H was emotionally abusive
More than likely psychopath- I don't say that lightly.
H died over a year ago now. We had separated after 5 years of increasingly volatile behaviour.
We are doing ok.
DS never really spent that much time with H, I think I protected ds from most of his behaviour, I don't think he misses him much on a day to day level.
Ds's behaviour is becoming more and more like H.
He's 8
He is showing entitled behaviour, the world revolves around him.
If he doesn't get his own way he will immediately turn nasty, infuriated, say the most horrible things, hates me. This lasts 10-15 minutes before he apologises profusely, heartbreakingly sorry, hates himself for saying what he did. This is exactly what H did.
The last couple of weeks we've had massive standoffish about teeth brushing/ hair brushing- regular stuff.
He is unbelievably stubborn
I'm aware that this could be normal 8 yr old behaviour and any sort of behaviour problems could of course be related to his Dad's death.
I'm just st a loss as to where/how to start dealing with it.
He's lovely most of the time, very affectionate, fun, bit obsessive about minecraft, but doing ok at school, lots of friends.
But his father was massively popular, very charismatic.
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My biggest fear is that DS turns into his father
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Sandinmytoes · 20/04/2016 11:13
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