Hi
I'm really worried about my 10 yo dd.
Firstly I will say that all is ok at home famiy wise. There are no issues that could be causing this behaviour.
Generally dd has always been a very difficult child. Very stubborn but usually happy and good fun.
Over the last few years she has gone from being difficult to almost out of control. She fights and is nasty to her brother. She speaks to me and my dh like dirt.
When I try to discipline her for this attitude by sending her out of the room she refuses to go and I end up having to literally drag her there only for her to come out straight back into the livingroom again. I've tried to ground her nth she grabs the keys and tries to get out. If I take things from her eg her phone/tablet she will run and attack my dh or I. She says the nastiest things to us and it must be awful for my ds 8 to witness this.
I am at the end of my tether with her. She refused to shower last night (school photos today) and I literally had to lift her, place her kn the shower and wash her hair all with her kneeling in a ball hands over her head.
At bedtime if she is not happy with something she will lock herself in the bathroom and refuse to come out. Bedtime ends up far too late because of the drama.
I honestly don't know what else to do.
Punishments for bad behaviour are either taking things away like her phone or not letting her go out to play.
She does get a lot of rewards in the form of days out with me shopping, she gets pocket money and we spend time doing her nails with nail art, that kind of thing.
I am really worried as there's a girl a few streets away. She lives with a really lovely family who adopted her since birth. Since she was about 10 she has been out of control also.
She is now 15 and is continually running away from home, police looking for her. Stealing things from her adopted mum. Shoplifting and being nasty to teachers.
I'm so worried my daughter is going this way. Please help me get my little girl back on track.
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SailorTwift · 03/03/2015 21:54
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