Reply to 6-year-old has attitude and parents aren't helping!!!

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "6-year-old has attitude and parents aren't helping!!!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]The 6-yr-old girl I nanny for (along with her 2 younger sisters) can be so challenging. I am aware that I take manners and respect for adults a little more seriously than other nannies or parents might, but I am not sure where to draw the line between expectations DC can meet and unrealistic ones. I also don't handle her disrespectful attitude as well as I should, too, and am hoping to find some ideas to help me with that.

The main thing is that DC 1 (6 yr old charge) flies off the handle so quickly. I mean, for no seeming reason, she will talk to you in an extremely bothered, exasperated way. For ex, last week DC 2 and DC 3 (who are both under 4 yrs old, not twins) and I picked her up from school. No hello's, no smiles, nothing. First she asks if she can play iPad when she gets home. I jokingly say, "well hello to you too! How was school today? Etc" No response. She notices DC 3 has a "strawberry" eraser she picked up in the school hallway as we waited for DC 1 to get out, and demands to know where she got that, claiming it is hers. I said DC 3 found it, and DC 1 snatches it out of her hand, and says in a nasty voice that it's hers. So I proceed to ask for the eraser back, and tell her we would figure it out. She holds it away from me and says in an extremely exasperated, annoyed voice while shaking her head and rolling her eyes: "it's mine! She must have gotten it from my locker. Don't you know that??" I Asked for it back one more time (telling her we would talk about it and figure it out in the car) and she wouldn't give it to me, so I took it out of her hand. We ended up talking about her attitude when we got home, and what it means to be disrespectful and rude, esp to an adult, and one who hasn't done anything in the first place at that. But I feel like its always the same old story, and I tell her this a million times a day! Is this normal??

When I'm at my wits end, sometimes I feel like I should respond with more patience or gentleness, since that's what I'm asking her to do, after all. But it's so hard! I feel like I raise my voice or say stuff like, "WHY are you talking/acting/behaving like this?! far too often. :([/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics