My son does that to me. He also use to tell me to shut up. That i fixed very easily...well that is a lie kind off.

I sat him down one day and placed him on the sofa, and asked him why he feels the need to say it to dad. After a few moments of silence he said That he was only repeating what the man in the shop said to the other man. I guess what it came down to is this. Kids hear other people say things and repeat them on a daily bases. I told my son (Age 3 now) that saying this to dad, made me sad and that it was not nice to tell daddy to shut up. I also after several mins of chasing him around the house, that daddys should not say it either.

Kids are funny things and often make me laugh. Best of all tomorrow he may start telling me my breath stinks or my food tastes bad. But i know in my heart its only him testing the water to see how far he can take things. And as long as i try to explain to him that being rude is wrong. I think have done my job.

Of course he is three and not 14 yet so I can only breath a sigh of relief that he is not coming home and telling me that i am a @@#%# and slaming his door.

sorry to say all you can do is stop the attitude as you see it. my daughter is the same and my son has started grabbing himself and yelling "oh my balls" so all we do is tell them that is un acceptable behavior in our house. so far it works well

Sadly, your daughter is normal and has seen someone do the same.  We have 4 kids, and they have all started very young with these habits.  All you can do is ignore it and give her time out, not that it works with ours.  The bad news is, it gets so much worse when they go to school  They come home with a new bad habit just about every day!  Arrrrgggghhhh!

I would suggest to talk to her teacher and see what her behaviour is like at school,and see what their strategys are as well if she does this...

Also ignore her when she does this can sometimes help, and if its hard to ignore, then firmly say to her that its wrong to roll the eyes and talk in that way, and give her 3 chances and if she contuies have her sit on a chair somewhere and have her think why she needs to listen to why she needs to make better choices,,, Have her say sorry after the 4 minutes up and explain to her again that its not allowed in your house...  I have a 4 year old as well, and she knows that when i give her 3 warnings. that i mean buisness...

xxx cazza