8 year old Daughter turned into a gobby teenager - Help

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What is happening? Do girls get hormonal surges too? My 8 yo DD has started answering back, dropping her h's and last night she had a god almighty tizzy. Something I hadn't seen from her for a while.
She knows EVERYTHING and has an answer for EVERYTHING. Bit of back info she also has a 2 yo brother and is starting a new school in september - but I don't want to make excuses for her I just want my old daughter back?!?! Please someone give me some tips / support/ advice.

Pre-adolescence.
Mine is exactly the same:

You have never loved me
He (DS) is an idiot
Constant narky remarks
Huge hissy fits
violence to me (whacking and kicking me when cross).

I just try to leave her to calm down on her own and eventually she comes and apologises.
I think it worries her when she realises how she has behaved.

Last week though, she kicked my mum when she tried to coax her to get up to the lunch table. She just doofed her and stamped on her poorly foot. My mum was really upset that she had behaved so out of character and finds it hard to believe it's her age.

Someone on MN a few weeks backs who said her daughter was the same and once her periods started, she was a lot easier.

Her periods ?!?!?! That could be years. Oooo and poor you. Bloody kids hey!!!! Good job we love them.

I didn't mean they were going to start their periods soon! I just meant that the hormone changes etc can mean the beginning of it all.

Not looking forward to that. Have told DD all about periods though just in case she's an early starter like me- poor thing.

Don't worry as the mother of a dd age 22 I can tell this is a phase.

It will all be over and you will have your lovely dd back in about 10 years.

Sorry no help am I

OMG - 10 whole years??!!!

Well it took mine that long.

She's lovely now but OMG those years were hell.

DD1 is 6 and just like this...

I know were your coming from green. Dd 9 is some ways has become so grown up and a delight to be with. Then suddenly it all turns last night she called me any 'idiot' which is so not her. Gave her a quick telling off and she went off in a strop. With 2 minutes she was back tears and 'I'm sorry your not an idiot. Lot of hugs and all was well.

Personally I blame hormones and I can't help feeling for dd as she flips so quickly and then becomes very upset afterwards for her bad behavior.

Same here, DD is now nine but from the age of nearly eight her behaviour became teenage at best beast at worst. Currently she is on day two at her new school, her new friends are much more sophisticated and grown up than her. Last night she demanded a bra, she didn't ask or request nicely, it was a demand. I declined for more than one reason. Hopefully she will outgrow it soon. She knows all about the way her body will change and isn't looking forward to it. I found her with sellotape on her chest the other day, when I asked her why she had done it she told me it was so her breasts didn't grow.