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Should l fulfill all my child wishes?
Hi doctor, I have two kids, a daughter(6) and a son(5). My son is okay with all good habits. But my daughter is quite different. She always wakes up from bed and immediately wants to dress herself whatever she likes. If we offer her a choice of dress she always prefers the other one. She likes to comb her hair in a different way as she likes it. She doesn't allow us to comb as we like. She is very much adamant on things she likes. Is it good behaviour at this age? Should l allow her to do whatever she likes? Should l fulfill all her wishes? Or as a father, should l teach her strictly to let her know what is good and bad?
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Dr. Lakshmi Narayana Munirathi
Pediatrician
29 yrs exp
Hyderabad
This is typical passive aggression combining sibling rivalry. As it happens in many families arrival of second child that to make cause a sigh of relief and attention is gained by that child. This causes lot of turmoil in the first child. Uptil now she was the eye of the family suddenly everyone is ignoring her and asking about second child.
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Treat equally both of them allow her to be caretaker under monitoring. Allow her to groom the child and other activities like feeding and dressing.
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First acknowledge her and then the second child. Being firm and retribution doesn’t help here
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