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Kids want attention, whether it's negative or positive they want it.
Try to give her some undivided attention each day.
Tell her what you think about things but don't nag.
Pay attention to her "bids for connection". When she asks something, even if it is something simple, such as a request to look at a meme on the phone, try to accept the bid and do look at her meme.
Also, why not just ask her? "Hey sis, I see that you are unhappy with the way I treat you. I am sorry, I will try to do better. Can you tell me what it is that you want me to do more?"
Seems like she really likes you but she is not feeling love from you. She wants that.
By taking care of her. Take initiative, propose movies / games / ice-creams whatever. Things you like, things you think she'll like. She's having a hard time reaching out to you, do your best to reach out to her.
It's not your fault, but it isn't hers either. Try to have fun together, she'll get to know how you work and you don't one step at a time.
i will, thank you so much. i told her she could watch tv with me. would it be rude to tell her to stop playing screaming videos because i don’t like those videos ?
You can't deny what she likes ; what you can do is ask her to explain: what is it about it that resonates with her? Can we sit down, turn the volume way down, and spend a few minutes checking out her fav's in that style while she tells you why she likes that stuff?
(The subtlety here is not asking her to justify herself, but to explain to that out-of-the-loop, quite-geriatric Dear Bro)
Her answers don't matter much - what matters is asking her to view the topic critically, and verbalise it that so that you "get" that side of her.
Also, "I love you but I fucking hate that shit" can work you know.
Good luck.
Try to so something somewhat special. Maybe somewhere quiet, then you can listen to her more easily, right?
Special is anything that you don't usually do.
No, spending time with someone means doing something you both enjoy. At least it is in my book.
My 7 year old son generally understands that when we watch TV or movies together we all pick a family show or movie to watch together, and not just whatever he wants. Or if someone vetos a suggestion you counter-offer as well.
So if she suggests brain rot, you suggest something you both might like. The Wild Robot recently came out on streaming and was a really great movie. She might like that if you are hurting for movie ideas.
She’s a kid, you are hardly an adult. Just be kind, the things you are going through she can’t really understand at that age. And the things that a big deal to her, aren’t that big of a deal for you.
When you both are older and more mature you will hopefully just remember that you were kind and not the teenage drama that comes with adolescence and finding your place in the world.
It sounds like she’s constructed two competing versions of you in her mind—an idealized version that always understands and sympathizes with her, and a second version constructed from all the times you’ve failed to live up to those expectations.
If you can’t be her idealized version of yourself, you can demonstrate that you’re not the second version, either. Focus on proactively doing things for her when she’s not expecting you to—everything you do that doesn’t match what her mental model of you predicts you’ll do will weaken that model in her head.
Honestly, you might just have to wait until she's done with puberty. This just sounds like a typical teenager whose brain is addled with hormones. It'll die down with time.
Your sister sounds awful. What's your question, though?
oh, thanks for that, i edited it :)