My daughter constantly fights me at age 8!

I really think this is normal for a growing girl especially. I use to constantly fight with my mother as well. Still to this day we bicker, but I guess that a form of communication to us. I've always heard we fight the most with the people we are most alike. But maybe she is looking for a little more from you? When parents treat their kids like their friend and not as if they are mother and daughter/ father and son, this could result in the talking back and the misbehaving. I'm not a mother, I'm just speaking for experience. Good Luck with all!

Maybe because she wants you to comport her at all times.. Treat her like a baby again, like talking and tickle her, talk heartly i and tell her stories that has moral lessons. Go shopping and be close to her, your daughter is beggining to be self centered and does not care anybody's feeling.

My middle who is 5 is much like your 8yo behavior wise. I don't think all of it is because her father is gone, I imagine quite a bit is just change and expectations of her in school and trying to get along with her peers. My 8yo is dyslexic and possibly ADD (tested x2, no conclusion other than to put her on meds but dyslexia mimics ADD/ADHD behaviors). My question though have you ever sat down with her and really had a heart to heart about school, making friends, your recent move? My oldest only really acts up if she's tired or stressed out from expectations at school. I usually end up giving them a weekend or whatever of no tv and no internet and my kids will shape up atleast for a lil while because they think life w/o these gadgets is BORING! But they behave better when these things including candy and soda are not afforded to them. The hard part for us is to get them to sleep early, they don't want to go to bed before 8:30-9 and my 5yo really should be going to bed @ 8pm or earlier.

Thats okay, she is just a little girl, give her some room to understand and cope with the things. If possible try to figure out what makes her to be cranky all the time, you could take it slowly and i am sure gradually she would be alright. And one day finally she would definitely understand you and love you.

Halu tink91879, yes we should accept that our children have different attitude,speccially that your daughter diagnosed with ADHD,even though we trainee our kids with good behavior and we make them grow as a good citizen,but at their stages they can't really understand what we want to explain and advices to them,.the only way you can do right now is more patience,more love, more understanding,more PRAYERS . time will come they,when they are at the right age,that's the time they can understand all what we are talking and what we want them to be. thanks GOD BLESS

I feel that way too. My son who is 5 years old is fighting with me. I want to be a good mom to him. I want to be patient with him but sometimes he is getting into my nerves. It is really so hard to see your kid growing up. The hardest part is that I am Single Mom. How I wish that my son will be a good son in the near future.