"You hate me Mummy"
That is what Miss 5 said to me this afternoon.
The scene... her room a total write off (she shares with her older sister). Her brothers room, a total write off. Kids with no homework were asked to clean up thier horrid rooms. Older siblings had homework, so younger school aged with no homework were asked to start the cleaning of the rooms.
Miss 5 screams at me "You hate me Mummy" while bawling her eyes out.
Now I know I have been tough on her over the past few weeks, trying to get her to grow and get abit indipendant instead of treating her like a baby (which she so badly wants to be).
How do I encourage her to act like the nearly 6 year old she is, and take a little independance for herself?
She is choosey with what independance she wants... eg. going outside to play alone. But when it comes to dressing, shoes, cleaning up after herself.... no way hozay she don't want no part of it.
I've never had an issue with any of the older children growing up and starting to do things for themselves. So this is driving me batty.
Oh... older sister ended up cleaning nearly the whole room while Miss 5 sat on the floor and refused to help.
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