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Corin. My kids did this too. I learned with Jill that those times if I couldn't get through to her sometimes PQ's mom could. We had an agreement between the 4 of us. If one of the kids had something they needed to talk about or say, it would be kept between that kid and the other adult. No running back and forth about things between me and Peg. Seemed to alleviate some of those times.

It worked well enough that when Myranda started getting close to that age we entered into that agreement with another of my friends with whom Myranda had a good friendship. Marty would take Myranda for weekends from time to time or if Myranda just needed to get away she was allowed to call Marty to pick her up from school and go have an afternoon out or whatever. (of course I was notified and permission given and all that) But, even now, Myranda will tell you there were just things she needed to talk to Marty about. And she was assured it was confidential. Myranda was a really *good* kid compared to some. But, she still needed that.

Not tryin' to butt in. Just givin' ya an idea that worked for me. Not worked ALL the way ALL the time - but it helped.