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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, the cup thing! My MB does this every other day. She will ask A what colour she'd like, A. will say yellow and then change her mind right after MB poured her water. Cue I WANT THE GREEN. Cue mother washing out the yellow and giving her the green one. Why? I don't know. This literally happens several times a week. A. hardly ever does it with me because she know it won't fly.

I think the article raises excellent points and I know I've been guilty of many of the things mentioned with my charges.

Though with the paragraph about the fear - I think it's not as much fear of the children, it's more about the exhaustion of the parents/nannies. I know I will surreptitiously swap things between children if I know one is in a bad mood and will throw a fit if they don't get their favourite colour, or let them all go on their iPods for a little bit longer if they're all being little monsters. It's easier, and sometimes it's hard to make yourself go in for a fight knowing it's not going to lead anywhere anyway. I think it's more about the 'pick your battles' thing rather than fear. Obviously some people prefer to have very few battles, and others make a battle of everything. Probably there's a golden middle we should all strive for.[/quote]

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