Anyone else have a destructive 11 year old?
She's nearly 12 and blooming heck she just destroys everything!! She is so heavy-handed and tends to pick at things. This month, she has broken a wooden plank under her bed, which I have told her a thousand times not to bounce on because it's a wood slatted bed!! Picking at her remote buttons so some buttons dont work, and the back came off, so.i gaffer taped the battery sliding bit shut, and she's picked at it, so it keeps coming off again!!! She doesn't look after her things and her bedroom is atip! She is a great kid in general kind, well mannered, focused at school, funny, popular but maaaaaan it pees me.off having to fix things aaaaalllll the time!! I'm just venting, but sometimes I'm tempted to refuse to buy her things because she just has no respect for things.UPDATE. thanks everyone who responded positively or in the spirit of helping. she is huge for her age at 5ft5 and has grown half a foot in the past 6 months, so your growth comments have been interesting. What's also interesting is how many people just wanna judge and be a bit nasty. I mean wow! I never said I didn't discipline her or that there were zero consequences for her actions. She has plenty of structure, boundaries and consequences hence being such a great kid in other areas. On reflection Ive probably been more tolerant because she is mainly great and not a lot of trouble. I do need to be stronger at not replacing broken items, though.