I’m quite hormonal at the moment and would love some perspective.
DD has just turned 12
In the past few weeks she has :-
Started showing some attitude, eyes rolling and saying okay in a sarcastic voice when I speak to her about something.
I don’t give her a lot of chores, but the ones she does she doesn’t do to an acceptable standard or forgets to do them. I’d even got her a memo board to write them on to help her.
She has sneaked and eaten some of her brothers birthday chocolate/sweets. She admitted it when I asked and used her money to replace it.
She leaves a trail of destruction in her wake. She made some Christmas cards and then went upstairs leaving the table in a mess (glue, pens, glitter and card left strewn all over the table). I called her down to tidy up, which she did without too much fuss. It’s like she doesn’t see it.
Her room is a mess and it overspills to the rest of the house. I asked her to tidy it last weekend and again she did without too much of a fuss. I took some washing and put it on her bed when I noticed some washing from yesterday shoved into the corner of her shelving unit. This prompted me to investigate and she had rammed lots of stuff under it, I’m talking about dirty washing, clean washing, pens, rubbish and books etc. It was dirty and disgusting.
On a positive note, she is so caring and make me a drink when I’m due back from work. She’ll do chores that I’ve not asked her to do. I’ve asked what chores she want to do and as soon as it’s her responsibility she doesn’t do them. She’s every affectionate and does well at school.
I know it’s a big change going to secondary school and I don’t want to be too hard on her. She is usually very open with me and will tell me if something is wrong.
Any comments would be apppreciated.