My five year old and I have locked horns in a terrifying way tonight. She has always been quite difficult but in the past year I have started to find her more and more objectionable. She is often sarcastic- she sort of mimics what people are saying in a stupid voice designed to make the speaker feel stupid. And if she doesn't get her own way she makes a huge drama out of it, often screaming and hitting me or whoever is standing in the way of what she wants. I always put her on the stairs for violence (most of which is directed towards her little brother but sometimes at me) and never give in to her demands. Tonight she hit me when I asked her to come and let me dry her hair and I put her on the stairs as I always do. When she came off I told her that I wasn't happy with her behaviour and she did the voice mimicking thing. I then told her that I was sick of her backchat and she wasn't having a story tonight as a result. She started apologising and pleading and when she realised that I meant it she said things like 'I hate you!' I did what I have always had to do when I lock horns with her - sit outside her room and just keep putting her to bed when she comes out to beg me to change my mind. Every time she realises I'm sticking to my guns she changes tack and says ever more nasty things. My husband is doing a shift outside at the moment and she has lost several toys to the shelf. But has anyone got some better advice on how to tackle this? TBH I'm at my wits end - I expected to have to deal with these sorts of scenes when she was a teenager but she's only 5 (nearly six) Is this normal?
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My 5 year behaves like a teenager - wilful, rude and aggressive. Please help
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socrosstonight · 02/08/2009 20:06
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