5 Year Old Drama queen-HELP!!

Hi M.:
I have an 9yrs.old an she is the Queen of the Drama Queens. But no matter how tired I'm, I always listened to her and give her my attention, because that is all that they want.Sometimes, I'm really busy and she comes to me with one of her "emergencies", and I just tell her that if she can wait a little second I'll be there with her. That make her feel that even I'm busy I'll pay attention to her, but she knows that she has to wait a little bit. Then from time to time I make a girl day,just her and me and we can either go to the mall shopping, or play girlsense in the copmuter, all play with her webkinz in the computer, or let her bring a friend over for a play day, etc. I have a boy,13, and with him things are easier, but be patience,because is not easy been a princess.

Aren't all little girls drama queens, I know my two were and still ater. The way we handled it was to stay consistent with whatever discipline we had used before the baby AND I made sure and had play time/snuggle time with just my oldest daughter when sister was asleep. I would take her on mommy/daughter dates (just us) and my husband would also do that. It was so cute to see them get dressed up to go out to eat! Play with your daughter as much as possible and praise her for the things she does right. Let her help you around the house so you have more time to play. Let her sort the silverware out of the dishwasher (Pre-math skills) and she can match socks as well as fold handtowels, underwear and washclothes. We occasionally would have an all out sock and underwear fight! She still talks about those times. All your daughter wants is your attention. Give the positive attention she needs and stay consistent when she is in the wrong. You will find she will be a joy again - who knows she may end up supporting you in your old age as an actress!

I think it is the age. My daughter is 4.5 and is extremely dramatic when she gets around my husband. I don't put up with her drama so she knows that she can't get away with it. SHe seems to have gotten worse within the last few weeks. BUt she knows she will not get anywhere with the drama around me. I am going to a speaker here in March 13th called "Better than Yelling". I am hoping to get some tips from the speaker on bettering myself and how to handle my daughter and her drama.

I too, have a drama queen. She is 6. Sha has a younger sister (4) and a younger brother (3). I sometimes have to remind myself that she is still a little girl who needs some "babying" once in awhile. Her younger siblings are more time demanding and my guess is she feels snubbed. I find that I don't have as much patience with her sometimes because in my eyes she is "older and should know better". Most of the time she is a very sweet child, but when she starts acting up I try and have some alone time with her and find out what is making her upset. It is nice because now that she is older she can verbalize and discuss her problems with me rather than me having to figure it all out. I try to make it a point to let her have things that are solely hers -- hands off to her younger sibs -- and I try to let her make some decisions throughout the day to let her feel in control (which outfit do you want to wear today? what side dish should we have with dinner tonight?) And I agree with the other moms in having her help out with chores around the house, give her a sense of assisting and pride. When all else fails I take a deep breath, count my blessings, and remind myself that this too, shall pass :-)

I think that most girls go through the drama queen stage.... My girls 8 and 5 are still there. It comes and goes. When the drama starts I just try to see what is going on around them that triggered it to come about. Was mommy and daddy playing more with the 16 month old girl. Was mommy trying to cook, or clean?? Did the two girls feel like they were being left out. I then try to include them in something fun!! baking cookies or a cake. They love to try to help take care of their younger sister. I know at this time when they both are going through the "drama queen" stage at the same time it is really hard to deal with both of them. I have to try to explain to them that they have to help each other or I just try to get them interested in totally different things at that time.

Having a house full of 4 girls and only one male..... We have drama A LOT!! LOL

Just breathe through it and know that tomorrow will be a better day. LOL

Girls will be girls. We all have our girly girl side and then we all have our tomboy side to us. It is the joys of being a female!

Good luck!

My daughter is 10 now. She has held the drama throne since she was 3. She is actually in a drama school now. Hey, if it works! We had our daughter use her dramatic skills on a good day. We had her act out a "spoiled cry baby", a "tired sweetie", a "lonely girl", a ... you get the idea. Then, when she started to behave in any of those ways, we acted like we were playing charades and tried to guess which one she was being. It tricked her into changing her attitude AND gave us some insight into what was bothering her. She learned to start just telling us who she was "being" and gave her feelings words. Always a good thing to learn, especially for us girls!

My daughter is also a drama queen.....girls are all about drama no matter what the age. I have no advice to offer other than to be patient with her. I realized that the more I listen to my 6 yr old the less angry she is. We also had a baby boy in Oct so our girls are going through the same thing.

My seven-year old daughter is still a drama queen. I know MANY mothers who say the same thing. Some of it I think is just an age-related girl thing, although she's a very emotional and sensitive kid. She also acted out right before my son was born (she was 4 1/2), arguing, talking back, etc.
My best advice is to be consistent with discipline, and make some special time with her, even just reading before bed. Maybe let her pick out her clothes or even her little brother's clothes so she feels like she's helping. Be firm but patient. Good luck!

Oh...having a daughter in the house is dramatic! My daughter is 5, almost 6, and the transition into 5 was DRAMATIC...to say the least! She has always loved to play dress up and imagination play so I have always encouraged her dramatics to be put to good use while she is in her princess mode, otherwise, she had to act like an appropriate 5 yr. old. Give her some rewards that she can work towards...tea time with mommy, baking cupcakes...be creative! Also, I do remember when my son was born that there was a bit of acting out. I think this is quite normal with any child. They aren't capable of expressing their emotions as adults do, so they act out. Sometimes for negative attention...which is better than no attention for some especially when mommy is busy with the baby. You could give your daughter some special jobs to make her feel important and not so jealous. Have her help burp the baby, or "babysit" while you have to run to the next room to do a load of laundry...give her praise too and tell her that you're proud of her!
Good luck with your drama queen...enjoy too!