We have recently been on holiday at my Nan's house for a couple of weeks. And while we were there she mentioned she was amazed (and amused) at how DD1 will argue with us. How she will tell us exactly what she thinks, lol. I haven't thought about it that much until she pointed it out. She doesn't argue all the time of just for the sake of arguing but if something is not right for her she will let us know!

The main funny one when we were there was that DH was getting frustrated with her because he was trying to get her to bed and she wouldn't take her shoes off so he eventually just took them off her himself but forgot to undo the strap and accidentally hurt her. She came in to us crying and said 'Daddy is being so mean to me! He is being so mean! He took my shoes off and didn't even undo them!' Then he came in and she told him the same thing. He tried to explain and she said 'No! You do not be mean to me! I didn't want to take my shoes off yet! You were not listening to me. I wanted to brush my teeth first. I will have to put you in your room and you can have some time out!' And we don't even do time out so she's obviously seen it somewhere and decided that's just what he needs, pmsl.

Anyway, I just thought, this is awesome! It shows me she is not afraid of us, not afraid of getting into trouble for telling us what she thinks even if she doesn't agree with us. Not afraid to stand up for herself and will let someone know when they do something she doesn't like.

When I was a kid not many people would 'talk back' to their parents. You'd probably get a smack. I don't want my kids to feel like that. And I don't want them to think they are less important than adults and that their opinions and needs are less important than adults. So I was just happy about what some people would see as something we need to change in our DD. I don't see it like that at all, I think we are on the right track

Yay for kids that 'talk back' LOL