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Out of control 6 year old

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ForgedInFire · 24/07/2023 18:32

I am struggling so much with my DD6 behaviour. Every day she wakes up and just seems to want to cause as many fights and arguments as she can. I dread asking her to do normal things like brushing her teeth because it turns into an hour of screaming, hitting, insults (she calls me a dumb stupid idiot about 50 times a day). It's been getting gradually worse over the last 2 years. She has had an extremely traumatic 2 years- she lost her father to suicide and we were made homeless and were in a hostel for several months. We are now settled into a lovely new home. I do understand that this has had a huge impact on her. She has had over a year of play therapy. It's just getting worse and worse and I don't know where to turn anymore. She fights constantly with her 8 year old sister. The way she talks to me is unbelievably rude. Its "go get me this" and "you'd better do that" and i pull her up on it every time and tell her she needs to ask nicely first but it never stops. She tells me everyday how much she hates me and wants to be adopted by somebody else. I don't have any problems with my other children and the worst bit is she is as good as gold at school- apparently never even been told off. Although she did go through a period of school refusal. Where do I go from here? I've tried so many things. I'm in tears everyday. I feel like we are at breaking point. I never, ever thought this could be my life with such a young child!

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User1234567891011121314 · 24/07/2023 19:54

Hi I'm so sorry you are going through this and I also had this with my DC and he's now 10 and I ended up going through the school SENco only recently and they have provided help but as it's the holidays maybe go to your GP? I'm thinking of finding a psychiatrist for him tbh as things are getting worse and worse.

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