My oldest daughter is 6 and about to be in first grade, she's normally very loving and caring and other than normal bouts with her sisters and the bad days everyone experiences, she's perfectly okay. But, the last six months or so she's just lost it. She's mean, she screams and yells at her father and I, she kicks and screams, she's defiant and rebellious, she won't listen to anything we say. I just don't know what to do. We do believe in spanking, but not very often, only when warranted (such as for screaming "I F'ing hate you!" at the top of her lungs) but it's not working, time-outs, taking things away, time by herself, being left out of family activities for behavior, none of it is working. We've even tried a reward schedule, meaning if she didn't throw a fit, she got a point for that day, if she got over a certain number of points in the week she got something special. But none of it has worked and I'm out of ideas, please help us!
P.S. She's the oldest of four daughters.
2007-08-16
06:53:39
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