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Same here.
We have a 5yo daughter, and she tries to justify getting things her own way.
The one technique that seems to work on her is to say "OK, you can have X but only at the expense of Y.
So in your case, I'd let her have chips, but on the understanding that I wa going out for breakfast, and she could sit and watch me eat and have nothing.
The key thing is to make understandable and believable threats, and then carry them out to the letter.
If we tell her that she'll be in her room unless she does something, she gets sent to her room for the specified time.
It's a bastard to know you are the cause of her distress, but it's good to know that she's not (touch wood) going to be one of those bratty spoiled kids I hate.
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