Sassy 4 year old.

allenem

I have a sassy, over dramatic (just turned) 4 year old girl. Everything is a whine and turns into her screaming: no veggies, the dog bumped her, she wants to watch tv. I just wanted to see if anyone else has the same situation at home or I'm dealing with a special situation. It's very tiring to pretty much be constantly fighting with her about not whining, talking in a nice voice, or just to stop making everything into a drama. (If we play barbies for 15/20 minutes and I say times up or I need to tend to something else she will have a total meltdown in those kind of situations. She can always play alone but usually will say she can't and just whine or start throwing a tantrum. ) no matter what I do she wont take naps and gets up in the morning just to scream and whine at everyone. I'm getting frustrated and not sure what to do at this point.

MrsCarroll.6-10-07

Oh no, I have it here too. My girl will be 4 in a few months and it's been this way for a bit now. My 5 year old went through this last year too, I was pulling my hair out. Pre K really helped reel her in. Like in am amazing way. The teacher told me some ways she taught the kids to calm down and my 5 yo actually does it and thinks before she reacts more often than not. I'm working on it with the almost 4 yo too. One thing is "Is it a big problem or little problem?" And count like Tinkerbell does (or various other characters do to calm down) and it's making a teeny dent.

allenem

Thank you, I don't feel like I'm going crazy alone. Great advice too!