My 8 yo DS is a lovely, affectionate, curious, bright kid.... 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time he is annoying, messes about, infuriates his siblings and generally causes mayhem. Obviously kids this age are naturally impulsive and sometimes a bit destructive, which I understand, but he is constantly continuing to do things he has been asked to stop doing, breaking things he knows he shouldn't break and very deliberately doing things to get a reaction from his family.
He is a kid who likes a lot of attention and annoying people seems to be how he gets it. We try to give a lot of positive attention when possible, alongside consequences for bad behaviour. It has reached the point though where even enforcing the consequence seems to feed into it, because he enjoys the drama of being sent to his room etc. At school he is rarely in trouble.
Do I just need to encourage the good and ignore the bad, or does anyone have any bright ideas?!