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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's probably some combination of genetics/ingrained personality and inadequate parenting. I'm not saying your friends are bad parents per se, but a different approach is needed based on the girls' personality. There may even be some mental health issues going on, like emotional dysregulation or ADHD.

I wonder how those girls are at school. If it's as bad as you say, they must be having issues at school, too.[/quote]

My kid is younger - just 6, but she is one of those kids who is generally well behaved at school (problem areas are too talkative/trouble staying in her seat/raising hand instead of calling out, and her teacher is a sticker for that stuff), very easygoing and friendly, but it uses up everything she has and at home she is incredibly difficult. She kicked me in the face this year. I have learned to keep physical distance from her in a tantrum. We finally got into counseling in the fall and the counselor we found with availability after nearly a year of searching was a recent grad who also couldn’t figure out how to get my kid to talk to her. She has been like this since she was little - she shuts down then explodes and we very rarely find out what is bothering her. Our natural parenting style is also not a good fit for her particular personality, which I’m sure compounded the issue and has made things much harder for everyone.  She can be such a neat kid, and has so many wonderful qualities, but at home we only get glimpses of that. Everyone else gets that all of the time. A teacher saw her in a mood recently and was shocked that DD acted that way.

Our 3 yo is completely different.

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