Our first daughter Ava has been having a lot of episodes recently where she complains and talks back and whines. I've been trying to follow my husband's lead and jump on these instances of talking in ways that we don't want to talk to each other in our house. I've been really working on trying to catch her, to NOTICE when she's doing it (because naturally, I won't even notice it; I'll just reply), and being firm in my response.

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