Aggressive behaviour
LG is increasingly getting frustrated when we try to enforce boundaries ATM. Today she got angry at not being able to cut, she screwed up the paper and threw it away, when I reminded her there wouldn't be anymore to waste she hit me in frustration, got upset when being taken to calm down and pulled my hair in the process. Her go to is to frown and get her face in mine or hands in my face. I genuinely have no idea where she's got it from. We do not use physical punishment at all.
Then when it's over she's back to the pleases/thank yous.
I'm just drained.
I hate to blame other children at nursery, but the phrases like "I'm going to smash/bin/throw this away" when she gets frustrated have not come from anything we do/watch at home.
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Mine is the same too but not with boundaries more when she can’t do something like if she’s trying to write a letter and it doesn’t look perfect, despite lots of praise saying how good it is, if she thinks it doesn’t look perfect she gets so angry and upset!
Thanks I know it'll be part of their development but it's so hard sometimes
Same! I wonder if this “phase” also happens with boys? I have a 7yr old boy and don’t remember his behaviour ever being this bad around this age!! My lil miss is very sassy by nature so sometimes it’s hard to figure out when it’s just her personality versus a “phase” … either way it’s an ongoing battle!! Stay strong ladies!
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No advice but solidarity, my daughter is going through an angry phase at the moment. She’s throwing things, sometimes things that could cause really bad injuries (like her stainless steel water bottle) at us and her little brother, she destroys things, smacks us and pulls our hair sometimes. It’s so hard x