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Why is it my daughter whose early 20s feels she must always be center of attention and pick fights


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  • It could be a personality thing or it could be something deeper. Can you talk to her about it?


  • Sounds like she is craving attention. Perhaps you need to spend more time with her to let her know she’s special to you.


  • I think it’s all teenage, young adults go through but if I were you u would pull her aside and have a DM (deep and meaningful) conversation with her just to make sure she’s ok and nothing else is going on. Sometimes it can be a cry for help.


  • I have no idea. Low self esteem maybe, always needing to be seeking out attention and creating drama. Sounds upsetting for you


  • She is a young adult now and will need space and time. Let her know you love her and will always be there for her is she needs help or wants to talk about anything. Leave it at that – asking more might annoy her.

    Maybe part of the problem is that she is still living at home and you want her to follow the rules of the house (and rightly so) and she wants to be an independent adult with all the privileges of a fully funded and serviced house? My sister has the same problem and it is a VERY real and big problem that is becoming more and more common.

    Could you possibly work with her (and anyone else who lives in the house) and create a written set of house rules? There must be some ideas of how to do this on the internet? Just a suggestion. Good luck!


  • She may not want to talk to you but try and start a dialogue if you can or at the very least just make it very clear that you are there for her to talk to if she needs it. This may encourage her to open up to you.


  • Hard question to answer, sorry.
    Maybe there is something going on in her life that she hasn’t told you about?


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