I sometimes think that my kid needs more disappointment. That saying, you cannot know real joy unless you know real sadness, has similar vein.
Hard to do that for a child but it is like setting consequences, much more necessary now. I thought my daughter was turning 7 this month, now I am thinking she is turning 13. The behavior is not little girl anymore and peer pressure to push the rules or break them is really starting. This was down at the beach in NJ, not in NYC, so it wasn't a city thing.
I am trying to push that when something doesn't go her way, she has to do it again. Then she can give up.
