DD is 7, Year 3 but been doing this for around a year. Just want to know if it’s normal?
If she can’t get her own way she’ll say something like “If you make me do that I’ll never eat a single thing again then I’ll die and you’ll be sad” or “I’m not doing, if you make me I’ll tell my teacher you hit me” or my absolutely favourite “I’m telling school I want to live with daddy, then I won’t have to do it”
It’s usually around doing things around the house like tidying up her toys, or homework.
I’m very none committal, and tell her to go ahead, she usually behaves after that. But it’s driving me mad, it’s all the time at the moment, over everything from getting dressed or going to bed to tidying up.
She’s been known to say things like “I am taking your phone and you’re not getting back until you stop asking me”. I of course don’t let her take my phone, and I shut that down with removal of screentime.
She’s very demanding in general at the moment, and I just want to know if it’s the age or it’s something I need to discuss with someone like school?
She can also be very sarcastic if I ask her to do something like put the light on or close the door, or she’ll say “And what are you going to do for me?”
She’s an only child and due to covid restrictions I don’t get to speak to her friends parents so can’t compare notes. It’s also only me and her at home.
If it helps she is suspected dyslexic and dyspraxic/DCD (awaiting formal diagnosis) and absolutely hates school, it’s a school in general issue rather than the school as I changed her school for another reason and she’s still the same. She does do activities outside of school she loves, and I have threatened to stop these if she carries on which usually means she behaves.
She’s come back from her dads tonight and within 5 minutes was manipulating me, refusing to eat and telling me if I don’t let her have pudding she’ll tell her teacher tomorrow that I made her eat food (ExH doesn’t feed her so don’t suggest she’s not hungry, she is!)
So AIBU to ask if it’s the age and normal?