to wonder if anyone else 7 year old is like this....

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whinging ALL the time (it's like living with Kevin the Teenager), over dramatic (tiny mark on her hand earlier, there wasn't even a red line of blood FGS !), rude (I sent her to her bedroom today and she told me 'I hate you" (lovely).

When she is not doing all of the above she is then saying constantly asking about the next time, e.g. we were making rice crispy cakes earlier and she said "so can I get the dollies so wash them after". We don't even get chance to finish one thing before she is asking about the next.

It's exhausting, she does entertain herself and we do stuff together so I don't think it's because she is ignore/over stimulated (obv could be wrong)

I need to move out before she becomes a teenager

Mine does this. I have introduced "Worst Points". When I'm the worst, or hated, I get points, with a prize if I get a new high score by the end of the day. They get removed if she says she loves me. 😁

So far it's ended well and I've not had a prize. ☺️ It seems to give her an excuse to un- strop.

She's also calmed a bit over the weeks and we've had a lot of talks that it's ok to be frustrated and angry but that words can hurt etc. The latter may or may not have helped. 🙄

I get lots of "You don't even like me. You don't even WANT me to be happy" when I am so cruel as to deny her chocolate or tell her she's can't watch youtube any more today

My 7yo DD can be completely charming but has recently been really emotional, dramatic and demanding. She’s just learned the art of eye rolling too. We have a 4wk old baby and I thought it was that so glad to know it’s also an actual thing!!!

I’ve taught her the expression “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar” and now when she’s massively whinging for something I’ll say, “is that a honey voice or a vinegar voice?” Sometimes works. Only sometimes, mind you!

I seem to remember ds pushing boundaries more and challenging us more often, yes - like he was testing our consistency and simultaneously trying to be more 'grown up'. At that age they begin to not feel like young children any more and are transitioning to pre-teens. Consistency of rewards and praise and consequences seemed to be the key. He was never really awful (he's quite a laid back boy on the whole) but he's been an absolute delight since turning 8.

Ooh are you me? My 7yo has turned into a pre-preteenager overnight. The attitude! But if I jokingly call her my teenager, she goes mental as she sees it as an insult. Have not found a way through this yet.

Already this morning we’ve had, “you’re the worst family in the world” and an “I wish you’d never been born!” directed at her 5yo brother.