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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure what’s going on with my almost 6 year old recently. But here are 3 episodes today that I just can’t figure out.

1) She gets in the car and kisses the baby. My son tattles and says she hit the baby. I tell him not to tattle and that she didn’t. DD sobs the entire way home that I’m going to be mad at her and how her brother is always lying about her. She won’t calm down even after we’re inside and won’t talk about it.

2) In the bathtub I ask them to clean up the toys and get out. She says she wants to get out first. So I tell her to clean up and I’ll get her out first. She refuses and I ask a few more times. So then her bother has cleaned and is ready to get out. She’s so upset but now won’t get out of the tub because she wasn’t first.

3) I’m reading to her brother in his bed. She’s upset that I’m not reading in her room but I can tell she wants to listen. So I invite her but she refuses. I ask again and we move over and make room. So I tell her to go out and I’ll read to her later. She’s sobbing in the hallway and Dh reads to her. She tells Dh that I told her to go away and wouldn’t read to her.

I’m just so confused and shocked over her behavior. We didn’t yell, we have been fair and brother is not getting more than she gets. It’s just a lot of drama and crying. She’s always telling us she’s not good and no one likes her. Should I take her to a therapist? We try not to engage in the drama and try to proceed calmly. But even when we talk to her she just won’t. Is this unusual behavior or just moodiness?

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