Our day started off well. Then at the park DS couldn't manage the monkey bars. He's done them on his own before but for some reason it wasn't happening today. Cue tears, shouting and him screaming that he's rubbish.
Get him calmed down and come home to paint the stones we found. He then mixed the colours in the actual bottles and I said not to do that as it might spoil them. He sobs and sobs "I've ruined them, it's all my fault, I'm stupid"
It breaks my heart to heat him say this about himself. I told him it was a mistake and it didn't matter. He just laid on the floor crying.
He's now wrapped up in my fleecy dressing gown, hood up and seems to be chilling a bit.
How can I stop him hating himself so much. He's always been told he's loved, always praised etc. It's awful and another thing to stress about 