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that girl is such a bitch
Oh no, your child is normal, your life sucks? Sure, you should teach your kid to be respectful and not be bratty, but I don't know a single kid who hasn't had a similar moment, regardless of how spoiled or respectful they are. Yours just happens to have the fact that she's adopted to use in her argument; if she was your biological child, she'd probably say she wished she had different parents, or that she wants to run away to the circus or something. Seriously, this is a situation nearly every parent deals with. No big deal.
kick her ass! x) :P lol
Call her bluff. Tell her you're going to get the car out of the garage and to be out front in five minutes. (actually, what #72 said is right - give her ways to save up for her own toys.)
I'd tell her that since she obviously appreciate the toys you've already bought her, that you'll take them away and give them to kids who don't have any. Maybe take her to volunteer somewhere she can see how much she has. And /or give her a list of things she can do to earn money to buy her own toys. Kids say things like that all the time, no matter how much/or little they have...best to illustrate how much she already has, and give her the work ethic to create her own standard of living!! Also, a little lecture on being considerate of other people's feelings might be good too.
What is this, Brat Day on FML? I would like to second the motion that she needs some perspective and perhaps an incentive such as beginning to do extra chores to earn extra money. She is probably comparing herself to another child who has more toys than she does. You might do a bit of probing and find out who that child is and what the story is. Is she lording it over your daughter? Do her parents buy things instead of giving her attention? Something is skewed here that she's saying something so ugly to you, but my hunch is that it really isn't anything you're doing or not doing, just an outside influence that is less than great.
Maybe she's equated money with love because she hasn't had a stable family to show her what love really is. It's not an uncommon behavioral difficulty. You just have to be a parent and teach her what's really important in life. I'm sure it's harder adopting older children than babies as they've already been shaped and will probably fight your ways more, but kudos to you for doing it. I hope you have her in counseling to deal with the difficulties associated with being an adopted child and what put her in that situation and maybe if you talk to her counselor about her behavior they can work on it. Yeah it's normal now a days for children to be greedy, but it's still not good behavior. She could also be testing you to see if you really care about her and will be in her life permanently regardless of what she says and does to you. Good luck!
All we know is that the child is eight and adopted, not that she was 8 when she was adopted. OP may have actually raised her from infancy.
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That's hurtful. just keep her until the warranty expires.
I hope you kept your receipt