Anonymous wrote:She was pitching a fit over what water bottle was clean and I told her to stop and she told me “I’m only 3, I just don’t know any better yet, when I’m older I won’t throw a fit, but right now, that’s what I do.” WTAF?! Send help!

She sounds great. Enjoy her!

Anonymous wrote:That is funny but you want to nip this kind of talk in the bud.

NP and I’m genuinely curious. How do you actually “nip this kind of talk in the bud”?

-mom of a very outspoken sassy girl

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Anonymous wrote:Settle down everyone, OP was talking about a three year old.

A three year old brat who will be a 13 yr old horror.

Eh. I had very authoritarian parents and was never allowed to throw tantrums, cry, or vocalize any disagreement whatsoever. I had to be very agreeable and pleasant at all times.

All those years of pent-up frustration resulted in the teenage horror to end all horrors. I rebelled more than any other kid in my school. I was the kid no other kid was allowed to hang out with. You name it, I did it. I'm pretty sure I was the cause of my dad's heart attack.

If the OP had a different subject line, people wouldn't be so mean.

Nothing annoys DCUM more than people thinking their totally average children are above average.

Anonymous wrote:Settle down everyone, OP was talking about a three year old.

A three year old brat who will be a 13 yr old horror.

Anonymous wrote:She was pitching a fit over what water bottle was clean and I told her to stop and she told me “I’m only 3, I just don’t know any better yet, when I’m older I won’t throw a fit, but right now, that’s what I do.” WTAF?! Send help!

She's a mimic. Not smart.

My now 4yo has been like this for years. Best I can tell she’s got high social-emotional skills. Unfortunately that comes with a lot of anxiety in her case. Also not academically inclined yet. I have no reason to suspect she’s intellectually gifted!