My 4 year old son gets incredibly angry. It’s having a negative affect on my husband, older son and I.
It’s difficult to predict what will trigger the anger but he goes from 0-100 in the blink of an eye. He will shout, throw toys, topple chairs, hit, cry etc.
He’s a bright boy with a good vocabulary and is able to talk about his emotions well.
Some days I feel very creative and able to work with him other days I’m fed up and I get angry too. My husband is the same. We’ve tried time out but he wrecks the place, ignoring him lengthens the tantrum, shouting back is like fuel to the fire, talking him through it is what we do most often but it’s been months now and no improvement.
It always ends with him reaching a crescendo, crying and apologising. But this morning he also started saying that no one likes him and my heart is broke.
To make matters worse he won’t sleep without me and I’m too exhausted to do anything about the sleep situation.
I’m going to phone the health visitor tomorrow.
I’m really hoping someone has some practical advice.
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Angry 4 year old
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OonaghT · 03/03/2019 07:57
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