My little sister is acting..punk?!?

Question

She's 8 years old. This morning she came out of her room wearing a black tee, black bermuda shorts, and knee-high black leather boots. She thought she was going to go to church looking like this. At first I thought she was playing around because she was dancing to 'Hannah Montana' in her bedroom. Then after we changed her into something acceptable and were driving back from church, I was looking at clothing catalouges. Every time I would flip to a page with something even the slightest bit feminine she would exclaim "EWWW" very loudly. Then at home she started slamming things around, screaming, saying "no" when asked to do something, and even talking in a deep, tough voice.

How do we get her to stop this "punk or tough" behavior and get her back to the cute, normal girl she was before?

Thanks so much.

Answer 1

She's just trying to express herself and find her own style, my older sister was like this as kid, but she starts doing anything really bad, like sneaking out the house, drugs, hanging out with bad people, you should try to do something.

Answer 2

Its most likely a phase. or maybe shes just trying out a new style and thinking in the fashion world. she'll probally get over it soon if you just ignore it all. she might also be doing it for the attention because girls her age are all being girly and frilly and stuff so she might just want to stand out more.

Answer 3

she's probablly a L*****n

Answer 4

Don't accept the rude behavior, because rude is rude no matter what she is wearing. As far as the clothes, I'd say ignore it (or more like, don't make a big deal about it to her face, but always keep an eye on it in case it starts to move from punk to inappropriate). My 8 year old daughter sometimes has off taste in clothing or tries out a new style, but if you tell her that she CAN'T then that is exactly what she will want to do if she is obstinate. My daughter headed towards the tomboy clothes when she started seeing girls her age get really girlie and start talking about boys. She didn't feel comfortable with it, so she ran the opposite direction. But mostly kids try on different styles and personalities like we try on shoes. My son (11) went through it and still is. I just tell my kids that they can try stuff out, but they are still expected to treat me with respect regardless of their clothing choice.

Answer 5

It's just a phase. Don't encourage it or deny it, just ignore it. She'll eventually get over it.