My 6 year old daughter has serious anger issues. I just don’t understand why she is like this. She has a great family around her no violence of any kind but she just gets so angry all the time.
Example is we went to the zoo for her birthday which she chose to do and she complained the whole time it was boring. We had her friend over for an afternoon and she carried on the whole time complaining she wasn’t doing what she wanted and was cranky/sulking/running away even her little friend came up to me and said I don’t think x wants me here. You can’t reason with her she is cranky at the simplest things it’s like she is so emotional and moody. Is this normal I just feel like it’s not. I don’t know what to do I don’t know how to manage it. Do I take her to a doctor or what?? Please help me mamas I feel like I’m failing her and she will end up with no friends if she is just cranky/bossy all the time.
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Time for getting a referral to a child psychologist and peadiatrician from your GP. It's always best to get these things assessed versus hoping they'll resolve themselves.
My rule of thumb. If your child isn't happy it's time to seek help (I'm not talking a 'bad day') and if it's getting in the way of her friendships that's definitely time to get professional help.
It may all turn out to be nothing, but I'd rather be cautious and get my child some help.
Sounds like she might not know how to regulate her emotions.Try brave online...it taught our son to regulate his emotions. When he was scared or worried it would come out as anger He saw a child psych but that didn't help him. Brave online did tho after about 4 sessions. It's by the Uni QLD.
https://brave4you.psy.uq.edu.au/child-program
Good luck!
We saw a psych and she said something interesting she said theres kids that live in a land of disappointment and that was my child all over. Everything had to be exactly what she wanted and of course it wasnt and she had constant disappointment /complaints.
Sounds like some help would be a great idea.
Similar thing with my son. I posted the other day. We started the brave program today and have a doctor appointment for Tuesday. No advice yet, just empathy xx
Get a GP referral to a paediatrician and go from there, they may refer you to a developmental paed or a child psychologist. If they try the wait n see game, I’d insist on seeing a psychologist to atleast get some strategies
This sounds exactly like my 6 year old. Her sister and her fight constantly because she is so bossy. She has no friends at school because she is so bossy. She is never satisfied. My daughter also talks constantly and can not stop. I have started the process of getting her assessed for adhd. She has also started slapping herself in the head when she is angry or frustrated.