<p>I might try to talk to my dad about it…</p>
<p>I might just try to solve the problem myself, if possible though…</p>
<p>I feel like I sort of am…but very slowly.</p>
<p>I agree with those who said it’s none of your business how your parents raise their daughter. If they’re spoiling her, then that’s sad, but you’ll only make things worse if you take matters into your own hands.</p>
<p>How old is she?</p>
<p>When dealing with small children there are basically 3 rules:</p>
<p>1: NEVER get angry. Once you start shouting, you’ve lost.</p>
<p>2: Be careful what what you say. Don’t say anything you can’t enforce.</p>
<p>3: If you do say something, always enforce it.</p>
<p>How old is she? If your parents absolutly can’t control her, then your best bet is probably to barricade your room and keep your stuff locked up.</p>
<p>My niece. is so. spoiled. GRRRR. I can’t change that, but I can get her to not act in a spoiled manner sometimes. I set down ground rules before we begin an activity and I do not budge. So, she wanted to play dolls – which I hate, especially because she plays with barbies when I think she should be playing with wooden people or basically anything which doesn’t endorse and enforce the gendered ideas that barbies do – and I told her when we would start playing, which we would only do if she left me alone until that time came around, and for how long we would play. And then I threaten to call her mother if she’s bad.
She was so awful when she was here in the summer though, because she missed her mother (she’s like a mommy-addict), that I just locked her outside of my room, which really upset her because usually I’m her “nice aunt” while my sister is the mean one. I’ve always been too nice though, so she’s more willing to listen to any of her other aunts.</p>
<p>^I have been doing something somewhat like that. It has started working. I will not try to change her…but when I have to babysit her…she will obey my rules.</p>