Hello,
My daughter is 6 years old. I am recently divorced and my daughter lives with me. She has always slept with me or previously with me and my ex husband. I am concerned now because I am trying to work on her independence and she is scared of sleeping alone. Any help on how I can transition her to sleep by herself so she is not scared. Also as long as I can remember she has acted out her emotions by hitting, biting,scratching, yelling, or slamming doors. Mainly it's only with me. I have not displined her physically (spanking) but now I am beginning to wonder if I should be. I have tried talking to her about it, trying to reason with her, taking privlidges away, also time outs as a source of discipline. Nothing seems to work, when she doesn't get her way, gets jealous, mad, etc. she acts out in an unhealthy way and I am concerned about what I can do about helping her to act in a more healthy way. I am concerned because my ex husband is bi polar and I am not sure if she may be acting out in some way of what she may have seen from her father while we were married. Please help, thanks so much, Heather.