Despite having 3 children I am facing a situation I have not had to deal with before. My 3rd child, dd2, is 3 years old and has turned out to be my most frustrating & infuriating child. She can be nasty & willful and deliberately destructive and it's really getting me down. When she is naughty we tell her she will be put in her room if she does it again/more. If she carries on we count to three and then if she hasn't stopped she is put in her bedroom for a few minutes. If she isn't calm then time is added on until she has been quiet and calm for 3 minutes. Very often she will run off when we have counted to three and will bite & scratch when we have to carry her to her room. She is usually in her room for more than 3 minutes! Nastiness is often displayed through her behaviour with our animals. She will pick up our cats by the tail & our chickens by their necks even though she has been put her in her room repeatedly for this kind of thing. She will deliberately take & destroy her siblings' things. It always seems to be a battle of wills with her and I am finding it increasingly difficult to manage her behaviour. She is also very loud and has to be told to be quieter.
I am hoping that someone will post & say this is all completely normal behaviour and that she will grow out of it or at least that they have experienced the same and come out of it unscathed!
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Talk to others about child development and behaviour stages here. You can find more information on our development calendar.
Behaviour/development
Why is my child being nasty, destructive & so damned difficult to deal with?
21 replies
bunjies · 04/07/2008 20:09
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.