DS(8) is super emotional

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He has always been extremely emotional, always cried a lot but untill now we have never really worried about it. He will cry at anything remotely sad, if he looses, if he hurts himself etc but a few minutes after he will back to being super loud and confident like nothing even happened.

His teacher has mentioned it to us but has never expressed that she is concerned, he cries if not everyday, every other day at school but has never for any longer than a minute or needed any support in calming down, this draws in laughter and name calling from the rest of the class which he will just join in with and be completely unphased by.

Today he tripped over in the supermarket, not a bad fall at all but he immediately began screaming and crying hysterically, siblings all laughed and by the time dh had picked him up off the ground he was laughing through his tears aswell. We also had smaller tears as he tried a prawn for the first time this evening, no one was making him try it as it was his suggestion he just became a really dramatic tasting.

Its like he doesnt now how to handle his emotions so just results to crying before he can think about them and realise he doesnt need to cry.

Can this still be normal behaviour at 8 or do we need to be doing something or be worried about it? Anyone else have/had similar?

My son's only 5, but it depends on the individual child. My DS will cry if he is hurt or not getting his own way which is understandable but he also crys if he looses a game or wets himself (not very often anymore though). My nephews 3 and hardly ever crys lol he falls over and gets back up smiling haha

Approximately Age 7 is when child Keren go through massive developmental changes

As your son is 8 I would say this is absolutely normal. Understand he is going through a lot, it can be a confusing time, be there for him

Thankyou, we do comfort him when he cries we were just beginning to worry that he cries an awful lot, which doesnt matter to us but soon its going to become a lot less socially acceptable for him to cry in public so often and we dont want to get to a point where this affects him.

My son is almost 7 and I could have written your post, he is so intense and extreme. My DD aged 5 is so easy by comparison. I love him and he is super bright and he's so developed in other ways, but his emotions have yet to catch up, it's exhausting but let's hope they grow out of the crying, screaming, howling phase, sometimes I feel it's put on, do you feel like that op?