My granddaughter is a challenge

Maybe you should tell her there is no such word as ‘furtherest’

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Oh yes, the big huff. My granddaughter is now 7 but has been doing that for years. If you even gently tell her not to do something she gets the huff, sometimes walks off in a real sulk. When she was younger she'd say 'don't look at me!'. I think she's getting better though.

Audi10

I would be telling Miss Diva that they are my belongings regardless of wether she goes in a huff! And explaining to her that you cant just take other people’s things just because you want to. She’s probably allowed to do this at her home so thinks it’s ok to do the same at yours!I wouldn’t allow it

Nor would I.

ElaineI

They are funny though - grandchildren! So on the way back from swimming DGD (5) says "which is furtherest away? Glasgow or Edinburgh?" Me " furtherest away from where? Here - Musselburgh? Home - Haddington?" Her " No Granny!!! Which is furtherest away?" Me " Well from here Glasgow is furtherest away." Her, crossly "No Granny you don't understand the question I am asking!!!" DGS1 (8) " She means from nowhere". Her " I am just asking which is furtherest away - not from nowhere. Nobody is answering my question!!!" Meanwhile we are stuck in an unexpected queue of temporary 4 way traffic lights and DGS1 is not going to get home and eat anything before football practice after swimming and the man in front has lost the plot and overtaken the person in front of him to skip the red light of the temporary traffic lights causing mayhem. I say "Glasgow", DGS1 says " Glasgow is furtherest away from nowhere", DGD says "I don't know why none of you can answer my question!!!" Once she is in bed, football practice is over and DGS1 is tucking into toast after football practice I discover that Mummy has equally not answered that question correctly the day before. So a challenge for you all - which is furtherest away? Glasgow or Edinburgh?

Maybe you should tell her there is no such word as ‘furtherest’.

I would be telling Miss Diva that they are my belongings regardless of wether she goes in a huff! And explaining to her that you cant just take other people’s things just because you want to. She’s probably allowed to do this at her home so thinks it’s ok to do the same at yours!I wouldn’t allow it

Your granddaughter is certainly testing the boundaries MrsPickle I think you both need to sit down and decide what those boundaries are and stick to it.
We all have to learn what is acceptable behaviour and what is not.

I may add - the mind boggles at what questions we will get at 13!

They are funny though - grandchildren! So on the way back from swimming DGD (5) says "which is furtherest away? Glasgow or Edinburgh?" Me " furtherest away from where? Here - Musselburgh? Home - Haddington?" Her " No Granny!!! Which is furtherest away?" Me " Well from here Glasgow is furtherest away." Her, crossly "No Granny you don't understand the question I am asking!!!" DGS1 (8) " She means from nowhere". Her " I am just asking which is furtherest away - not from nowhere. Nobody is answering my question!!!" Meanwhile we are stuck in an unexpected queue of temporary 4 way traffic lights and DGS1 is not going to get home and eat anything before football practice after swimming and the man in front has lost the plot and overtaken the person in front of him to skip the red light of the temporary traffic lights causing mayhem. I say "Glasgow", DGS1 says " Glasgow is furtherest away from nowhere", DGD says "I don't know why none of you can answer my question!!!" Once she is in bed, football practice is over and DGS1 is tucking into toast after football practice I discover that Mummy has equally not answered that question correctly the day before. So a challenge for you all - which is furtherest away? Glasgow or Edinburgh?

There’s a very fine line between ‘diva’ and ‘brattish’. Make sure she stays on the right side of that line.

I wouldn't allow a diva access to my belongings, be they 9 or 90.
So, that would be changing pretty quickly.

I’m presuming WYSIWYG is ‘what you see is what you get’.
And she is the same - WYSIWYG - a little diva maybe, but that’s what she is. She’s only 9….

Normal, never tame that spirit

No idea what all the alphabet soup means?

It is the age of testing boundaries and the start of hormonal changes, I would like to say it gets easier but can only say good luck.