I have a freshly minted 8 yr old little girl. Abby is great. That said sometimes she is the herald of the apocalypse. What I have learned over the years with her is to not try to win most or really hardly any of the battles. Only a few things to I put my foot down on. Other then that, if she wants to play "Pretty, Pretty Princess" and mock me, or insists that I watch the same episode of "Suite Life of Zack and Cody" for the 54th time; I'm in. I figure soon enough she will be gone. I leave the fights to her and her mom.