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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids can be dramatic.  They can also be manipulative.

I bet he got a significant and very loving response from you.

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Wow, you are cold-hearted, PP.  I hope to God you are not a parent.  [/quote]

I am a parent.  Maybe the child is genuinely deprived of parental attention, maybe not.  I have several kids and two of them are particularly prone to dramatic pronouncements.  One because she's just mercurial and reacts dramatically to everything, the other because he's keenly aware that triggering a sympathetic emotional reaction pays dividends for him.  I also have one kid who would never say or do something like this - he just kind of sails through life without much bothering him.

I am never inclined to believe the worst of a parent just because a child, especially one young enough to have a nanny, says something seemingly alarming.

Show me finger marks on arms, bruises on the torso, a flinching reaction to sudden gestures, a sexually explicit child, etc.... then you get my attention.  Dramatic statements?  Meh.[/quote]

Therapists will make a fortune off your kids emotional problems.[/quote]

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