is any one else child like this? is there something I'm missing or is this just who she is?!
i haven't put the age in just to see what others say without the situation being judged on age but she is in primary school no where near getting her periods so it's not a hormonal issue
there are some issues with my daughter and I'm not sure if there's more going on in her head or not she has the worst attitude!! she is always yelling and screaming at her sister who is younger when she doesn't get her way she will chuck a tantrum a tantrum you'd expect a toddler to do she pulls her hair and scratches at her face in anger she will punch her self in the legs when she's getting introuble while chucking a tantrum you can't tell her she's doing something wrong cause she will just loose her shit she cuts you off during a conversation and her go to method is to cry and carry on
she can't accept fult when she's done something wrong she doesn't listen it's always i didn't do it no i don't want to do it she gets easily frustrated that's when the tantrums kick in
she doesn't get how to ride a bike I've showed her so many times I've and she just can't grasp the concept of it she has heaps of friends at school she's doing well in school it's just in between times she carries on like this I've spoken to her teacher and she does no of the things I've explained while she's at school it's like it's a different kid while there
but then some days she doesn't display any of these things she does she will share not carry on not have tantrums but at least a few times a week i find my self asking my self something else is going on with her
obviously I'll be taking her a doctor to have her assessed but it's like a diva bratty attitude does any one else child carry on like this?!
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You didn't mention how old she is?
If she doesn't do it at school, then it obviously isn't a behavioural disorder or condition. Sounds like a parenting issue, not blaming you at all, but some difficult children need specialised strategies that dont fit in the normal realm of parenting. I think you should get more strategies in your arsenal, maybe try a parenting course like triple p.
Sounds like anxiety to me my oldest son has ADHD like all three of my kids but he also chucks massive tantrums and it's due to anxiety get your gp to refer you to a pediatrician and or child physiologist our son is seeing both and is medicated and has shown massive improvement
She sounds like my son (9) but he doesn't have younger siblings, so I cop the full brunt of every tantrum, you'd swear he was a toddler!! For years he'd only display this behaviour with me. It took him 5 years of being at day care and 3 years of school before he displayed this at school and 3 months of living with my parents before doing it in front of them ( we moved in with them as I couldn't cope) , ( he apparently does not do this in front of any of his dads family, unless I'm a round) he had 2 years of counselling in New Zealand and got no where, 2 months with a counsellor in Australia and we had a referral to a pediatrician, 6 months later we got in (went private as public had a waiting list of 18-24 months), he smacks himself in the head, punches and pinches him self and tells me several times a week that he wishes he was dead, wants to die or kill him self, during his tantrums, he looses all control, we've had holes in the walls, toys broken with a base ball base, when I was threatened with the bat I took it to work and through it in the skip . he has been diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety, the ADHD meds are meant to help with the anxiety but I don't see it. I believe that he may also have depression, but was told I was over reacting. I've had ptsd, my ex (my sons dad) had/has depression, my brother is bipolar and suffers depression and my 2 bff's suffer it due it other medical issues, I know the signs, they all have different kinds of reactions the guys all get super angry and violent over the smallest things and the ladies all retreat and 3 weeks will go by without a word from them. I am working with my sons councillor on a better solution. Have a chat with the schools guidance office/ Chaplin, they are a wealth of information