new to this forum. I am the mother of a 7 yr old girl. A beautiful little girl. and I love her w all my heart, But a huge "leach"! I know that sound horrible but she cannot be by herself or entertain herself for more than 10 minutes. Ive been divorced for 3 years and in another relationship. I have an 18 year old son in college and a daughter that passed away from cancer 9 yrs ago. So I dont feel I'm "inexperienced" nor am I "mother of the year" So, shes very sarcastic (normal I know) Mean (normal I know) and with acting this way shes very hard to like. btw ex husband has her 1/2 time. I dont enjoy being with her, what a terrible thing to say, but truthful. I am constantly thinking what can we do today to keep her happy, thats not normal!! She wants to hug and kiss after being nasty constantly and cant understand why I dont want to even tho Ive explained this to her on numerous occasions. I just feel so bad about this. so many different examples but I was just wondering if anyone else out there has a similar situation