[mcummings36]

I have a bright, beautiful 5 year old daughter. She is normally such a good girl, she is polite and friendly, and she loves all of us. Lately however, she has these fits, and when I say fits, I mean unbelievable screaming, crying, hitting, kicking, etc...And it is happening almost on a daily basis now. I am at my witts end. She gets so angry over the smallest things. For example this afternoon she wanted to go see her grandmother. It wasn't a good time, for one thing grandma was working and for another, because she has been misbehaving, she hasn't been going to do fun things very much. The fit she threw today lasted about 3 hours. My friends and family try to help, telling me to put her in her room, spank her, ignore her, etc....I've done them all, nothing works. She is relentless. And another very scary part of this is she takes it out on her 17 month old sister if she is within reach. She has slapped her, kicked her, thrown things at her. And she does get a spank for that. What do I do? I literally sat and cried for hours last night after she went to bed. This is not my daughter. She just isn't an angry, unhappy child, at least she never used to be. I am scared there is something wrong with her.