Tantrums. The worst tantrums she's ever had. She's thrown a few fits in her day, but over the last month she has hit a whole new level. Any time something doesn't go her way, she's asked to do something she doesn't want to do, her brother or my husband or I do something she doesn't like- tantrum!According to her teacher, this is not happening at school. Actually, her teacher thinks I'm some crazed parent who always looks down on my kid because at school, my daughter is the picture of perfection. So why the hell would I be insinuating she's not an angel??We moved about 4 months ago. We're 2000 miles away from our old town, and we expected her to have a hard time with it, but we're now at our wits ends. We've enrolled her in karate to try to give her an outlet for her anger. We try to give her plenty of play dates and trips to kid friendly places so she can be around peers her own age. We've tried talking things out with her rationally. We've tried giving her an 'anger space' (quite room with a bunch of pillows and other things she can punch on or scream to her hearts content). We face time with old friends and our family all the time so she knows everyone still loves and misses her. But it's getting us no where!I'm starting to wonder if maybe something more is wrong. Maybe it's not just the move that has her emotions all over the place. Could she be going through some type of early puberty making her volatile and unpredictable? Is she dealing with more on a mental level? Should I look into counseling for her?Or is all of this perfectly normal and we just have to suck it up for a while longer? Please help! I don't know what else to do! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2oNX4eQ
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