Do Your Kids Butter You up Before Asking for Something Big?

too sweet eve if she was, id take advantage of the nice extra time and maybe she deserves what shes asking for=) maybe ou can beat her to it and give her a small reward or treat and then she cant use it in asking for something=)
My daughter now 5 does this all the time, when she was in pre-k last year at 3 and 1/2 to 4, she would tell the teacher hoe beautiful she was every day but ecspecially right before asking for another snack, it worked every time and the teacher admitted it. Her current teach tells M. Emmy tells her she's sooo pretty every day and that it def is nice to hear=) i'm sure she gets extra attention there too, which is good b/c shes the shy kid who'se the yougest in K.

No, I don't think I'd be suspicious...I would compliment her on her ability to get things done and handled and not think there's some nefarious happening..

Suspicious about what exactly... that the 11 yr old is going to ask for a big Christmas present or something? If it is extremely out of character for her than maybe... but otherwise no.

I wouldn't be suspicious. She is doing things as you would have liked her to do. Go with the happy flow :)

the more the buttering the bigger the thing they want LOL

And I would have started looking for damage or dead bodies LOL

Well that is very subtle if she was buttering you up.

My kids are more blatant and I love it! Of course they are older and we both recognize it's a game and they'll likely lose.

I love it when my 21 year old, built like an NFL line backer son comes to me and says. . . "Mom, you know how much I love your, right?"