Been there, done that, got the T shirt.
It gets better, eventually. School will sort her out. But next time, you'll know to keep your hands away from her mouth.

BTW, has she pretended to calm down and gone for your eyes with her fingernails when you let go? MrsScars got her head back just in time, or she'd be wearing an eyepatch now.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Sat 11 Dec 2010, 9:43, 1 reply)

Ye gods
I don't have any kids so, I'm not really qualified to judge but ----- I am wondering, are these kids normal kids ? Is this normal behaviour for kids these days ? Or would you (one) suspect there is some sort of behavioural or personality issue at work here ? (Other than being a total little bastard that is).
I'm not being deliberately controversial, I am genuinely asking. The kids I know (few admittedly) don't behave like that as a rule - the ones that have had diagnosed behavioural and mental difficulties. (I had a relationship some years ago with a guy with three kids, all boys of various ages with autism, ADHA, and personality disorders. One of them was extremely violent, he was a big lad for eleven - that was a very difficult two years).
(womanwhocanonlylivewithdogs, Sat 11 Dec 2010, 11:08, closed)

It's the luck of the draw
Some kids go through a rabid phase, some don't. The eye-gouging attempt was a one off, and the whole thrashing and kicking phase lasted less than 6 weeks. All of it before her 4th birthday.

If they are going to go through it, far better when they weigh less than you do.

Now? We feel nothing but pride in her, although the homework could be done a bit quicker.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Sat 11 Dec 2010, 12:16, closed)

No, that is not normal behavior.
None of my kids ever did that. The closest it got was after my ex and I separated when my middle child would get angry at his mother and start smashing up her stuff. After a time he stopped doing it, but it was a bad couple of years.

Fortunately for him, he never tried that with me.
( Wanderer, Sat 11 Dec 2010, 14:47, closed)

Nope.
Not normal behaviour in the slightest.
These kids need a really good smack.
I do smack my kids, but I've only had to do it a couple of times. The old 1.2.3 works a treat, and they usually behave on 1, and I hardly ever get past 2.
Strangers in the street comment on how well behaved and polite my kids are.
Parents are too soft nowadays, I see it in the playgroups.
You're not helping children by being too soft on them, you are in fact breeding the next generation of chavs.
I'm so proud of my children for their brilliant behaviour, and I'm proud of myself for raising them that way.
Nothing to do with luck of the draw.
( user_names_suck, Sat 11 Dec 2010, 15:38, closed)

I agree wholeheartedly with this.
weeblaireau can be a little bugger but i insist on discipline and respect.
the result? a happy child who knows where the boundaries are.
oh, yes, the old 1,2,3 works a treat. had to use it yesterday at a birthday party, only got as far as 2 and that was with her in positively wound-up mindset.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 13 Dec 2010, 10:59, closed)