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The 6 Most Annoying Things Kids Say

THE 6 MOST ANNOYING THINGS KIDS SAY -- AND THE BEST WAYS TO RESPOND

Snuggling under her blankets at bedtime, Ella, 3, gazed up at me and announced longingly, "I want a new mommy." Not even four years into my tenure as Mom and I was already being edged out of the job. Even worse, Ella started announcing "I want a new mom" frequently, like whenever I failed to buy her a ring pop at the grocery-store checkout. Some days, it was all I could do not to retort, "Yeah? Well, I want a new kid!"
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/parenting/0...ying/index.html

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Good article. My oldest son favorites are: "It's mine" (when his little brother is playing with his Scoobydoo stuffed toy that he never plays with ) and "I want it now!". He is a master of nagging. *laughs*

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Kids say things like this because they have a sense of knowing how to get to you without being really bad.
The little boy who I nanny for, when I tell him he can't do something, he retorts with "I'm not your friend anymore", followed by the worst glare you can imagine!
I reply normally with "oh dear, good job I'm still your friend then", and he's normally thrown his mood off within a couple of minutes, and everything's ok, until the next time

That's what I like about kids, it seems inbuilt to try to manipulate you, but they haven't quite managed to master the art of it!