- My 8 year old son went to play with his friend. He came home shaking with anger, red hot furious face, he was crying, and when his dad asked him what was wrong, he shouted "shut up" and slammed the door to his room. I went down there. He said he hated his life, he hated his friend, he hated this street, this country, and wanted to effing move back to London.
We asked what happened, and it turned out that his friend wanted to play wrestling with him. This is fine to a point, only that my son is very lithe, and this boy is 1 1/2 years older, is taller and stronger. So he kept lifting my son up, and throw him on the floor, like you do when you wrestle. Apparently my son told him to stop and he didnt, and my son got so mad he ran down the stairs crying, kicked their door, and tore out some bedding plants on his way out from their property.
Cue, friends mum on the phone saying she did not care WHAT led up to this outburst, but it was not acceptable behaviour, to kick door, shout at them, and tear up plants.
I can do without this.
My son is normally quite placid and kind, but he does have a temper, and hate being treated unfairly. His friend can be quite nasty at times.
I made him go to apologise to the boys parents for his behaviour. I think this, and banning him from playing Wii for a week, will do. Dh thinks he needs a more severe consequence.
I honestly dont know. I know from experience that this boy is very manipulative, and they are not always a good mix. He is very good at behaving nastily, and then cry with big angelic eyes once he sees that an adult is present. I suspect he did this with his mum, putting all the blame on my son.