5 yr old and aggression

[Sally200]

Could really do with some advice. My DS who has just turned 5 has been having the most huge tantrums over the past couple of weeks - just don;t know what to do.

Tonights was the worst. It began over a sticker which had been moved and he was so furious because he said he would not be able to get it into the same position again. He started shouting and screaming. DH told him to stop - he wouldn't so he took him to his bedroom for time out. He started hitting and kicking DH, I tried to help - he ended up kitting and kicking me - not hard but so not the point. He was absolutely lived - he was foaming at the mouth and literally growling.

Feel as though I am at my whits end - don't know what to do. We discipline him and punich him when he has done wrong.

Am worrying whether this is "normal" behaviour or not.

He is an angel at school - so quiet, would never do anything naughty.

Any advice/guidance would be so appreciated.

Thanks

Sally

My now-very-placid twenty-something nephew was a past master at the monumental tantrum. Head-banging, screaming, kicking... scary stuff. The technique with him was to physically restrain him (so he couldn't lash out or hurt himself), remove him from whatever was happening, plonk him in his room, shut the door and one sternly delivered instruction 'don't come downstairs until you've sorted yourself out'.

As I say, if you met David now you'd never guess any of this. Good luck. Persevere.