Jacobsmommy
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How can I stop my 5 year old step daughter from throwing tantrums at day care?
During the past 4 school days she has thrown over-the-top tantrums of screaming and yelling, saying that she wants her mommy or daddy and that she does not want to go to school. These tantrums are so bad that she is scaring the other children. Today was the worst because she got right up to her baby brothers face and yelled at him. She also is starting to talk back to the day care provider. She says that she is throwing these tantrums because she misses all of us. We have talked to her about the importance of going to school and how she needs to stop these tantrums at day care. We have also had the school counselors talk to her and they say that see nothing wrong. They tell us not to punish her because they think there may be something causing this. But the day care providing is telling us that she thinks that this is just bad behavior and nothing more to it. That she does not cry real tears, she just yells and screams. This little girls has been through alot lately for a 5 year old to handle. Her parents divorced, then both remarried, her father and I gave her a new brother 7 months ago, and her mother will give her another new brother in March and this is her first year of actual school. Alot of new things to latch on to, and she really ate up being the baby, and she is not any more. What can we do to help her, and to stop these tantrums? Please help!!
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Discipline and behavior challenges, Blended families
> 60 days ago
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