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I Have Had It with My 5 Year Old!!
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on September 4, 2010
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If you guys read my post regarding my defiant 5 year old, then you know all about the tip of the iceberg.
The straw that broke the camels back: she just intentiona...
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- I have 6 and 5 yr old girls and I was just crying last week to my mom about the same thing. I love my children but sometimes I just dont like them. My girls also are n...
- Hi youve had a lot of helpfull advice but would still like to offer my 2 cents:) look into Love and Logic ( foster cline) see if you can get books by him from the li...
- Hi, Not many suggestions but I have to hope that this is an age thing because my 5 year old girl is absolutely beastly as well. She figures out what buttons to push fo...
6 Year Old Behavior... Ugh!
Asked by D.D. from Chicago
on April 10, 2008
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I have a 6 year old daughter who is in 1st grade, a great student, a very sweet intelligent child and very respectful to everyone she speaks to. She is very well spok...
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- Have you had a chance to sit in on your daughters class? Short Story: When my son was in 3rd grade he was attending a private Christian School. Paying big money y...
- That number 4 sees a lot of behaviors because of her older siblings. Things that those older siblings would have never done. My two year old called her older sister ...
- I am right there with you. I have a 10 year old and a 6 year old. She is an angel with everyone else. Her teacher loves her. She excels in the classroom. When she gets...
5 Year Old Daughter Steals Food
Asked by R.K. from Phoenix
on April 15, 2008
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I have a 5 year old daughter who steals food from our cupboards. I am so frustrated at this cause I don't know why or understand why she does this. She gets food when ...
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- Have you ever thought to just sit down and talk to her about it? I think it's an attention getter. She has 3 other siblings, plus animals, and is probably starving f...
- Hi R.. I really don't understand what you're talking about... What do you mean that your daughter is "stealing" food? Isn't the food in your house hers too? Why ar...
- Hi R. - The need to take the food is not necessarily about your daughter being hungry. It sounds more like her need to feel in control of something. Most children a...
6 Year Old Throwing Temper Tantrums
Asked by M.H. from Lansing
on July 22, 2009
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I feel like a hostage to my 6 year old boy. He has had ongoing behavior problems. Recently, I lost my job and have been around him a lot more. He goes to the boys a...
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- You are doing everything right, and he still is having behavioral problems. Do you think it might be time to seek professional help from a dr. or therapist? When I ...
- It sounds to me like you are doing a great job! I think your son is just testing the boundaries. Hold on to what you know and trust yourself. You will get through t...
- Hi M. The first thing I thought of was my girlfriends son who's sensitive to corn. They took him off all corn. And could see a total difference in about 3 days. He g...
6 Year Old with an ATTITUDE
Asked by D.M. from Burlington
on March 7, 2008
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My 6 year old son spends most of his weekdays now at school (Kindergarten) and has been home with me for most of his life. He has this horrible attitude towards me whe...
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- Hi my name is E. i am a stay at home mom/beauty consultant with mary kay, i have a 6 year daughter who started kindergarten this year and a 2 year daughter. My husband...
- Hi D. I also have a 6year old son (turned 6 in Feb), an almost 4 year old daughter and a newborn. My son (also in Kindergarten) has been going through A LOT of the sa...
- Hi D., I think that some of it is the age. My 6 year old has been "hating" and calling everything "stupid" lately. His younger brother and sister are starting to pi...
5 Year Old with Worsening Behavior
Asked by D.B. from Killeen
on April 24, 2008
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I am open to hearing anyone's advice. I have a 5 year old boy who has recently started "acting out" in school. He does his work (sometimes not to the best of his abili...
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- I am sure a lot of people are going to automatically say it has to do with ADHD, but it is so often mis-diagnosed, and I think there are better ways of handling behavi...
- I highly recommend this book: Healing the New Childhood Epidemics by Kenneth Bock, M.D.
- I really know what your talking about!!!!! My son has done all this. The principle even talked to my son but he said she was very nice and didnt scare him at all. W...
5 Year Old Defiance
Asked by M.D. from Rochester
on July 23, 2009
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I am new here. I found mamasource from a google search...I searched because I am at my wits end and need A. to speak with others who may understand and B. get some "...
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- I have a 5 yr old boy(and a 10,8,7,and almost 3yr old boys too)...you got a lot of responses already, but I just have to throw my 2 cents in too. First, if you don't g...
- Hi M. and welcome!! Is it possible that you are training him as you would children in a classroom, and therefore not putting on your "mother" hat? I am old & may...
- Hi M., My oldest was an ADHD kid too, and needed the constant entertainment - seemed like the more attention you gave her, the more she demanded. I think that for m...
5 Year Old Cussing
Asked by E.M. from Louisville
on September 7, 2009
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My 5 year old has decided to take up cussing. she says "dame" meaning damn. i have tried time out grounding and even a pop on the mouth. she also says things like stup...
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- E., I agree with the other poster to try washing her mouth out with soap, but warn her first that this is what will happen. Just a pea size - not much, but it tastes ...
- I used soap with my oldest son and all I have ever needed to do with my younger ones is tell them what their older brother got. I put a little Dawn on my finger and s...
- children learn by association or experience. Somewhere she is hearing these words, daycare, school, somewhere. I almost feel stupid is worse than damn. Let her know ...
6 Year Old with Attitude or Independence?
Asked by D.A. from Utica
on July 30, 2009
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My 6 year old daughter has really been "expressing" herself this summer. She has such an attitude, she does not listen and is picking on her brother which is somethin...
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- get her off food with hormones. also, she may be expressing the loss of her father now as well.
- Perhaps she is in the angry phase of her grieving and has you as her only outlet. Do you express your sadness tp her (with a limit of course, so as not to overwhelm he...
- First of all let me give you a {{{{HUG}}}} to one widow from another. It is hard, but you can do it and will do it for your children. So DD is starting to feel her in...
5 Year Old Attitude and Tantrums
Asked by S.P. from Omaha
on June 3, 2009
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I have a 5 year old daughter that is starting to really mouth off and talk back to my husband and I when she doesn't get her way. She has also started throwing temper ...
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- Hi S. -- Looks like some good advice. We have had a lot of luck with the Common Sense Parenting series/method, which you can get classes or a book through Boys Town P...
- I have a 5 1/2 yr old boy and a 7wk old daughter. We have been having some of the same problems with our 5yr old. We have contributed ours to the change in our lives...
- You have gotten some awesome responses to your question. I have written this before but I will say it again because I believe it to be true. Every child has there "c...
