Do you believe a Doctor should make a 4 1/2 year old...?!
Question:
Do you believe a Doctor should make a 4 1/2 year old...?
go get a psychological evaluation for hitting her little brother?I took her to the doctor to get her shots for pre-k and they saw my 2 year old at the same time.the baby had a couple of brusies from the 4 yr old(she frequently tries to fight with him) If she gets in trouble she goes in their room & smacks him or something.The other day we walked into their room because the baby was crying & she was standing over him stomping on him & kicking him. He ended up with a bruise the size of your palm.I dont understand why she is acting like this. I also know that doctors are handing out ADD diagnoses with prescriptions of medications like candy now days... I have seen kids on those medications and for the most part it's terrible. they have the kids drugged up like a zombie.
Their father and I are divorced so maybe that has something to do with this.
If you have any opinion- on the psychitrist, ADD and medication, the abuse, or anything else on this matter i would appreciate it Thanks!
Answers:
okay, first of all, I am relieved that you are not willing to medicate your daughter simply because she is having some acting out problems. More than likely, with the divorce and having a younger sibling, she has learned that negative attention is easier to obtain than attention from being good...that's all she really wants. I know that it is very difficult as a single parent to carve out time to spend with each individual child, but you must break her of seeking negative attention just for attentions sake. Take a few minutes out of every day to do something special and girly just with her. Like paint her toe nails or color one page with her in the coloring book. THEN, while you have her undivided attention, and she's enjoying her time with you, talk to her about not hitting..that it hurts and it is not allowed. Explain to her that if she hurts her little brother again, she will be put in time out...ABOVE ALL BE CONSISTENT. Teach her by your actions that you mean what you say, but always discipline in love, never in anger. She must relearn a healthy behavior for gaining attention, and it's up to you to reshape this for her. She's too young to simply stop, because what she has done has worked thus far. Having children this close in age is tough, but don't dispair, they do grow out of this stage. When your son gets a little bigger, you can be assured that he will try acting out too--if he learns it from her. Stop it now while you have the chance.