Concerns with 6yr old ds behaviour

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Ds is immature, loud, silly shows off in front of peers but won't speak to adults and can be very shy. He cries when he loses a game and has melt downs over basic requests. He is very engergetic can not walk down the street, has to run jump, climb, and bascially throw himself around most of the time.

He is very easily distracted needs telling around 6 times to do most things.

Is this normal most kids i see this age/ know seem to have sensible conversations, follow instructions first time and are fairly calm people that can entertain themselves without having to shout and act stupid.

They are all different. Other peoples kids play up for them and behave for other people too. If you are worried speak to his teacher, get an outside opinion.

You describe my son precisely.

He is now 8 and is still like this.

Dont worry, normal, normal, normal.

Sounds fairly similar to my 6 year old DS too!

My five year old is like this- can be very draining.

Who says what's normal? I have a nearly 5 yr old dd who is very bouncy and will very rarely walk anywhere. She's always twirling and spinning and sometimes I get very frustrated and dare I say, a little embarassed at times. I think if he's doing it constantly then you might want to consider the possibility of getting him looked at for ADHD. I'm not suggesting that that's what he has, I couldn't possibly from such a small amount of information. He could very well just be a very active and energetic child who gradually just grows out of it, but from what you've described it could be worth looking in to.

How is he at school? Have they ever had any concerns with his behaviour?

Speak to school, he may be containing himself very well there and just need to let off steam when he is out of school.

If he was like this all the time at school (as opposed to just at break times) I'm sure they would have raised concerns with you before now as he would proabably be a bit behind academically and would certainly be interfering with the ability of those around him to get on and learn.