I have 8 children 19-7 years. My DS who will be 13 next month concerns me. Ever since he was a baby i have had concerns about him being able to socialise. He doesn't seem to like people. My health visitor spotted a potential problem and she was able to rush through a nursery place for him. The nursery and then primary school have always said he is so well behaved and very shy.
At home he doesn't speak much, if he is a talkable mood you can get a conversation from him otherwise it's just one word answers. We can't push this as he will kick off.
He has lots of friends who all think he is hilarious!?! I feel like he has two different personalities sometimes.
When he was 5 he saw an educational pyschologist, and he failed some sort of test that i had to take in describing him. The outcome was to see what he was like at school..which then was always fine.
He has always had a temper..as a toddle he would chuck tricyles etc at anyone that had annoyed him. Nothing verbal..just physical.
It then died down from age 7 until 3 months ago.... but it has all come back. He is very violent and has pulled a knife on a sibling. He clears surfaces and punches doors...for sometimes no reason apart from someone looking at him funny. I thought i'd be able to control this....but as he is getting bigger i think we have a problem.
I can't leave him at home with any of the other children, well the 19 year old but she is at uni now. I have to start work again and i'm very concerned about leaving them in the house.
Is this some sort of normal teenage behaviour that so far i have not had to encounter with my older teenagers???
Would you take him to the GP? Is the GP the first port of call? I honestly don't think he can control his anger.
Any advice would be much appreciated :)