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[quote=Anonymous]I'm at a loss. I nanny for a 6 year-old girl who has two younger sisters. She is very bossy (I know this is normal), but I get annoyed with her because she pulls the woe is me card after she gets in trouble. For example, she had a rough day yesterday which resulted in a lot of "time to herself". She pushes, hits, and screams if her younger sisters are not playing the way she wants them to. MB told me today that the older charge cried at bedtime (after they talked to her behavior) because she always gets in trouble and she feels like a "mean" sister. Apparently she woke her Mom up in the middle of the night crying because she's "bad" too.

She never pulls the crying and feeling sorry for herself when she is with me, only with her parents and then buy into it. When I correct her, I never tell her that she is bad. I let her know that her choices are wrong and I know she can make better ones. I always over praise when I see her making great choices. They get frustrated with her too (they're well aware of her ways) but pull back on correcting her when she turns on the water works.

Am I wrong for feeling like she's playing them? 
Any suggestions on how to handle this? 
Am I being too stern?

Thanks![/quote]

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