Ok.. I'm shaking with anger. How can a 5 yr old provoke such a reaction?? I have just lost it completely and yelled at my dd that I am going into the school to tell them she needs a new mummy... Who says such dreadful things to their child. I am horrified with myself & was as I was saying it but am just SO desperate to get through to her. Here's the back story.. Always been v highly strung (dd not me ) & has thrown long & intense tantrums since age of 18 months. She WILL not give in on something once she has turned it into a battle.. Often coming back to things hours or days later until she gets her own way, albeit on a different thing/in different way. She has to win!!! In last few weeks this has intensified, would take forever to explain but I assure you it would push anyone over the edge.. I also have 2yr ds & can quite easily manage his tantrums.. But dd is really pushing me. I have grabbed her hard before & smacked in absolute desperation- it doesn't work of course. Nothing does -she simply won't respond to discipline when in this frame of mind. This is not all the time. She can be wonderful & at sch & childminders is super well behaved..so it's at home she lets rip. but I am not helping her or dealing with it at all well. I am too angry with her. Please help & try not to judge me. Does anyone else have similar children?
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Really hit the depths of bad parenting tonight with 5yr dd
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Awfulmother · 18/06/2013 19:52
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