My dd is 5. She will be 6 in the spring. She has always been a very "good" child and was a pleasure to spend time with. But since a few months ago, her behaviour is making life very difficult.
She is, according to her teacher, perfectly behaved at school. At home, she is great when everything is to her liking. But as soon as something upsets her, it's like a case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hide.... Today for example, she was in a great mood since waking up, because she knew she was going to a birthday party. Everything was fine until we came home in the late afternoon. She was tired and started playing with lego. She couldn't make something work so in a fit of anger she broke one of those flat base things for Lego. Tidying up tonight, I noticed she had scribbled something on the wooden floor. I am so upset with her. When in a bad mood, if she doesn't want to do something, she will scream "Noooooooo, I don't want it like that" etc.
I am dreading the Christmas break!!!
I get so upset because I used to take such pride in my parenting skills. 