attitude problems

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What do you do with a pre-teen with an attitude problem? You can't beat it aout of them, so what do you suggest? I can just ask this child to get me a glass of water while she is getting one for herself and she goes off like it is going to kill her to do it. She acts like I have not been caring for her for the past twelve years and that I never do anything at all. i do not work outside of the home, but I cook and clean and do alot of piece work for a coppersmith friend of mine. So I do keep busy and I do earn some money. I also cut firewood at least one day a week to help stock pile for winter to help keep her butt warm. So is it too much to ask for her to do a simple task for me? Today, I decided to work it out of her, every time I told her to do something and she got an attitude about it, I made her do something else. She wound up cleaning the whole house with my guidance. The only thing she did not do is the laundry and load and unload the dishwasher. Any other suggestions, this one I think may have backfired on me.