Tantrums: Older Child
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Help with a 6 Year Old
Asked by M.B. from Saginaw
on November 12, 2006
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I need help with my 6 year old he's outta hand. He likes to tell me waht to do and not to listen to me. Any time you tell him to do something he throws a fit. If he do...
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- Boy can I ever relate to this!! I am a mother of an 8yo boy, 4yo girl, and 3yo boy. I am single also, but recently my boyfriend just moved in with us. I was working...
- I don't think my advise is going to be pretty either, sounds to me like dad is the problem in a nut shell. It is extremely hard to be a single mom I was one for 7 year...
- HI M., I have a 7 yr old son and everyone asks me how i get him to behave so well. I even get free offers for babysitting. Well the answer I spend time with him . I ...
Crying 7 Year Old in the Mornings
Asked by C.M. from Seattle
on September 9, 2009
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We recently changed our childcare where our 7 year old has to get up at 5:30am and is dropped off at the neighbor's house at 6am. His bedtime is 8pm and in the morning...
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- C. - I would be super grumpy if I had to get up at 5:30am too!! I have a 7 year old who goes to bed at 8pm and gets up at 7:15. Maybe you need to get your kid to bed...
- Hi! 5:30 is really early for a 7 yo. Any possibility he could pick his clothes out the night before and go to the neighbors in his PJs and lay down for another 1/2 ho...
- He needs more sleep if you are getting him up at 5:30!! Definately get him to bed by 7:00 pm. This will be easier as the days are getting darker earlier! But I thin...
Help with Whiny 7 Year Old
Asked by T.B. from Houston
on October 20, 2008
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Please help! My husband and I are at our wits end with our 7-year old daughter. She has become excessively whiny. Anything that she is asked to do and she doesn't w...
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- I love Parenting with Love & Logic. We are presenting the parenting class at Summitt Elementary in January if you are interested. Its just good, solid, parenting. T.
- You've gotten a lot of great advice! I'm in the same boat with my 6 year old. She's a star student at school yet has break downs at home. Her 3 year old brother has...
- Love and Logic works. I have two grown children to prove it. Spanking may or may not work, but what it does do, is make both your child and you feel crummy. Try the Lo...
Need Help Getting My 6 Year Old to Take Care of Herself and Her Belongings
Asked by J.A. from Boston
on July 28, 2008
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I am having difficulty getting my 6 year old to take care of herself and her belongings. I constantly find her things (shoes, toys, clothes) all over the house and sh...
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- I have a 7.5 year old son who had the same problem. Here's what I did. If it wasn't put away, it taken taken and put in a trash bag - I didn't care what it was - sho...
- J., keep taking deep breaths and count to 10, it's going to be a long ride! Or not. My daughter is/was the same. She came into my life at 5 1/2yrs and the biggest job ...
- Hi J., I really need to know how to have my 9 year old pick up after himself. Is there any way you could let me know after you get your responses. That'd be great! If ...
Disrespectful 7 Year Old. Please Help.
Asked by B.M. from Denver
on April 8, 2013
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I need some help with my daughter! She is 7 years old. She has always been a great kid, wants to do the right thing, generous, sweet, can take her anywhere. I have eve...
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- She is emulating someone, at school, in the family, neighbors, etc. She is growing up and she is learning to be more independent. You do not punish her, you teach her...
- How much sleep is she getting? Try putting her to bed 20 minutes earlier for a week. Is there something that has changed? divorce? death of grandparent? single parent ...
- Hoo-boy. I'd start with two things: be very consistent in whichever correction you choose and stay emotionally neutral when she starts popping off. Don't get sucke...
Temper Tantrums in 5 Year Olds
Asked by A. from Cincinnati
on January 16, 2007
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My daughter just turned 5. She has always thrown overly dramatic tantrums. LOTS of yelling, screaming, hitting her self and lately hitting me. It's like she totally...
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- A., This is normal. My son does it sometimes, too, and he is 5 and getting bigger, too. Thing of it is, they only do it to express frustration and if it works. O...
- First, tantrums are normal behavior for children, they're just testing boundaries and also showing strong emotion. Sometimes kids show 'too much' in order to gain att...
- Dear A.: I'm a Mother of 5, but also an only child. I'm amazed at how differently my children behaved from the first to the last. Since we can't all have Nanny 911...
Temper Tantrums???
Asked by L.M. from Detroit
on September 24, 2007
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Ladies please help, I have a six year old girl who has been throwing temper tantrums over just about anything. She whines really loud and screams, during which she sa...
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- This is called manipulation. Kids do not need schedules. Do you think that schedules were around 100 years ago? She needs consistency from you and dad. Ignore ...
- L. Consistency in the answer here to your troubles....define for her basic expectations....such as 1. when it is 8pm it is bedtime and then make no exceptions and sho...
- Yes, it is very hard on the little ones- Not having a schedule. kids don't like change. I have two autistic sons and i have to have a schedule for everything...if i ha...
Is It Still "Normal" for an Almost 6-Yo to Be Having Screaming Tantrums?
Asked by L.C. from Denver
on September 14, 2011
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I have two questions:
1). Is it still a common occurrence in children who are almost 5.75 (haha) years old to have screaming, crying, kicking tantrums (sometimes in p...
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- My just recently turned 6 year old still has tantrums. (I had tantrums until I was in my late teen's, not kidding) My mom says I am getting pay backs. My youngest d...
- tantrums are either a control issue.... or a reaction to tired, hungry, emotional distress (including school - it's a lot to deal with all the noise in a classroom an...
- I think it is normal to some extent...Not sure about the kicking and screaming in public. They are coming into their own and they are very self aware about the world t...
Need Help with 6 Year-old Daughter's Tantrums
Asked by S.T. from Columbus
on October 9, 2008
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I am hoping someone out there can help me. I have a sweet, loving, kind, intelligent, caring 6 year old daughter. She is our 2nd child, 2 years behind her brother. ...
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- If I were in your situation, I would definately get medical help. The only reason I say this is b/c of her not remembering what she just did, and that to me is a sign...
- I would seek some professional help regarding this. If she is really not aware of what she says or does during the outrage outbursts there is something more wrong. C...
- Your daughter is a very smart girl! She is playing you and her dad. She knows what she is not supposed to do. Help her get it under control by giving her a reason- p...
2 1/2 Year Old's Tantrums Out of Control
Asked by S.B. from Atlanta
on February 14, 2008
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Help! My 2 1/2 year old's temper tantrums have reached new heights! Yesterday was the worst...she exploded (for what seems to be no reason). During her fits, she of...
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- Funny, I was just thinking the same thing as Kim was. I read that long ago that when children have uncontrollable tantrums, that holding them firmly, but gently can do...
- Well, there are two possibilities: one is that she's acting out and knows that biting herself freaks you out so that's her trick or two that she's actually NOT in cont...
- I think you need to seek professional help because her hurting herself is not healthy at all.
