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[quote=Anonymous]Hello all,

This is my first official nanny job and I have been with my NF for 1.5 years. This summer I am working 10 hour days with all 3 children: 7 year old twins and a 4.5 year old. Lately I have been really struggling with one of the twins.

Some examples of her behavior I am having difficulty with managing include:
-Power struggles over every little thing. She will only listen to my direction half the time and is very defiant. 
- Ultra competitive behavior. She has to be first to get in the car, has to win everything, and generally treats life as a competition. She even alienates other children with this behavior and they begin to avoid her.
- Hitting/striking out at her little sibling when she is frustrated. 
-Makes endless excuses to avoid any responsibilities, even when I engage and make cleaning up "fun".

I am definitely one to lean toward logical consequences and positive reinforcement and I am very patient. I am looking for ways to avoid the power struggle situations (which are my fault for engaging in) and to curb some of the other behavior.

DB is never around and MB seems concerned but has not offered much as far as how I should respond to these situations, but I have taken her lead and done the best I can so far.

Thanks in advance for any ideas![/quote]

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