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Proud Parent
First of all, my DD is very sensitive and very competitive. However, her competition is more within herself. She works extremely hard in gymnastics. She's 6 BTW.
Anyway, another little girl that she was paired with tells her, "I'm better than you." And it really upset DD. Of course, DD thinks she's better than the other little girl. Frankly, it doesn't matter. DD tells me that this girl is constantly saying things like this to her, and making up skills to brag about (like doing double backflips on the trampoline). Of course, this is all from DDs mouth, and she tells me that she doesn't react. I see her out there frowning at the other girl (in conversation), then ignore her and continue practicing.
The only way I could think of to tell DD to react to this girl would be to say:
"Excuse me, I'm trying to practice"
or
"You can think what you want"
I don't want there to be animosity between the girls, but I don't want DD to keep getting goaded. DD will hold it in until she explodes in anger and then cries.
What would you do? Or should I tell her something different?
Anyway, another little girl that she was paired with tells her, "I'm better than you." And it really upset DD. Of course, DD thinks she's better than the other little girl. Frankly, it doesn't matter. DD tells me that this girl is constantly saying things like this to her, and making up skills to brag about (like doing double backflips on the trampoline). Of course, this is all from DDs mouth, and she tells me that she doesn't react. I see her out there frowning at the other girl (in conversation), then ignore her and continue practicing.
The only way I could think of to tell DD to react to this girl would be to say:
"Excuse me, I'm trying to practice"
or
"You can think what you want"
I don't want there to be animosity between the girls, but I don't want DD to keep getting goaded. DD will hold it in until she explodes in anger and then cries.
What would you do? Or should I tell her something different?