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Awful awful relationship with ds1

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winkywinkola · 21/06/2015 14:01

He's ten.

Today he cut up his sister's magazine because she said something to annoy him.

Last night he tore up a sign she made for her door because she said something unkind to ds2.

Today he told me my breath smells so bad his ears have gone numb when I asked him to pick up his coat.

He teaches ds3 obscenities like sticking up two fingers. Ds3 is 2 years old.

He throws toys in anger. Pens that shatter against walls leaving ink splatters.

He deliberately will keep the whole family waiting for 15+ minutes whilst he doesn't get dressed, blows his nose or looks for a book he 'needs'.

We are not soft touches as parents. Nothing works to improve his behaviour.

He had had long rages since he was two. They are fewer now but his acts of cold spite and anger are very upsetting.

I look forward to when he's left home. Nobody can help. He's on the waiting list for MIND who apparently are taking over some of CAMHS work. To reduce their waiting lists.

He's an angel at school. Not at all popular but academically very able.

It's just always so very unpleasant if we need him to do something. Unless we just leave him to watch telly for hours or play on his tablet.

Does anyone else have this kind of behaviour in their docs?

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TheSnowFairy · 24/07/2015 21:16

Winky Flowers

sesamechoc · 24/07/2015 23:24

I think it's important to think empathetically about him before labelling him. I was a completely different personality type to both my parents and felt controlled by their requests which to me were , quite frankly, completely arbitrary - I was an extremely analytical child and thought these things quite clearly about my parents when I was only 9! (am a dr now!) Like your son, I was also an academic high flyer but none of my emotional needs were being met.
I think the explosive child is a great suggestion as is love bombing. You sound at the end of your tether so you simply have nothing left to give him and emotionally regulating yourself 1st is all round helpful - meditation proven to change areas of the brain on mir scans in just 8 weeks if done daily for at least 12 minutes! . 123 magic imo is an appalling reductive book that will send this behaviour spiralling way out of control by asking you to treat your son using the same behavioural techniques used on pets!

If you could afford it and consider it, a child psychotherapist might be the best option for the trouble that you describe in your OP.

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