We have had 3 weeks so far of this latest obsession- wanting to buy a £170 lego set. When I say obsessed I mean obsessed, this morning for example, he attacked his sister, me and dh, biting, kicking, punching, throwing things and this happens everyday.
There is going to be a lego club at school next year and the class did a cake sale and raised money and now he is desperate to know if they're going to buy this set even though it's £170 and age 14+ (they're going to be in yr 3).
He is constantly angry, aggressive and generally unhappy because of this lego- what can we do? We have tried all the talking in the world (we have loads of books about dealing with emotions etc). If we were to buy it, as we did for another lego set that he wanted for his birthday he just got obsessive about building it then as soon as it was completed, moved on to another set! He didn't even play with the bloody thing!!!
So, what can we do????
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