The reason being that I am trying to teach him a lesson. He has been rude to me and has developed an attitude of anger, literally when he doesn't get his own way. -not physical but sulking, and not responding to anyone, which creates a horrible atmosphere. Admittedly it doesn't last long but is frequent, at any opportunity and he often asks for things he will know I will not agree to and then use that to show his attitude. It also happens with his friends and can be very unpleasant for them and for me. This has gone on for a long time and meant that it has been difficult for him to develop friendships further than the school gate.
2nd part is I am a single parent working full-time and have so far attended every play, shared learning, concert, performance etc since reception. We don not have any other family around so I am the only one that can attend, Also I enjoy it and he likes it when I come. However this week in particular his attitude has been really bad towards me. I want him to understand that what he is doing is not nice. It's hurtful and if I am feeling hurt I wouldn't want to do nice things for him - (usually I just carry on - and punishment is usually no screen time )- It breaks my heart not to go - as I really want to see it - and obviously he is asking me to come but I am hoping that he will understand the consequence better this way. What would you do in this situation?