I need to vent as feel very fed up at mo. DD (7) has been behaving badly for a while; nothing major, not listening, not doing what she's told etc etc. It sounds petty now I write it but I feel worn down by her. She is generally a delight, a lovely girl and fairly easy going. She is a star at school; behaves well and is doing well academically.
Sometimes she talks to me like I am a piece of poo. We have now decided just to ignore her attitude and hope it will pass.
We feel we can't ignore her not doing what she is told. Tonight after 'lights out' I first caught her playing under the covers on her DS so I told her not to play or read and to go to sleep as she has a bust week ahead. I told her if she was caught reading/playing after being told not to she would lose computer access for one week (she is obsessed with computers at the moment); so...guess what? Yep, caught her reading so she has lost computer privileges for a week.
Bedtime has been a flare up point for weeks now; as soon as she is told to brush her teeth then she starts begging, procastinating and trying to avoid going to bed.
I swing between feeling mean, feeling upset and feeling worried that at 7 years old we have lost control of her behaviour (I know I am over reacting but have PMT).
Is this normal behaviour for a 7 year old? It feels like I have a teenager sometimes 