Mia, 6, the "I am going to kill myself" 6 year old and I kinda had it out today... oh mylanta I was sooo angry and impatient. I really hope I didn't completely sin against her, but I was almost in tears I didn't know what to do. She was hitting people, kicking, throwing things, she broke a glass item, she was pulling leaves off of plants indoors... TOTALLY acting like a spoiled 2/3 year old and I didn't know what to do! It finally came down to she was playing with glitter I told her and told her that if she took it out upstairs I would throw it out. So, she "sneakily" puts it in her shirt pocket and an hour later starts throwing it at stuff in the house. I ripped her shirt off of her and dumped all the glitter in the trash. THEN she got mad about something and was doing all her stuff and HIT me, so I put her in the bathroom for timeout and SHE FILLED THE SOAP WITH WATER AND SPRAYED LYSOL EVERYWHERE!!! *argh* THEN... at lunch I finally picked her up because she was being SO nasty telling people she was gonna punch them and hurt them and never listen, I took her to the other room and asked her why she was angry "You're not letting me do what I want when I want to do it." Besides the fact that she was being a brat I 100% understand that sentiment, and I told her that. I told her I face that all the time, but in real life we have stuff we cannot do and we have consequences and that I Was going to start being super clear and tell her all of the things she would lose and if she lost EVERYTHING by the end of the day I would be sad and she would be sad, but she HAD to listen. She kept being a brat, so I told her she was about to lose cookies... I don't know what happened, but she believed me and the rest of the day was REALLY good. I am sure I will start having to take stuff away because I am sure today was not the only testing, but it did feel good to "win" a little. *phew* pray for me ladies... this girl is going to stretch me.