My 9 yo dtr has attitude at times also. Usually if I can get her to calm down or leave her alone for a while and reapproach, it's not me she has the attitude with. She's had a bad say at school, had a problem w/a friend, etc. I usually try to let her vent a little. I can't solve her problems, but home is the safe place to let out frustration. I can't imagine what some of her days are like or the furstration she must feel or how hard it is all day trying to control some of her behaviors. She isn't always successful and is just as frustrated w/herself as others are w/her.
I do not allow swearing or disrespecting her parents.
My son likes to talk back. Not really trying to be rude, but to defend himself. Usually his response starts with "but". I cant stand it. I have been telling him that he needs to think before he speaks. Really hasnt helped yet..but repetition is the key.My son has attititude - always had it - I always said I had a 10 year old teen.
Now he is a teen! My son is ADD innatentive with an oppositional defiant style. All I can say is pick your battles wisely - don't put up with any disrespect - nip it in the bud - My son gets trash mouth and calls me curses. That gets dealt with - we take away his computer privileges.
I don't know if it's just kids now a days or ADD or what but don't let ADD be an excuse for disrespect. In retrospect, I wish I was stricter when my son was younger because now I have a big problem.
One son is ADD and one is not. Same attitude, different days. haha
My daughter is 6 as well, diagnosed ADHD, and also has an attitude problem big time!! I swear she's 6 going on 16. I am not looking forward to the teenage years!! When she starts the attitude with me, I just calmly tell her that is not the way we act and that it is inapproriate, sometimes it works sometimes not, when it doesn't work and the attitude continues to get worse I tend to just ignore it.LOL...my son was around 5 or 6 when he started with "attitude". I thought wait a minute isn't this what he is suppose to be when he is a teenager?? He is now 7 and he can still get major attitude. I have learned to stay calm and not fight back at him but tell him calmly that that is not how we talk to each other. Not sure if it's the ADHD or if this is normal...we have an appt next month with psychologist. Their is something called ODD?? Hang in there!!tittle sais it all!
How do you deal with it? it's not always like this, but man when it is.... it realy is, is this part of being a 6 year old girl? or the adhd!