Hi,
I hope you can help me. I have been living with my partner now for just over a year. She has 4 children (eldest son 21, daughter 18, son 16 and youngest son 12). The eldest son and daughter are both at uni but home for xmas for the past 2 weeks.
I first noticed a change in her youngest sons behaviour a few months ago as he all of a sudden became very klingy and needy. He is always attaching himself to her even when we are seated on the sofa, trying to kiss her, asking how much she loves him, I'm so bored... etc. This has been going on now each day for the past few months and to be honest I am at my whits end with it. I am finding it very awkward and sickly, so much so I have to get out the house and away from it. To me he is acting more like a 5/6 yr old.
He has books, ipad and play station to play on which he use some times.
I do try and talk to him and ask him to stop and give us a break, help him with anything he asks, taken him to pictures, brought dominoes pizza but annoyingly he will not stop it. His mother also tries to put up with it as much as she can but asks him to stop it but he doesn't.
The past few weeks of xmas have been hell. He has only been out of the house once. We have hoped and suggested that he might go visit his grand parents or friends but does not.
Can any one help suggest what to do?
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user1479814544 · 06/01/2018 12:23
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