Hey all,
My 7 yo son has huge tantrums over everything from getting up to breakfast time, lunch time, brushing his teeth, right to going to bed at night which is usually the worst one. I'm so drained from it everyday is a long battle and I don't why it's like this with him I don't remember my 13 yo daughter being this difficult at all. He just refuses to do what he's told or makes excuses to delay it, his newest thing at night is saying he's scared about something. No matter how much I talk to him to calm him it makes no difference he just wants to get his own way and it ends up he starts shouting and banging doors etc and I stay calm as long as I can but then I react to it because I'm so tired and I know I shouldn't react but it's so hard not to when it's every night and sometimes several arguments a day. I don't think it's the same for everyone else who has a 7 yo surely. It's got to the stage where I dread coming home to whatever argument will await me. He's great in school and in other people's houses. He throws a few tantrums in his grandparents house alright but we definitely get the worst of it. I'm at my wits end.