angry 10 year old daughter to family an friend but not to grandad an school

[daga96]

hi my 10year old daughter has these angry outbursts? she yells and screams that she hates her life and that she hates me. she also throws fits if she does not get what she wants asap. towards her older sister and her sisters friends and her cousins she is the same way, but in school and around her granddad she is just fine. i was wondering if there is anyway to change or help this behavior?...

[mjk123]

hormones maybe about to start period

[margypops]

How does her older sister, sister's friends, cousins behave towards her, do they tease , what is their attitude, when she has the outburst could be in defence of how they behave towards her, could older sister have some jealousy ?

[sal185]

That's pretty normal.. She's an adolescent now ! I understand how frustrating and so out-of-control for parents but it is completely normal.. Her actions reflect her trials to be more independent and act like an adult but then she doesn't know how to do that so basically that's the whole issue.. Just deal with it without yelling, smacking, or extreme punishment.. This a good reference for parenting: Carl, P. (n.d.). The First Stage of Adolescence (Early Adolescence: ages 9 - 13). Retrieved October 18, 2010, from Carl Pickhardt Ph.D.: http://www.carlpickhardt.com/page18.html