My lovely little boy has a real problem controlling his anger at home. He doesn't hit but yells, cries and runs around when he doesn't get his own way. He is the middle child between 2 sisters. We are very consistent with punishments and always follow through on threats.
I went to see his teacher for advice and she said he is as good as gold at school. He tries incredibly hard at his schoolwork but is in the bottom twenty percent and has been put on class action. She says he is scared to try things in case he fails, which also holds him back a bit. We both agreed that he is highly anxious (eg finds getting things wrong in public very stressful. He dropped an onion in the supermarket and it kept rolling away from him. I chuckled as it was funny and sweet but he immediately became stressed and begged me not to laugh - which i stopped doing immediately)
Speaking to him, he says he behaves at school because of the traffic light system and he is very scared to be put onto the orange or red disks.
I had made the traffic light system at home but am wondering if it is the right thing to do, as he'll then have no way to let of steam. Does anyone have any advice on how to help him and also encourage better behaviour. Or what else can i do to support him and improve his behaviour?
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DS5 angel at school, devil at home - think it is linked to anxiety.
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sofato5miles · 18/02/2016 12:37
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