My son is 5, 6 in march and he just cannot control his emotions at all and I’m really really struggling f with how to help him.
for example, we go to a little football class on a Tuesday night. 3 of his best friends from school go. At the end they do a little match against each other and if my son isn’t on the team with a certain friend he absolutely loses it. Like he’s screaming crying refusing to do it, stamping his feet the lot. The coach had to bring him to me today to calm him down and then he went back on. After it has finished he came running over so I said go get you’re water bottle which meant him running back over and again he absolutely lost it, screaming crying shouting I don’t want to get my water bottle. Everyone staring at us, so I just went and cor it with him in the end.
if he asks to go to a school friends after school and they say no because they are busy or I say no because we are busy again he screams shouts refuses to walk, stamps his foot. We had this last week and he cried and cried and screamed and screamed for 2 hour! I’d we go to soft play or any day out and we have to leave it’s the same thing! I understand it’s fun but when you only get 2 hours there isn’t much more I can do.
I’ve tried getting down on his level, trying to calm him down, we’ve tried breathing, counting just absolutely nothings works when he’s in that mind frame.
I seen of his football coaches in a night out the other week and he said my sons great at football but he loans all the time about everything and he’s right!
I don’t see him all day as he’s at school and then I say the wrong thing or no to something and it’s just tears and screaming for hours on end.
I don’t know what to do to help him anymore!
if anyone has any suggestions that would be great thanks.