It happened on a day like any other. We were having a playdate at our house with friends whom we know well and have invited over countless times before. My 5-year-old and her 4-year-old friend were running laps around the couch, playing tag. My daughter was “it,” and when she couldn’t catch up to her friend, she collapsed on the ground, pouting, close to tears, and shouted, “I can’t catch you! You have to slow down! You have to! I won’t play anymore if you don’t!” And I looked at her with a sigh, as I always do at times like these, and I looked at her friend, who is almost always smiley and agreeable, and that’s when I knew. I knew that a hypothesis that had been building in my head and heart for months and months now was unequivocally true: My child is not easy to like.

And it wasn’t because of that one event. It was because that wasn’t an isolated event at all. Things like that happen all the time. All the bloody time. Whether she is alone, with her siblings, or with her friends, at home or in public, my daughter is the bossy one. The demanding one. The one making a scene at the store as she cries on and on and on because I won’t let her buy a gymnastics leotard (we don’t even do gymnastics!). She is quick to cry, yell, and throw the kind of tantrum that I once thought only 2-year-olds were capable of.  She’s disrespectful and rude. Moody. Unable to share and overly concerned about every damn toy (hers or someone else’s). Insistent upon doing things her way. Impossible if things don’t go her way. Manipulative. Always thinking only of herself. And always prepared to tell you exactly what she thinks and feels in that very moment. If she doesn’t like you or what you’re doing, you will hear about it. I hate labels, but let’s face it, she is spirited, strong-willed, and as it turns out, a brat. And every time we interact with someone outside of our home, I feel as though we are stepping into a minefield. I never know how it’s going to go or what will set her off.

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I didn't read the linked page.

Does Scary Mommy take the credit for turning her child into a self-centered little brat?

Or is it somehow the NRA's and the Republican Party's fault?

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Almost sounds autistic democrat.

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Almost sounds autistic.

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Almost sounds autistic.

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Almost sounds autistic.

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http://www.scarymommy.com/difficult-child-hard-to-like/



This is what ass beatings are for. And the lack of them is a big problem, when our society is full of these children...and parents.

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I'm sorry Mrs. McGillicudy, but I'm afraid your daughter has contracted a bad case of... progressivism.


That being said, there are some kids who're just not right.  My sister was like that, and no amount of discipline would fix her.  She was/is a sociopath.  She's the main reason Bill Clinton fooled me for about a New York minute.  Once you've been thoroughly exposed to one, you don't get fooled by them anymore.

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Almost sounds autistic.

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My dad spanked me good and hard when I needed it, and I'm thankful he did!!!

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Almost sounds autistic.

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Shy of a mental disorder, children with behavioral problems are either not being disciplined or emulating their parents.  I know that is a sweeping generalization, but I have found it to be true in most cases.  I have worked in scouting as a leader over the past 20 years and my worst behaved scouts were the ones whose parents were in denial or didn't give a shit about their kid.  I have had scouts with Aspergers who were easier to deal with than the ones who suffered from a lack of parenting.  The rare few that were a-holes had a parent that was an a-hole; again, kids will usually emulate a parent's strong personality traits.

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http://www.scarymommy.com/difficult-child-hard-to-like/



This is what ass beatings are for. And the lack of them is a big problem, when our society is full of these children...and parents.

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Almost sounds autistic.