Is she ungrateful ?
My daughter just turned 7.
My husband and I were teen parents and from birth-3 she had a very tough upbringing of us not having any $ and living with family.
Once she was 3 my husband started his career, we got our own home and we are very financially fortunate since then.
For her 7th birthday we invited her whole class and she had a bounce house, a bunch of presents, carefully decorated food signs and balloon arches. I did not get one "thank you for the party mom!" That hurt but I let it go as she was very excited for the party.
Today she put on a shirt that was too small so I said she should wear this new cute shirt her friend picked out for her as a birthday gift. It's her favorite colors and fits perfect and she said she liked it when she opened it.
Our daughter started throwing a fit, saying she hates the shirt and we should throw it away. That she's never speaking or looking at me again and she hates the shirt and never wants to wear it.
We explained to her that her friend carefully picked out this shirt as a gift with her favorite colors in mind and she needs to be more grateful. She just kept whining and yelling. My husband and I both called her a brat which yes I know was wrong but she would not stop screeching and almost woke up her sibling.
I am just feeling mortified and upset. Is this normal 7 year old behavior or is this ungrateful? How do we fix this?
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