My lovely DD is six and the youngest child of a large family. Her life has been secure and happy and she knows she is loved and cherished. Yet she is so full of angst and anger and emotional stress at times that I just don't know where it comes from nor really how to deal with is. I know that she is a sensitive child but also very focussed and astute - all great qualities of course that as an adult you know will help her along her own path in life but for now I am at a loss...
Tonight she told me that she is ugly and not the perfect daughter, that she has badness in her and she can't help herself. I can shrug it off and say it is just the talk of an overtired and imaginative child or worry that I need to help and guide her more? Her other older siblings are relatively easy going compared to her and I have not had to deal with this sort of emotional behaviour before. She is six years younger than the one closest in age so she has plenty of time and attention from us.
Any thoughts...