 | The 6 yr old sounds like a difficult child but I wouldn't say that it's because she's being abused. If she's learned all this stuff already, she's just showing off to her cousins. Please don't break family ties over what kids do. They're kids, going through phases and you might be in for a nice surprise in the future with your niece. (I know that sounds hard to believe). Read some of the other posts and you can see what some of the kids (3,4,5) are doing. It's an eye opener. My kid is starting preschool soon. All she knows is that boys and girls are different. But I know that will soon change and I hope to talk to her before she gets it from an ill informed 5 yr old.
My best friend's dd is 1 yr younger than mine and she kept on harping on how "tough" her dd was because she would fall and barely cry, while mine would fall and cry enough that you had to offer a little comfort. Well, mine was the same at that age and now that she's closer to 3 she stopped doing it. But now her kid is turning 2 and cries every sec about everything. I think she's learning that all those times she pointed out how much tougher she was, she was wrong. They're all going through phases. At one I worried my dd didn't have nerve endings because nothing seemed to hurt. By 2, she knew a boo boo when she saw one.And now she's much braver again. Who knows what mortally embarrassing thing your kids will be doing at 6? They will, trust me. |
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