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Rudeness and not listening to instructions

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Hi all,

Desperate parent here. We’re on day 3 of the school holidays and my wife and I are both at the end of our tether. 7yo girl is awaiting diagnosis for ASD but something seems to have switched the last couple weeks. She speaks to us like sh*t constantly. She backchats and doesn’t listen at all when she tell her to stop arguing back. Any instruction she’s given she ignores, forgets or just says ‘I’m doing what I want’. If we calmly try to explain why her behaviour isn’t acceptable, she rolls her eyes saying ‘yeah, yeah whatever’. If we try the naughty step or time out, she screams, throws things and the behaviour starts again immediately. She also is extremely self-loathing and will go on about how she doesn’t like herself, she’s the worst child in the world and how she wishes she was better. 
feel like we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place with this behaviour. 
PLEASE HELP!

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  • Just reading Juniper from Gallifreys reply and it reminded me of a couple more things. My son has needed more help with tasks at a later age than some. Sometimes it is a reassurance thing when he is more anxious and helps with bonding to people who are his constant.

    Also regarding following instructions, I think someone else commented recently about needing to get attention before saying something. When my husband says something to me I often mishear because I miss the first few words. When I reply he may be puzzled by my reply because I have replied to what I thought I heard.

  • in reply to Homebird

    Oh yes I have trouble hearing if my attention isn’t gained first. I usually miss the first half of a sentence but if I say pardon? it’s always the last word that gets repeated back, but that’s the only one I definitely heard properly

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