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badly behaved competitive 6 year old boys

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Tutak · 08/07/2010 13:39

My lovely six-year old son, has speech delay and some motor problems but not ASD, he's very sociable. But he hates to lose at anything (and he does, often) and weeps with rage and lashes out. Can make him unpopular with other children and certainly exhausting for lone parent to deal with. Any tips on teaching kids to lose gracefully? And on how to manage frustration with kids who crow about how much better they are at something than your kid is?

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Chil1234 · 08/07/2010 14:19

My son (only child & lone parent) was exactly the same way until he joined Beavers/Cubs. The first time he was 'out' at a game he got into a furious rage and howled the place down. Second meeting wasn't quite so bad. By the third meeting, he was 'out' turned to me, smiled and shrugged his shoulders. He still hates losing and still has a tendency to overreact when things get difficult but I think it's getting better as he gets older.

Kids who crow... I think all you can do is reassure yours that they have lots of talents that other people don't have. And encourage them to try out new activities just in case there's a hidden talent they don't know they've got yet.

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