My 7 year old DS is usually a good boy generally. He enjoys school and tries hard! At home he has his moments of pushing boundaries with us and occasionally he has tantrums. But we're consistent with how we manage behaviour and dont shout etc. We try to console/ deescalate his behaviour and then talk to him about it when he is calm.
He has gone to school this week and this evening i have received a call from his class teacher, letting us know that he has been highly emotional yesterday & today. Screaming and shouting, shouting things like "oh my god" to the teacher and being disruptive, to the point that the teacher & several members of staff have tried to speak to him and get to the route of why he's so upset. But he's being so rude she's had to remove him from the class!
As I explained to his teacher, he had a busy weekend, staying at his grandparents, attending a kids party and having later bedtimes than usual (me & DH had our annual weekend away). So im not sure if its tiredness related.
He's also had a lot of contact with my DN (9) this weekend. She does have a tendency to get away with a lot of rubbish behaviours, shouting, screaming, tantrums etc when she doesnt get her own way. When DS sees her, we do notice he picks up on a few things she says or does that we don't like, but we're quick to nip it in the bud and explain to him why that behaviour isn't acceptable. Again, im not sure if being with her is the reason or not!?!
We're obviously mortified that his teacher had had to ring us and we want to get to the crux of why he's behaving this way. But as he's never behaved like this before, what should I be asking him/ saying?!?!
Any thoughts/ experiences of this would be very helpful!