30s complain if they have to walk more than a mile or two! On a final note, you sound like a middle schooler yourself with how much you use the word "like" in your most recent post.

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