5yr old son.help!

[loobie80]

My Son has just started year 1 at school. He has always been a bit of a handful.. completely diiferent to my girls..He must have about 3 meltdowns a day now when he is either tired or not getting his own way.. he uswd to be so enthusiastic with school but I cant get hum to read his book anymore.. my Husband is struggling with him, he sleeps very well so I dont think its all to do with tiredness.. he kicks and punches all of us..my husband thinks there is something wrong with him.. im just hoping is a faze that all little boys go through.. any advise.. id be so grateful

In some schools Year 1 is a very different animal to Reception. They're sitting at desk working most of the day rather than all the free playing time they had last year. So while not physically tiring, they can be intellectually and emotionally exhausted. If he's been doing reading and writing all day he may well be less enthusiastic to do more at home compared to last year when most of the day was playing.
I wouldn't assume it's to do with gender, all children react differently. Though I suppose it's possible he's picked up some bad gender role models somewhere re the kicking and punching.
I'd come down hard on the violence but give lots of slack elsewhere and see how things go as he gets more used to Year 1.