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Default Sep 06, 2014 at 12:27 PM
 
She needs consistency and structure. Children will rebell against those and push at their limits... but it's because they're testing to see if those rules are for real reasons, or if they're just there just be controlling. Once they know what the limits are, they feel much more safe.

But for a child who has never had that... she won't stop pushing for a long time because she doesn't trust you. Keep the rules. There have been some great ideas posted in the thread for things to do to help. Reward systems are great - you can always get her input on what she'd like as a reward if you don't have good ideas that would work well for her.

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