I'm at the end of my tether. Have posted on here before about him, so quick resume - 7, very very bright, very very sporty, very very confident. Essentially a lovely child - well behved at school and other's houses. BUT he cannot cope at all with criticism (even a mild telling off from teacher), losing, not being the best. Is over anxious, highly strung. Challenges authority ALL the blardy time - argues the toss over everything. Very attention seeking. I am finding him such hard work, and it's getting worse. If i try to talk to him about a bad episode, he says things like "well. I might as well die, that's what you want, " or the classic "well, I'm sorry you had such pain giving birth to me and have probably regretted it ever since."! (wtf?) We do praise, reward, sanctions, lots of physical outlets blah blah blah. DH and I feel that DS could do with some help - we are both worried that he will completely flip one day. Anyone knwo the best way to go about it? Ed PSych or something? How?
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