to tell my 7 year old dd she is 'grounded'!

[littlemisslost]

she is 8 in November, she is a madam and her behaviour at times is totally unaccpetable, we use a start chart which does have SOME effect but sometime she is totally unreasonable and so rude, shouting at me and not doing a Thing I say. She has some lovely friends in our road and they play almost everyday at the moment (being school holidays) in the entry at the back of our house (which is gated and locked by the way) they go up and down on their bikes and play very nicely together but I am so sick of her being so oppositional and cheeky and the way she talks to me I have told her she is grounded today!?

I work 30 hours a week so have three days off but I work shifts and so does my dh so were rarely here together. I do/have spoilt her at times, partly because I have a stressful time consuming profession and partly because she is and will be my only one and I adore her she is my everything. But I have always tried to maintain discipline and my inlaws say I have been TOO strict with her and thats why she is such a handful because she is rebelling! she is good as gold with them (thats because she can do and gets whatever she wants)! she has never lost control like that before which is why I lost it and left the house because we both needed to calm down.

How is your little madam now?

My son is grounded he is sitting in the hall way with his arms crossed
And he will be doing it tomorrow and all

His room is full of toys so he can sit in the hall way and count the flowers on the wall paper

He's not be good at all