my daughter has not been wanting to go to school for the past month now and has been throwing fits to stay at home. like she has a demon in her. she is 5 years old. i had my baby last week and it seems to have gotten worse this week. she always wants to go over to her little friends house next door but this will stop until we can figure out what is going on. ever since school has started she has been having an attitude toward us. disrespectful, not minding and also since she has been playing with that little girl her attitude has changed. what are the signs of jealousy when a new baby comes. she already has a younger brother and she never acted like this.
2007-09-27 07:30:43 · 6 answers · asked by michelecmof4 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
Yes I would say it is jealousy. Try one on one time with her for an hour and see if that helps. Maybe she will talk yo you about how she feels. Ask her questions. Get her to take part in helping with the baby. Good Luck
2007-09-27 07:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she already has a little brother, I don't think it's that she is jealous! Something has happend to scare her, and she can't tell you. I'm not trying to scare you, or anything, but don't let her go over to that girls house. Are you sure the parents are on the up and up? You never know what goes on behind closed doors! Someone or something has got this child scared of something!! Try not to yell at her about this too much, let her stay home w/ you and make her feel safe, until she can open up to you and tell you what is going on!! If this behavior came out of nowhere, I believe something random has happend to scare her and it's linked w/ someone at school or someone who has threatened her not to tell about something. If this other little girl has a bad attitude, don't let her see her, or she could pick up traits from her.Goodluck!!!
*****Mom of three****
My son had a bad attitude in first grade when he had to go to school all day. Is she going longer hours now??? It lasted until the next year, he was just tired, it really was to long of a day for him. Could be that!!!!???
2007-09-27 14:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by Peng-you 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just guess but what does her play mate next door act like? could she possibly be picking up a attitude that she sees in her friend. maybe her friend is disrespectful around her parents and gets away with it so she thinks she can do the same?
also, shes 5 now and a new baby at 5yo is diffrent that a new baby at 2 or 3 (i dunno how old she was when her little bro arrived i'm just estimating.) maybe she is feeling left out this time around and the only way she knows how to get attention from you is acting out?
maybe its a combination of these things?
goodluck. you will figure it out. but i'm sure she is doing it for a reason and not simply because it's her nature. just got to get to the bottom of it ;)
2007-09-27 14:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by heh2203 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether its jealousy or poor influence doesnt make a difference.
If she were home with you all day you would not allow her to have this behavior. If this is how she is when she's with you, imagine what she's like at school away from you.
Its a good idea to keep her home and not at friends, atleast until you get this under control.
Train her how to behave, explain to her what it means not to, punish her when she doesnt, encourage her when she does.
Children who are rude and have attitude grow up into miserable adults with little friends and a poor understanding of selflessness. She doesnt want to be like that, she wants to be a friendly nice person, and that starts first with respecting her parents.
We demand things out of our children because its for their best interest, it doesnt matter what their infantile reasoning is behind their behavior (short of abuse), it doesnt change the fact that theyre not allowed to act that way.
2007-09-27 14:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She may feel like school is taking up her "mommy time." She could be telling her friend what is going on, and her friend may be telling her something along the lines of "if you stay home you'll get the attention you want". Try to spend time with her alone. Do something that she enjoys. I was like that when my sister was born as well. A lot of children do that. Good luck.
2007-09-27 14:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Fancy♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found it was for attention, so I gave my eldest more responsibility, had her help me with feeding putting the clothes in the dryer washing up (non breakables) making lunches etc...she became very helpful and proud of herself.
2007-09-27 14:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋