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6 year old with explosive temper

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Lemonslices · 13/04/2020 14:31

From the moment my daughter was born the had a massive temper and even as a baby she would throw tantrums scream and hit out and throw herself backwards.

As she got older she became violent with me, and from an early age her intelligence was amazing.

When she started school her temper calmed down but the teacher noticed her behaviour but she never got told off, in reception she was too of her class for everything and is above age related expectations. And because of her frustration and temper she is goes to a special class with one of her friends and she seems much happier.
However she still lashes out and hits me and my husband and flips out over minor things
Year 1 she's still above age expectations and she's reading books ment for 8 year olds and some of the things she tells me its like talking to a teenager.

Yesterday because it was Easter she flipe dout because she wanted to eat the chocolate and I told her she can have a little after lunch and dinner otherwise she will be sick, she flipped out for about an hour..but her little sister just said OK mummy and that was it.
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I honestly thought maybe it's my fault shes that way but when she was 14 months old I gave birth to my second and I was shocked she was the ideal baby, calm drank her milk went to bed and rarely cried. my youngest is 5 and half and I rarely tell her of and she does as she's told and is so kind (the ideal child).
I love both of my children but now my daughter is 6 and half I worry about her explosive temper and I'm not looking forward to her being a teenager.

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Vix20678 · 13/04/2020 14:35

OP I have the same thing with my 6 year old DD!! She's never physical with me but can still have temper tantrums that last up to 30 minutes and will kick and throw herself around.

She started having tantrums as a baby and they peaked at 3/4 when she could have up to 10 daily. She's also highly intelligent and mature in so many other ways but when she loses it it's like a flip switches and nothing can get her out of it until she decides to stop. She's good as gold for others and is well loved and popular.

I'm also dreading the teen years!!

Vix20678 · 13/04/2020 14:36

Oh and I have a 9 year old DS who has never had a tantrum in his life!! Totally different disposition.

Ronia · 13/04/2020 14:42

I started this thread a short while ago

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/parenting/3817792-6-year-old-DS-a-nightmare-right-now

Sounds similar to my 6 year old. I saw another thread recently recommend a book called The Explosive Child which I've not read yet

Mostly though, you're not alone and my 2nd child is also not like that at all.

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peachpearplum01 · 14/04/2020 21:40

We have exactly the same scenario! My six year old daughter has the worst tantrums still (always has had since a baby eg would cry for hours and hours, toddler tantrums that would go on forever..) she started to grow out of them a bit but has got a bit worse again with no school...
also very fussy eater & with clothes
Highly intelligent (for age anyway), top of class, we’ll behaved at school but easily bored and frustrated doing any school
work at home (which is making lockdown fun!)
Also have a very easy calm younger child
Books that helped me:
The spirited child
The highly sensitive child
Made me realise there’s nothing technically wrong with her but she is just wired a bit differently to the average kid and it’s just her temperament. It helped me realise it’s not my fault and that I also have similar traits that I have learned to manage as I grew older.
Good luck!

Lemonslices · 15/04/2020 15:01

Thank you for your replies, I'm glad I'm not alone.
Maybe with highly intelligent children they get frustrated more and their brains require more challenging things to do 😅😩I hope she grows out of it, lock down is driving me nuts.

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