Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Behaviour/development

Talk to others about child development and behaviour stages here. You can find more information on our development calendar.

4yr old with attitude lI feel like I've lost control

2 replies

fromheelstoonesie · 12/08/2014 16:14

My son has always been loud and sociable but lately when playing he can be insensitive and rude sometimes upsetting other children. When I pick him up on it he ignores me, so I try and remove him from the situation to calm down and Listen but he lashes out at me and starts screaming at me at the top of his voice and it's so embarrassing. What makes the situation worse is his 18mo sister had started to replicate this behaviour. The other mums stare at me like he's the devil child...I'm so sick of it it makes me not want to take him on play dates and days out. My mother in law thinks his behaviour is because he's board but he's only really naughty when were out he's fine at home. I'm actually starting to dislike my own child at times and that kills me. Has anyone else had to deal with this I'm literally at my wits end.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Gen35 · 12/08/2014 18:26

Is he doing some hours at nursery? Does he do this at nursery and what do they think? When you take him home, do you talk to him about why he acted like that? Can you explain that next time he does that, he's going straight home and he'll lose x favourite toy for x amount of time beforehand and implement it straight after? He's 4 so I'd expect eventually he'll understand he's making himself worse off. Sounds really tiring...

Iggly · 12/08/2014 20:54

When he's rude and upsetting what is he doing?

You might be better to actually give him techniques and tell him what he should do as opposes to wading in and telling him off. Leaving him frustrated and feeling shitty I suspect.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page