One of my twin stepdaughters is like that. She's always been "the princess" because hubby spoiled her terrible. I never noticed it at first because I tend to spoil my baby quite a bit, until one day I overheard her telling the other kids that "she was the princess, I'm better than all of you, so give me the toy." NOPE!!
After talking to Jackie about it, we decided to put her back in touch with reality. We explained to her that she was no better than any of the other kids. LUCKILY, she's still old enough, I think it's kind of worked. If she'd have been a headstrong teenager, I don't know what I would have done.
I love the idea of charity work. Not only might it help her learn she's not "queen bee" and appreciate things, but it's also good for her to learn to help others out. I'm not a big fan on calling her ugly, just because if she's already unhappy and stuff, that could just add fuel to the fire in her mind, possibly bring up a new situation of eating disorders or something equally as bad, not to mention low self-esteem. You've got to find that happy medium.
After talking to Jackie about it, we decided to put her back in touch with reality. We explained to her that she was no better than any of the other kids. LUCKILY, she's still old enough, I think it's kind of worked. If she'd have been a headstrong teenager, I don't know what I would have done.
I love the idea of charity work. Not only might it help her learn she's not "queen bee" and appreciate things, but it's also good for her to learn to help others out. I'm not a big fan on calling her ugly, just because if she's already unhappy and stuff, that could just add fuel to the fire in her mind, possibly bring up a new situation of eating disorders or something equally as bad, not to mention low self-esteem. You've got to find that happy medium.