Have been having severe behavioural probs with ds aged 8 for 18 months now. He is very bright, G & T for english in y3 and was for maths in y2. He loves reading, football and ds/wii etc.
At home he is a nightmare, generally. He shouts, has tantrums, throws things, hits everyone and swears. Some of this is my fault, I can lose my temper but lately he is increasingly driving me mad. he seems to delight in winding other family members up esp dd aged 22 months. We have had school nurse adice and camhs who basically said we were coming down too hard on him and alot of the probs were to do with his intelligence. That worked backing off but it didn't really help with what we do do if he knocks sister over etc. he is so angry. School nurse described him as a sad little boy. I agree he is but am finding him increasingly harder to reach out to.i am so tired of the crap behaviour and have tried so hard to be the mum he needs me to be but I feel so worn down and am beginning to hate his company. Dh does come down harder on him.
i just googled about behaviour and this link came up. i feel that it is defintely how we are dealing with ds that isn't right but i my instinct is, we are dealing with more than naughtiness.
he needs to know plans for the day to the minute. He hates being out of the loop, gets mad if he does not win.
What do you think?