Ok, I'll tell you what I think....there's not really a definite enough punishment for his behaviour, bearing in mind he is only 9, and the goalposts keep changing with different punishments being threatened.
This is what I'd do....
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Saturday is pocket money day...£2.00 lucky boy!! Stick to that and NEVER give him any other money at all, not even for good behaviour. He is having enough already.
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Begin a rule with him. Sit him down and explain that this way of behaving is absolutely not going to be allowed and it is stopping right now.In the future, every time he is naughty, he gets a warning to stop. If he carries on, then you will FINE him 1p. You will not ban his playstation, or take a footy match away etc...simply fine him.
Money seems to mean a lot to him and in this way , you are taking control too of your anger and it will prevent you from threatening something that you have no intention truly of following through.
Don't argue, or raise your voice. He is old enough to realise that you mean business and so NEVER go to him when he is bashing around on the floor apart from to ask him to stop that behaviour....when he doesn't...Fine him! but then move on and carry on with your business. one fine for one piece of bad behaviour. The loss of the 1p is the punishment and if he continues after you have fined him with the same behaviour, it must be ignored.
GOOD BEHAVIOUR...Don't give 'things' for good behaviour apart from praise and cuddles which are much more powerful that any thing you could buy. Certainly don't give money back. He needs to learn that once that money is lost...it is gone for good...it'll mean less money for footy cards and so on. It may mean that in the first week, he'll have little left but that is how it works. It won't take long.
Everytime he is behaving well say something like "You alright son?", ruffle his hair, read him a story or colour with him...sit with him and have a coffee and watch him on the playstation and get him to tell you what the games about. It is all about interaction. REMEMBER to praise when he is quietly getting on with something too...quite often parents forget to praise children when they are silently doing something but it shows the children that you have noticed them.
Don't go overboard on the praise or it seems false. Keep your head when punishing...no shouting...just remind him of the rule and then fine if you need to.
If he stops his behaviour, say thank you and leave it at that.
You could get 200 pennies and put them in an old jamjar so he can see them being removed and at the end of the week, when you count out what he has left, you give him that in larger coins and replace the 200 pennies back in the jar for the next week.Just a tip...Keep the jar out of easy reach for him and always have a mental note of how much was left in there in case he decides to throw it on the floor!!!!
xxxK