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I'm sorry to hear you are having a hard time with your little girl. Is this a recent thing? Have you thought about where she might have learned it, is she with friends with children who act out like that? Has her teacher said anything about her behaviour at school. Maybe there is an underlying issue that is troubling her, and this is her way of getting your attention. Or have you recently got a new person in your life and she feels left out? There are so many reasons why kids act like this, but the most imprtant thing is for her to know that though you do not like her behaviour, you still love her. I hope someone can come up with some good advice for you. Hugs, Jennie

I have to my life on hold because i need to take time for my self and my daughter.I don't date and the school says that she is a perfect student. She hasn't be around any children that acts like that.The only thing that i can think of that is making her act like that is i lost my job 6 weeks ago and i just started working again but this has been going on all summer long. Maybe it's best that i get her some counceling that might help her out.

Hi sorry to hear that you are haveing tuouble, the biggest thing that has worked for me with my kids, is to use proper time outs, dont laughf, these things really work if you use them properly, a kid who is hitting feels out of control and is looking for someone to take the raines, and show that everything is good calm and undercontrol and safe, if you dont have some other parent to show you how to do a proper time out, some episodes of super nanny can give you a idea of what it takes, biggest thing is you remain calm , respectfull wile doing it, sometimes the first couple times you have to spend time, putting them back in the time out spot, and the time out dose not start until the outlandish behaviour stops and they are ready to do the time, one minute per year of age hope this works for you. show respect and you will get it back..hope this works for you. ..best wishes

My kids are disrespectful only to me and my mom. When they are at school they respect their teachers because they would get lunch detention or after school detention. My kids are only doing it because they think its cool to treat us that way in front their friends. They want to be cool. Well, its not right to act that way or hit and be mouthy to their parents. Sometimes kids acted out if the other parent isn't in the home and they get treated different at their dads house then at home. My kids did that when they would come home from a week-end or longer visit with their dad it was worse when he had a live in girlfriend with him. He was a asshole to them and jerk, the girlfriend usually tried to bully me but it didn't work because I would tell them what I thought and stood up to them. If you don't take care of the problem now its going to get worse not better. My kids are terrible at home and they are getting taller and stronger for us to handle.