Well, my cousin Haleigh is 8 years old and she is a total brat and she has the worse smart mouth ever. She smarts off to me and her parents and they don't say anything. She's such a BRAT!! I just want to know what should I do when she smarts off to me? She also tells me if she hates something I'm wearing. What should I do the next time she smarts off to me or says something mean to me?
2007-10-08 06:20:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
There is always the old carrot-and-stick approach.
You can say "well if that is how you are going to be, then I don't have to put up with you... and here I was thinking about taking you to the park with me..." Or you buy an ice cream cone for yourself an not her. You get the idea. Let her know that you don't have time to spend with spoiled, smart-mouthed brats.
Then you make yourself scarce.
If you are at dinner or some other time when you can't be gone from the house, and she smarts off, you can tell her to go change her diaper because she stinks.
Basically there is a phase the kids go through where they do this, and about all you can do is try to teach them how bad their behavior is, and perhaps that there are consequences for that.
2007-10-08 06:36:02 · answer #1 · answered by revsuzanne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There's not much you can do but tell her you could care less what she thinks and that she should learn to be a bit more polite but as long as her parents let her act like this she will never change
2007-10-08 13:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by doodiemoonwalker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell her parents that the child shouldn't speak to you that way and you are offended. If they don't do anything, then create some space by avoiding them,,,when they ask why youre avoiding them tell them, "It's so I don't smack your daughter in the mouth...."
2007-10-08 13:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
life is to shot have fun and talk abut it when she becomes older and has a boyfriend or girlfriend.what ever happens
2007-10-08 14:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by temmy G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tell her thats a mean thing to say and go in another room. tell her i dont want to b around u tll u start being nice.
2007-10-08 14:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's just a phase, she'll grow out of it. You should tell her that it hurts your feelings when she's mean to you. Maybe she'll stop once she realizes that she's hurting you.
2007-10-08 13:24:58 · answer #6 · answered by beyondthelimit 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
She is not your kid , the only thing you can do is to stay out of her way , look if her parents don't discipline her someone out there will eventually .
2007-10-08 14:52:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
well ans her back like
Example: if she says i hate your dress, tell her everyone else love it so you don't care what she thinks & tell her how bad is her dress
2007-10-08 13:27:40 · answer #8 · answered by maya 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
she.s 8 so she know.s right from wrong . so just return ;the favor .turn it back on her .
2007-10-08 13:32:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
mimick her.
whatever she does to you...do to her too
2007-10-08 13:39:58 · answer #10 · answered by Sophiee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋