Well, my neice isn't an only child. She has two brothers, one older and one younger. She does tend to blame a lot of things on her brothers, and most of the time I think her parents believe her. Personally, I also think she's pretty spoiled, but I don't think she's treated much differently than her brothers, and they don't do half of the things she does. I'm not sure what I think. I DO know that her parents need to take a greater interest in how she's behaving, because I don't see things being too easy for her socially if she keeps acting this way.

As far as learning her hurtful comments from adults, well, that's what I thought at first too. I assumed that she'd heard one of her parents talking about how my sister was out of a job...but she HAS a job, and she's been working for quite a while. Also, she may not be as skinny anymore, but she had a baby less than a month ago, so I'm sure no one was talking about how fat she's gotten. I'm not sure where that comment came from, but I know my sister was a little upset.

Thanks for the input everyone.
~Sondra