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WWYD DS (10) behaviour at school going rapidly down the pan.

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Titsalinabumsquash · 12/10/2014 15:53

There are numerous threads on here from me about my DS (10) and how his behaviour at home is breaking us as a family.

He's recently gone to stay with his father after I reached serious breaking point.
He went for 3 days before coming home and he's been back a week.

Every day during the week I've been called into school,

He's been asked not to return to his after school fitness club due to a total refusal to engage and participate.

He's on a very, very last warning with his weekly school swimming lesson due to him looking under changing room doors whilst changing after the lesson. (He claims he didn't do this but has a history of being a compulsive liar so I'm afraid his teachers don't believe him)

He's had a 3 week project to do at home, it's due in tomorrow. He's so far refused to do it then today after a lot of arguing has produced something that looks like it was done by a toddler in a spare 5 minutes. Sad
Scribbles, no punctuation, no ruler, grubby finger marks all over it, scrawled in crayon ffs!

He's year 5 and this really isn't going to go down well at school tomorrow, I can see him being kept in at playtime until it's competed.

But what do I do now? Do I let him take it in and face the consequences (he's refusing to into blank to redo it) or do I go up to his room where he is currently and baby step him through a re do, which is what he wants.

He's chronically lazy with writing but even this is low for him in terms of school, he's always been average across the academic board with a slightly higher than average level in maths, he's always been so keen to please his teachers.

It's like he's gone into year 5, turned 10 and suddenly he doesn't give a toss about anything or anyone. He acts like he's above any rules and I'm at loss as to what to do.

There's nothing more to take away as a punishment for his behaviour, there's no more rewards to offer, there's no more people I can contact for support, I've come up against a brick wall at every point.
We're waiting on the slim chance of a psychologist seeing him but in the mean time have been advised by his hospital team not to A&E a big deal of anything and basically as long as he's not hurting anyone else, let him do what he wants when he wants. Sad

I have 2 other children and one on the way, this isn't really possible.
I'm sick of sobbing in front of his teachers,
I'm sick if him ruling me,
I'm sick of not knowing where to turn or what to do next.

His dad (my exp) is due soon to bring back DS2 and I'm sat here in tears again.
DP doesn't know how to help or what to do.

I don't know if it's my hormones or what but I cannot cope anymore, I don't know how to proceed with him.

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FrancisdeSales · 12/10/2014 16:46

Sorry you are suffering so much OP. Why does your son have a hospital team, has he had any kind of diagnosis or illness recently? I would let your son fac the consequences for his project, it sounds like it would make no sense at the 11th hour to walk him through it when you are at your wit's end. How long have you been with your current DP? Are your 3 current children all from your ex? Has there been other changes in the last year, your pregnancy obviously being one of them?

Let your son be kept in at playtime to get the project done if necessary, he has chosen not to do it so the consequences are quite natural.

Titsalinabumsquash · 12/10/2014 16:54

He has cystic fibrosis so he has a whole team around him, his behavioural issues have never been diagnosed as anything, he's fine for everyone else, just not me.

DS1&2 have the same father, DS3 and baby4 (due in May) are DP's.

Nothing major has happened to trigger this behaviour.
I've tried everything I can think of, I'm always consistent but there is nothing he cares enough about to be concerned about losing it, computers, treats etc, he doesn't care about them so removing them does nothing (although I still do remove them)

I will be letting him go in with what he's done, after a brief chat with him about it this afternoon I was met with shrugs, grins, and a general grunt instead of conversation so I'm not inclined to have any more to do with him today.

I'll have to see his teacher but unfortunately I've reached the point where talking about it reduces me to a sobbing heap unable to communicate with anyone which doesn't really get anyone anywhere.

I'm scared that I've reached the point where I don't want to parent him anymore Sad and that's not something I ever imagined saying but I'm getting so unwell from the stress.

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NotMNRoyalty · 12/10/2014 17:19

Having CF is pretty serious understatement , do you think it's to do with him reaching an age where he is really understanding the ramifications of his condition. I suppose it depends how 'sick' he has been with his CF but it would be completely understandable for you to have been a bit 'softer' on him than you would have been had he not had CF. Btw This is NOT a criticism in the least. It's just difficult to treat a child normally when they are sick.

I think getting him (and you?) to see a psychologist or councillor sounds like the best plan .

Good luck.

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