Don't really know where to start with this. My ds when he was 2 would have terrible tantrums and it was difficult as his sister was only 6 months old. He's grown up now to a healthy 8 year old but still with tantrums and has writing problems. Both me and ds are doing the Write from the start programme and he really enjoys doing it. He pushes me to get everything ready for it every morning.
I went to parents evening last night and probably I didn't take it as seriously as I should have done! My ds's teacher said that the part time teacher had asked the class to write a story (from what I can gather she is getting a bit of a reputation as a bit of an old dragon). My son had written a story and had got quite a long way with it and then she came along and said it's not good enough and told him to do it again. He got angry, threw a tantrum and broke his pencil in half. His teacher had been asked by the p/t teacher to show me the pencil. His teacher said that when he writes at short bursts he is very good but when he does a lot of writing it is illegible (it really is bad though).
My concern though is the tantrums and the bad writing. There is back chat from him but he will go to his room when I tell him off. We have the normal rage when we ask him to come off anything electronic and me and dh have started calling it i brat now. However, he can be lovely (he gave me a medal last night for being the best mum in the world!!), he has lots of friends and always goes to bed at 9pm.
I need to know if I'm on my own, if anyone can help me work out any more writing solutions and how to get over these tantrums as he really just explodes! I don't expect him to be perfect but when you see something holding your child back as a mum you try to help. I have also had such a positive experience taking fish oils and has lifted my mood, clearer thinking, I'm wondering if it might help him
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tantrums and writing problems with 8yr old ds
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lisylisylou · 27/03/2013 10:54
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