Where to start… As above really…
My daughter is very smart (genuinely) and this leads to her really testing both us and her teachers.
She gets very angry when she can’t do what she wants and she talks to us (parents) like dirt a lot of the time.
Every little thing we ask her to do turns into an argument.
Guaranteed she will be the kid that kicks off when we have to leave her friends or the playground, etc.
Her temper tantrums are bordering on insanity. She did her best to kick our bedroom door down a week or so ago when things had spiralled out of control.
We try to maintain a level of calmness and we will listen to her and try to reason with her but she will argue and argue, talk over us and then just get louder and angrier until there is literally nothing we can do to manage her. We always make sure we listen to her point of view but unless she gets her way it will descend into chaos.
School have had to have words with us now as well because she is being disruptive in class. She says she gets bored. Her reading, spelling and maths are top of the class at the moment though which is great.
I could go on…
Aside from that, I love her and wouldn’t change her for the world 🙂
She doesn’t really respond to rewards for good behaviour (behaviour charts, etc) and doesn’t really respond to punishments like taking away treats or privileges (apart from just getting very angry again).
We’ve watched all the parenting programs, read a few articles, etc – and we try to apply certain techniques but that hasn’t helped enough.
So, I’m wondering firstly if anyone has some advice?
Also if anyone can suggest some activities that will help her channel her frustrations?
Someone suggested karate… but I think it might bore her as well.
She does gymnastics every Saturday which she loves.
Grateful for any advice.
(I am not posting this on Mumsnet 😉