7-year-old niece throws a tantrum because her aunt won't let her hold her 6-month-old baby: 'My niece forgets that I was the original mean little girl.'

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  _{A mom holds her baby, whom she does not trust to be held by her 7-year-old niece.} 

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• Am I the bad guy for calling my 7-year-old niece mean and enraging my sister-in-law?

  
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  _{The little girl gives her aunt a dirty look after she tells her she can't hold her baby by herself.}

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  _{The aunt/mother when she was a little mean girl who used manipulation tactics to get her way.} 

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• This aunt truly believes that this little girl knows exactly what she is doing and is determined to do whatever it takes to get her way. Sometimes, it takes non-immediate family members or adults outside of the family to see a kid's bad behavior for what it actually is: manipulative! A lot of parents don't believe that their little kids can be manipulative, doing whatever they can to get their way, but that's just not true. I don't think that babies can be manipulative; crying out for their parents is not manipulation for attention. But a 1st grader is savvy enough to do what they can to get their way, especially if their parents are pushovers who give them whatever they want whenever they want it. 

  It's probably hurtful for these parents to hear that their daughter is being a mean girl, but they have to hear it from somebody if they aren't going to see it for themselves. It's better that they solve this problem within the family, so that they don't have to hear from the school that their daughter is stealing snacks from other kids at lunch or refusing to listen to her teacher. Even if the girl wasn't being manipulative, you should always ask a mother first before letting your kid hold her baby. Kids need to learn that they can't just hold any baby because they want to. That's what baby dolls are for. 

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