My son doesn't seem to have much empathy. He often does things which could potentially hurt someone and if someone does get hurt, he just says sorry and thinks that makes it ok. He was picking on a boy in his class last year. It was mostly small things but they upset the other boy and because other children laughed when he did it, my son didn't think about how it was making the boy feel. The problem has now been resolved but there have still been a few instances of him 'accidentally' pushing someone. His teacher hasn't notified me when it's happened, I know because my son tells me. But he always has an excuse and finds a way to blame someone else. I've noticed it a lot more now that we've been at home so much. He has 4 year old sister and last night he tried to trip her up. He claimed that he was trying to stop her leaving the bathroom (her dad had told her it was time to brush her teeth) but I still don't understand how he couldn't have realised what could have happened had he succeeded in tripping her up. I think he's behavior started changing after his sister was born. In reception his teachers described him as calm and caring, then in yr 1 the pushing started. Even when he sees someone has hurt themselves and he had nothing to do with it, his first reaction isn't to go and check if they're ok. This doesn't seem normal to me.
Has anyone experienced anything similar and able to offer advice please? Should we talk to the GP? I'm so worried about what impact this will have on him in the future.