'Don't make me spank you!' Bossy four-year-old turns her mother's favorite phrases on HER in a bid to persuade her to play Barbies
- Arianna Martin, four, from Kentucky was upset her mother was busy
- She warns mother Rachel she'll 'spank her' if she doesn't play with her
- When threats fail to work the little girl resorts to guilt trips
A forthright four-year-old can be seen hilariously parroting classic parenting phrases while trying to persuade her mother to play Barbies.
Arianna Martin, from Louisville, Kentucky, was caught on film using a mixture of threats and reverse psychology to try and convince her mother Rachel to move rooms and play dolls with her.
'Please don't make me spank you!' the little girl tells her parent. 'Please don't give me attitude.'
Arianna Martin, four, was captured on film telling her mother off for not playing with her
She also responds angrily to her mother's laughter, saying: 'This is the last time I'm going to say it.'
Rachel is watching television news for an update on an impending storm. Arianna tells her: 'Get out of your bed and shut the TV off.'
She tells her daughter that she's happy to play Barbies if she brings them into her bedroom.
But Arianna isn't happy with that, repeatedly asking her mother to come play in her room.
When force fails to work Arianna uses reverse psychology, saying: 'If you don't want to play with me, just tell me.'
Arianna finally guilt trips her mother from the bedroom door saying: 'Too bad I can't play with my mommy because she wants to stay in her room with the news.'
'Don't make me spank you!' The little girl begins using reverse psychology when threats fail to work
Eventually Arianna leaves the room in defeat as Rachel laughs to herself at her daughter's antics.
She can be heard saying: 'How old do you think you are?'
Rachel said: 'Arianna has been like that from when she first learned to talk. She's very outgoing all the time,''She has learned some of her bossiness from me as I am a very straightforward person.
'Even as an infant she would shake her head no or move my hand to do things that she wanted done.
Arianna can be heard telling Rachel: 'If you don't want to play with me just tell me'
Eventually Arianna admits defeat and leaves her mother in her bedroom where she is watching the news
Rachel adds: 'She was like this all night until this morning when she debated with me about taking a toy to day-care.
'It's very hard to win a debate against her.
'When this Barbie instance happened I didn't go play because I'm just as stubborn as she is.
'We did play later on in the day to make up for it.'
Most watched News videos
- Scottish woman has temper tantrum at Nashville airport
- Tesla Cybertruck explodes in front of Trump hotel in Las Vegas
- Mass panic as New Orleans attacker flies down Bourbon street
- Shocking moment zookeeper is fatally mauled by lions in private zoo
- Horrific video shows aftermath of New Orleans truck 'attack'
- Meghan Markle celebrates new year in first Instagram video
- Tesla Cybertruck burns outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas
- See how truck that drove into crowd made it through police barrier
- Cheerful Melania Trump bops to YMCA at Mar-a-Lago NYE bash
- New Orleans terror attack suspect reveals background in video
- Plane passenger throws drink at flight attendant in boozy fight
- Horrifying moment yacht crashes into rocks and sinks off Mexico coast
