My 8 year old son has always been a difficult child. Very defiant, tantrums etc. When he doen't get his own way it's just awful. He's even starting to get violent. The other day he pushed me into the fridge and last week he pinned me to the sofa. Obviously it was quite easy to get him off but the intention was there. I'm only 5 foot and he's already about 4 foot 2 so it's not going to be long until he's bigger than me and i'm scared that he could hurt me.
We're currently seeing a psychcologist. She thinks that some of his problems stem from the fact that he worries about me having epilepsy and the fact that his father barely contacts him. She is trying to work through this with him.
The school are very concerned about him too. They say he is very disruptive. Calling out etc and refusing to stay in his seat. The psychologist went and observed him at school and although he was fairly good on that day she said that the class itself was one of the worst she'd seen in a long time. Very disorganised and a lot of the children seemed to have problems. For someone like my son, this is hardly going to help.
There is a meeting planned with a load of professionals, head teacher, educational psychologists etc. i will also attend. to discuss him and to try and decide on an action plan.
My son also soils himself most days. He's been doing it for a few years.
not sure what i'm hoping to gain from posting on here. guess i just wanted to see if anyone had similar stories. what happened?? did it get any better??
I'm at the end of my tether. Getting very depressed. I'm a single parent and only have my mum for support