I have three kids and my middle one is a very angry, unhappy boy - me and dh are at our wits end with him. He's always been difficult but tonight culminated in him hitting me as I'd asked him to go to bed over and over and he refused and ran downstairs. I then pretended to video him to show teacher on parents night and he came up and thumped me on the arm pretty hard a few times.
I did then shout at him how dare he and to get to his room but he just refuses. He's got so brave now he just says no to me and dh- no punishment works. Whilst he's in the midst of one of these angry moments he will say he hates us all anyway and wants to live elsewhere. We've taken him to the doc and spoken to school but he behaves perfectly there. It's having a terrible impact on our family life as everything is a battle with him and we all dread it. We thought he'd eventually grow out of it but it doesn't feel that way. Screen bans don't work, Santa not bringing presents doesn't worry him, no play dates. Just don't know what to do anymore and his lack of repentance worries me. My other two saw me crying tonight after he hit me as I was so horrified and they were both so upset but again he didn't care. Dh is out or I suspect he wouldn't have hit me but has hit dh in the past although generally when he's been stopping him getting out his room or something. Sorry that was longer than I meant it to be, any advice/words of wisdom?