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6 y.o lying and "stealing"

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Buddythecat1 · 27/04/2023 19:47

Feeling quite fragile so please be kind but I am at the end of my tether with how to deal with my child.
For context I have 3 other children, youngest is 1.5y.o so no newborn baby suddenly added. No family bereavement. Nothing changed in family dynamics

But my 6 year old daughter is taking shampoo, toothpaste, toilet roll and wrecking it. She pours it all out over her floor which is stained and now starting to stink. She will pour it over toys. She's taken nappy cream before and rubs it over her walls. (Bathrooms have now been padlocked during the day but I need them open during the night for other children)
She's stolen makeup from me before and used it on her walls.
She will take jewellery from my room and hide it under her bed. (My room also gets blocked off but again there may be an hour here or there where I've forgotten)
Just now found a massive puddle of water, toothpaste and an empty can of juice (which she's admitted she stole from her friends house) but it's all mushed together in a huge mess.

We went on holiday and visited the soft play there. She stole lip balm from another table, she stole hair bobbles and clips from the same table.

She's stolen pens from school, water bottles from other children (all handed back in).

I have (on Wednesday) spoken to her class teacher who says she's very shocked to hear about this behaviour as she's a model pupil, always first to tidy up (never does at home lol) she's very set on having the routine and knowing it's done in order but the teacher did note my daughter really struggles with concentration most days (fidgets, will often stop doing class work and go sit in the toilets, interrupts convos) which I've seen in her for a while

My mum says I need to "kick her ass" but won't define what she means (helpful mum.)
Where do I go from here? I'm crying as I write this ☹️

OP posts:
Pinkflipflop85 · 28/04/2023 07:01

Every school has to have a Sendco.

Buddythecat1 · 28/04/2023 07:16

Pinkflipflop85 · 28/04/2023 07:01

Every school has to have a Sendco.

My apologies, it isnt something ive had to look in to before
I know they had a pupil counsellor but she left a few years ago and I don't know if they ever replaced her

OP posts:
InceyWinceySpidy · 28/04/2023 12:18

Buddythecat1 · 28/04/2023 06:36

I do get very angry and shouty.
Going to be honest, consequences are abysmal in my house, I've lost the energy.
Usually she's on the step after I find more mess, but it doesn't seem to do much.
She has lost her toys/tablet/TV in the past but that isn't something she seems to care about

Please look into ADHD.

I could have written this.

I screamed, I whispered, I shouted, I quietly explained, I demonstrated how this affects others, I "killed it with kindness", I took things away, I used a naughty step, I did long talks about how to help ourselves not make silly decisions, I cried, I made him tidy it all up, I have tried it ALL.

Nothing works. They grow out of it, and usually into something else equally disruptive.

The having no energy is going to get worse, because there is constantly something, that I can tell you.

The positive? I cope now. Once you accept you can't do anything about it, it's a very good day. It took me a long time to get there. Don't focus on trying to make the behaviour stop. You can't. What you can do is prevent it.

We have locks on certain doors. Certain foods were always kept in our room hidden. Money? Hidden. There's so much you can do to prevent...

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