Soooo I have a 7 year old son.
Lately his behaviour has been completely exhausting.
He is answering back to every little
request, losing his head whilst playing sports in the garden, etc, now the answering back and general not listening I can deal with. He has a warning and then a consequence of behaviour if he carries on, he normally stops his behaviour or if it carries on he is happy to accept the consequence, he can reflect well and knows expectations etc.
But the not being able to handle losing at sports is something else.
On Monday he has trained at his sports club and because his side were losing he was screaming at his coaches, calling his teammates. Throwing himself on the floor and just couldn’t regulate. I have never seen him behave this way before in that setting.
His behaviour was embarrassing to himself, me and everyone else who was watching.
I gave him a clear warning to calm down and said one more incident of shouting or being horrible to your team mates and your home.
5 mins later he continued, so I took
him to the car to calm down then asked him
to apologise to his coach which he did.
Ive spoken to him at home about teamwork and how in a real life situation like on a pro team this behaviour wouldn’t be tolerated.
Anyone have any tips on how I can handle this situation so he can calm down and regulate when playing sports…this is if he is allowed back on his team, that decision lies with his coaches and I will be agreeing with them either way.
to add when he is winning he is equally hard work with showing off etc.
anything anyone can suggest would be greatly appreciated.